After the Holocaust, the United Nations created laws to prevent such an atrocity from ever happening again. The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was held in 1948 and declared that genocide was a crime under international law and would be condemned by the civilized world. Since that time, however, there have been other acts of genocide. For your final project, you will familiarize yourself with other modern day acts of genocide.
Assignment:
You will create a brief video educating people about the dangers of
genocide, informing them about modern day examples of genocide and
calling them to action.
Possible Genocide to research:
Armenian Genocide
Rwanda Genocide
Darfur
Genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Killing Fields: The Cambodian Genocide
Consider these questions:
What can we do to prevent further acts of hatred and violence towards a race of people? Why do these acts continue to happen despite our knowledge and education? How can you make a difference?
Use the resources below to learn about the modern day examples of genocide.
Confront Genocide
Survivors Stories from genocide in Darfur, Bosnia and Rwanda
The Rwanda Genocide
PBS Resources on Genocide
Amnesty International
Facing History, Facing Ourselves: Be the Change -Upstanders for Human Rights
Prevent Genocide International
Videos on topics:
Cambodia
Bosnia
Darfur
View the you tube videos for an example of what you can do with our final project.
Watch this You tube video that raises awareness and tries to get people to stop genocide.
A more general You Tube video about the Holocaust and acts of genocide
View former 8th graders' final projects:
Caleb
Cloud
Class of 2015 Projects
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Monday, June 4, 2018
Grade 7 Mythology
Mythology Resources
We are going to begin a unit on Greek and Roman Mythology. Before we start consider the question of what is a myth? Why do people and cultures tell stories? How do the gods a culture worship tell us what that culture values and thinks is important? Finally, where do we see these ancient myths and gods in our world today? Ever heard of a brand called Nike? Hermes? Atlas? To start, let's watch this brief overview.Myths are a way of understanding the world. This lesson has been about Greek mythology, but every culture has myths. Myths define social customs and beliefs, explain natural and psychological phenomena, and provide a way for people to discuss things that cause anxiety. Mythology is all around us.
Tasks:
Create a Greek Trading Card
Learning About Greek Myth Project
What is Mythology? Powerpoint
Famous Greek Myths Class Presentation
Here's another brief video overview
Web references:
- Greek Mythology
- Some Great Greek Myths
- Mythweb
- MythMan
- Mythography
- Mensa for Kids Greek Mythology Resources
- Encyclopedia Mythica
Here are just a few examples of places we find myths today.
- Days of the week Wednesday (Woden or Odin – Norse god); Thursday (Thor – Norse god); Friday (Freya Norse goddess); Saturday (Saturn – Roman god who ruled before Jove)
- Shoes Nike
- Cars-Toyota Avalon and Cressida, Cadillac El Dorado, Honda Odyssey, Mercury
- Tires Midas
- Astronomy Constellations like Orion, the Argo, all of the planets and the Pleiades. The Milky Way itself was supposedly the road over which the stars traveled to Jupiter’s palace.
- NASA The first part of U.S. space program was Project Mercury, named after the messenger of the gods because the project’s purpose was to send a message to the Soviets that America was in the space race. The Gemini Project was next; Gemini is Latin for “twins,” and the project was called this because the capsule held two astronauts. Apollo astronauts rode on Saturn rockets.
(Taken from http://www.mensaforkids.org/MFK2/assets/File/Teach/LessonPlans/Lesson_GreekMythology.pdf)
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