Roméo Dallaire

Famous People

Int – High Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson, students read about a Canadian general who was the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide. Students learn some important history and practice using related vocabulary.

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Focus

topic-based
academic
4-skills
biography
Canada
Rwanda
human rights
UN peacekeeping mission

Vocabulary

advocate
genocide
ethnic
extremist
stockpile
exterminate
seize
reinforcement
withdraw
immoral
authorize
appoint
A spinning paper plane
A spinning paper plane