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Bill Gowsell
Bill Gowsell

Finding Hope: How I Taught the Rwandan Genocide

Black VoicesClassroom PerspectivesDiversitySocial JusticeSocial Studies and History

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Originally published in TEACH Magazine, March/April 2015 Issue

By Bill Gowsell

The Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario introduced a new theme for the 2013–2015 school years: Witnesses to Hope—Remembering, Celebrating, Believing. The theme was meant to inspire us to bring hope to those in need, whether a country on the far side of the world, or one person in our school community.

It also served another purpose: encouraging us to develop or enhance our knowledge of people of hope. With the approaching 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide in April 2014, I took this as an opportunity to teach my students about the horrific and tragic event.

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For the last eight years, Bill Gowsell has worked with the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario. Currently he is teaching Grade 6 in Brockville and has recently completed his specialist in Primary/Junior Mathematics.

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For the last eight years, Bill Gowsell has worked with the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario. Currently he is teaching Grade 6 in Brockville and has recently completed his specialist in Primary/Junior Mathematics.

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