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Hotel Rwanda: Comprehension and Discussion Activities for the Movie ActivityHotel Rwanda: Comprehension and Discussion Activities for the Movie Activity
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Hotel Rwanda: Comprehension and Discussion Activities for the Movie

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Support your presentation of the film Hotel Rwanda with this collection of worksheets, which includes background information, vocabulary, summary of characters, and fill-in-the-blank worksheets for students to complete as they watch the film.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

rwanda, genocide, africa, african countries, african history

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Don't forget to send out a parent permission slip prior to presenting this film
  • Consider formulating some additional thought-provoking discussion prompts that you can pose to students both at the beginning and end of the film, reflecting on how the historical event was portrayed in this medium

Classroom Considerations

  • The worksheets to be completed as students view the film are primarily fact-based, and do not call for more in-depth or insightful responses

Pros

  • Worksheets provide excellent support for film and are well organized
  • Includes answer key

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a RH.9-10.7 RH.11-12.7

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