Bellringer

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Bellringer

• Grab a worksheet over Hotel Rwanda at the front
  of the room
• Find a seat. Only 5 in the back row for 1st and
  8 for 2nd and 7th period. It will be your seat
  until we are done with the movie. Choose wisely
  because you will be getting a grade on
  participation
• Be prepared to discuss the political cartoons
  after attendance is taken

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Hotel RwandaAn Introduction

• World Geography
• Common Lesson

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Typical Rwandan Homes
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History

• Rwanda started as a Belgian colony.
• The Belgians believed the Tutsi were superior to
  the Hutu.
• They used the Tutsi minority to enforce Belgian
  labor policies and taxes against the Hutu
  majority.
• In 1959, the Hutu majority gained power and
  killed 150,000 Tutsi.

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A stack of clothing of Genocide victims in Rwanda
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History Continued

• 1961- Rwandans gain their independence from
  Belgium.
• 1990 A Tutsi rebel group (comprised of the
  children of those killed and exiled in 1951)
  invades the country.
• At the same time, the Hutu regime was training
  men for genocide.
• What does genocide mean?
• Mass extermination of a certain ethnicity.

The weapon of choice for these killings the
machete
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History Continued

• 1990
• The Hutu regime spread anti-Tutsi propaganda over
  the radio
• What is propaganda?
• Messages aimed at influencing peoples opinions.
  It may or may not be completely true information.

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History Continued

• 1994
• Nearly 1 million Tutsis are killed by the Hutu
  regime. (GENOCIDE).
• The killings were sparked by the assassination of
  the Hutu president. They believed the President
  was killed by a Tutsi.
• This could never be proven.
• The Tutsi rebel group took control of the capital
  city and ended the war.

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1996
Tutsi returning to Rwanda after the Hutus were
defeated.
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History Continued

• As a result of the Tutsi gaining control of the
  capital city the Hutus were forced to flee the
  country.
• How does the minority of the population having
  all the power cause problems in a country?