Brief, oral presentation about Historical Investigation
Question 1: Tell the class your chosen topic of interest is:
Rwandan Genocide – Why was the International community so unwilling to intervene and stop the genocide?
Question 2: Why have you chosen this topic?
I have chosen this topic because I am going on school missions to Rwanda and I want to have a good historical understanding of the events that occurred.
Question 3: What difficulties have you encountered?
There is not very much information online primarily because the US does not want people to know how they behaved during the genocide.
Question 4: What exciting/interesting/unusual facts have you uncovered?
The Belgium missionaries favoured the Tutsi people and declared them the ‘rich’. Hutus became farmers and developed a deep hatred to the Tutsi. The tribal groups were more so socially formed than culturally, as a rich Hutu could then become a Tutsi.
Question 5: What is your opinion about this issue?
Through my research of the Rwandan genocide, I have realised that we need to be informed more so about these issues in our school syllabus. In NSW we learn primarily Australian history and our involvement in the World wars, yet we learn nothing about Africa and the Middle East. These are the countries that need the most aid and will continue to need aid in the future, and how can we provide them with aid if we have not been taught the issues that occur there. For example, the Rwandan Genocide continues to have a huge aftermath economically and politically in Rwanda. If students are not taught about the horrors that occurred there, how can we help in the future?
Question 6: How are you thinking of presenting your investigation?
I am going to present my investigation on a weebly page with a report and personal footage from Rwanda.
Question 7: Ask the group if there are any questions...