1. How does what you have seen
and experienced affect the way
you view yourself, others and the
world around you?
Be as specific as possible…

2. What memories do you have that
make you who you are?
What are the most important
experiences that have made you
the person you are today?

3. (sharing)

4. As you watch the following slide
show, write down WORDS that
reflect your thoughts, feelings,
reactions, etc…
I ask also that you keep a
respectful silence…

5. Let’s Take a Trip Together…

6. 1904 in Namibia
1915 in Armenia
1932 in Ukraine

7. 60+ Years Ago…in Europe

8. 1904 Namibia Genocide

10. 1915 Armenian Genocide

13. 1915 Ukraine Genocide

16. The Holocaust- Europe during
WWII

20. …of course it will never
happen again…

21. …until…
1975 in Cambodia
1982 in Guatemala

22. …and again…only 12 years
ago…in Rwanda…

26. …and a year later…
in Bosnia…

27. …and…TODAY…Right Now…

28. …in Darfur…

30. …this is only the
last 100 years…

31. BEGIN WRITING:
How does knowing that this has,
and IS occurring in our world,
affect you?

32. How do you think being a direct
witness to this would affect the
person you are and what you
believe?
Be as specific as possible…

33. How do you think being
RELATED TO someone that this
happened to would affect the
person you are and what you
believe?
Be as specific as possible…

34. How do you think this happening
directly TO YOU would affect
the person you are and what you
believe?
Be as specific as possible…

35. HOMEWORK:
1. Have a nice weekend…
2. Re-read what you wrote in response
to the images. Select the most powerful
words and create a poem with them that
expresses your response.
3. OR, Write about what it means to you
to be alive, to be human…