STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)
(1) | What images spring to mind when you hear the word ‘genocide’? |
(2) | What does genocide mean? – Do you know how the word is made? |
(3) | How can genocide happen? |
(4) | What genocides do you know of in the past century? |
(5) | Why is genocide still happening in the world? |
(6) | What are the differences between genocide and crimes against humanity? |
(7) | What is the most appropriate punishment for someone involved in genocide? |
(8) | Is there anything in your country’s history that was genocide, or could be describes as genocide? |
(9) | What do you think of the term ‘ethnic cleansing’? |
(10) | What do you think of countries that deny their violent history and avoid putting terrible massacres in school history books? |
STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)
(1) | What do you think of those who deny the Holocaust ever happened? |
(2) | Do you think the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was genocide? |
(3) | Why is African slavery rarely regarded as genocide? |
(4) | It seems the world doesn’t act when genocide happens in Africa. Do you agree? |
(5) | Do you think genocide will ever stop? |
(6) | The International Criminal Court was set up to prosecute war criminals. The USA and China are among a few countries who refuse to allow their citizens to be tried in it. What do you think of this? |
(7) | What are the signs that genocide might happen in the future? |
(8) | After Rwanda, politicians swore genocide would never happen again. We had Bosnia and now have Darfur. What went wrong? |
(9) | Do you think there should be an International Genocide Day? |
(10) | What does genocide do to a country once it has finished? |