1. The document is about a Southeast Asian studies curriculum covering the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia from November 2011 to January 2012 for Lodi High School. 2. It discusses the Khmer Rouge's vision of creating a communist agrarian society through collectivization and emptying cities, which led to the deaths of educated people and millions of Cambodians between 1975-1979. 3. It also profiles Dith Pran, a Cambodian journalist who survived the Khmer Rouge by pretending to be uneducated, but lost family members. He later dedicated his life to raising awareness about the Cambodian genocide after moving to the U.S.

1. Southeast asia studies Nov. 2011 - Jan. 2012
FOR LODI HIGH SCHOOL
KHMER ROUGE GENOCIDE
‘to spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no lost’
RETURNING TO Y E A R Z E RO
simulation Activity
C O L L E C T I V I Z AT I O N
NEW PERSON OR OLD PERSON
W H AT IS GENOCIDE?

2. Southeast asia studies Nov. 2011 - Jan. 2012
FOR LODI HIGH SCHOOL
KHMER ROUGE GENOCIDE
‘to spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no lost’
GENOCIDE BEGINS
Y E A R Z E RO
THE BANNED
C I T Y E VAC UAT I O N

3. Southeast asia studie Nov. 2011 - Jan. 2012
FOR LODI HIGH SCHOOL
KHMER ROUGE GENOCIDE
‘to spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no lost’
LIVES OF THE LIVING PEOPLE
R E M OVA L OF OLD
ENDING OF THE GENOCIDE
G E N O C I D E ’ S L E G AC Y

4. Southeast asia studies Nov. 2011 - Jan. 2012
FOR LODI HIGH SCHOOL
KHMER ROUGE GENOCIDE
‘to spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no lost’
S-21 (T U O L S L E N G )
V A N N N AT H
DITH PRAN

5. SOUTHEAST ASIA STUDIES
FOR LODI HIGH SCHOOL
NOV.2011-JAN2012
Khmer Rouge Genocide
1. What was the Khmer Rouge’s vision for Cambodia?
2. Why did the Khmer Rouge kill educated people?
3. What did Dith Pran do in order to survive during the reign of the
Khmer Rouge?
4. How was Dith Pran’s life changed by the genocide?
5. What was Pran’s attitude toward his profession?
6. Why were all journalists deported from Cambodia during the reign of
the Khmer Rouge?
7. What did Pran dedicate his life working towards after moving to
the US?
8. What was Dith Pran’s last message?