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Yesterday was International Holocaust Remembrance Day. When the United Nations created this day, it called on countries to develop curricula that would not only keep the memory of what happened alive, but would serve as a way to prevent genocide from happening again.
And yet we know genocide still exists. We also know ignorance exists. I can’t help but wonder if it isn’t time to rethink how we teach what we teach so that calls for “Never Again” can actually ring true.
We hear the statistics. Up to a third of Americans and a third of Europeans know little about the Holocaust or don’t believe that six millions Jews were systematically killed. Joachim West wanted people to empathize more and chose historical Holocaust photos from the era to colorize while Marina Amaral used 20 registration photos of prisoners from Auschwitz. Both understand the importance of driving something home. Recent news about Canada’s national archive acquiring a book Hitler owned which offered detailed information about Jews in the United States and Canada may also strike a chord with some North Americans that “Hey, that could’ve been me.” But these are not systematic ways of teaching.
This issue at hand does not have to do only with Jewish populations decimated during the Holocaust. During World War Two, many non-Jewish lives were taken. Nor does it have to do only with that era. I’ve only recently learned about the horrific slavery and massive genocide perpetrated on the people of the Congo Free State by Belgium’s King Leopold II during the late 1800s. He pillaged the country for its rubber; those who did not meet quotas were brutalized, had body parts removed, were killed. Ultimately, eight to 10 million Congolese were murdered. I do not remember learning about this in school.
A few years ago, I also learned how the Trail of Tears got its name and how the United States’ forced relocation led to between an eighth to half of the native Americans perishing. While I do remember being given a choice of reading two works of fiction in 11th grade American History and choosing Creek Mary’s Blood by Dee Brown which covers the Trail of Tears, I must admit the story didn’t stay with me.
This past year I saw some articles shared on Facebook about the amazing effort Rwanda put into overcoming the aftereffects of the genocide that tore its society apart. I remember the horror when it happened nearly 25 years ago. Hutus slaughtered nearly a million Tutsis in three months’ time. Incomprehensible. And yet the sheer number of comments by people from many corners of the earth who’d never heard of it rattled me. How many others have no idea what the Khmer Rouge regime did in Cambodia in the late 1970s, when they killed over a million people in a state-sponsored genocide? Are these events not taught? And if they are, why aren’t lessons sticking?
Genocide, slavery, refugee crises, persecution and prejudice all tie into the same human elements. People deciding that others matter less than they do. Dehumanization and cruelty. And as I wrote in my very first blog, this stems from insecurity. People label groups to distance themselves and then put them down to make themselves feel bigger. It also has to do with the emphasis schools choose to place on the topics they choose to teach. Dr. Tarece Johnson of the Global Purpose Approach, wants schools to rethink how they teach about European Explorers as well. And she has a point. The Western perspective is not the only one. Its byproducts, too, were often genocide and slavery. Resources and attention are imbalanced.
I was once told in a college literature class that history, especially where war is concerned, is often told by the victor. Is that fair? Is that comprehensive? Will it teach us what we need to know in order to be better citizens of the world? Are multiple perspectives being taught? If the history is non-European, is it taught as thoroughly? If the experience takes place in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, are we paying as much attention to it?
Knowing that people relate more to stories about individuals than to statistics and understanding that children need to be able to put themselves in another’s place in order to truly internalize what they are learning, why don’t educators reconsider how they teach social studies? If history is put into the context of the common threads that lead up to similar events in history, then perhaps they can begin to draw conclusions about what they see around them.
If the way social studies is being taught is still leaving people with an ignorance of history, then how about we organize topics by these human elements and then bring in examples that are global? This approach also drives home that people are people, they are the same no matter where they are. To be able to drive away the thought that many harbor, that “XYZ would never happen to (or be perpetrated by) me/us. It could only happen to those people” is powerful and necessary. Yes, definitely bring in the survivors who can speak to what they went through as children, find the stories from a child’s perspective. But also, give it context. Look at current events, like Syrian Civil War or the plight of the Rohingya. Students could be asked, for example, if it is okay to consider any one group as deserving of persecution? If we were a government, how better could we handle things?
I honestly think that this approach – organizing topics less by chronology or region and more by the human elements that give rise to them, is deserving of exploration from an educational perspective. If we want history to be a part of social studies, then the social aspects of what gives rise to history and what we really, truly ought to be taking away from it needs to be part and parcel.
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Description
For the moment, this game supports up to 14 languages: English, Thai, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Russian, Turkish, Italian, German, Indonesian and Chinese.
Mini World is a 3D free-to-play sandbox game about adventure, exploration, and creativity with your friends. No levels, No restriction, what we have only destroyed and creation. The easy-to-play built-in multiplayer settings allow you to connect via PC and Cellphones anywhere in anytime. Build a house, apartment, castle, city with your imagination or just have fun in your fantasy farm. You can even challenge the Dark-Dragon in the Dungeon with your friends. If you’re feeling bored with Survival mode, just hop on another server and play some gorgeous mini-games. There are various types of mini-games, spanning from parkour, to puzzle, to FPS,to strategy. These games can be great for creating a stronger bond for the players involved in terms of teamwork or can create a competition between the two. In a conclusion, the mini-games are all about fun. Mini World is a form of expression that has no true conclusion. With hundreds of available blocks to choose from and over 1000 game elements, you are able to express yourself in a world completely manipulable through the concept of placing and removing blocks. Key Features: 1 Enormous Sandbox World – explore an expansive sandbox world with a variety of unique cute monsters, blocks, materials, and mines to craft and explore. 2 Unique game - Unique game engine with cute game characters design 3 Single Player and Multiplayer – jump into a friend's game with friendly fire turned on, or start a new world on your own. Share your game with other players, or join other players from all over the world in theirs. 4 Gallery - You can upload or download the works at the Gallery, have a look at the hottest MOD map,game map or other’s works. 5 Game mode–Survival mode, Creation mode or mini games created by other players, you can enjoy the charm of this game anywhere in any time. 6 Powerful game-editor - There are various types of mini-games, spanning from parkour, to puzzle, to FPS,to strategy,etc... all can be made by game-editor Contact us: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/miniworldtech Twitter: @miniwantech Discord: https://discord.gg/88GZq34 Developer email: [email protected] CS email: [email protected] What’s New
Ⅰ.Miniature Mob Ⅱ
Bored of Human-shaped mobs? Four-footed and simple shape mobs are here! 1. New template: Four-footed and simple shape mobs. Can be switched in the interface 2. New import function: Import your generated miniature mob as the template to edit 3. New function: Hide template unit. After hiding, unedited template unite will be not shown. 4. Miniature Mobs editing optimized i. Units are added with default setting for faster edit. Less boring adjustments ii. Symmetric units will be automatically added. For example, if you add the right arm, the left arm will be automatically add at the symmetric place iii. Multiple symmetrical units can be symmetrically adjusted together iv. 30 miniatures max for each units, 80 miniature units max for the whole mob miniature v. Hightlight selected unit with blue overlay. You can easily know which component is selected vi. When the unit is selected, there will be a green point to the unit center point. vii. Clicks the selected action in the action interface again to replay viii. After switching the viewpoint, the edit plot can be rotated freely ix. Plugin library- Creature plugins can be adjusted when miniature mobs are used x. Transformation Buff can be used normally. For example, if you set the appearance of the miniature mob as a chicken, you will become a chicken after getting the transformation buff Ⅱ. 31 new Avatars A lot of new avatars are coming! War correspondent, Mini Heroes. Now make your own avatar! Ⅲ.Bug fixed and experience optimized
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This game is really great and I really enjoy everything about it. There is so many things you can do, however there is a feature that should be added to multiplayer rooms, when you enter a room the host has the ability to remove you from the room and they don’t even need a reason, so I would like it if the host of the room has to have a reason to ban someone because I play in multiplayer rooms a lot and sometimes I get banned right away ( I’m thinking that some people do it because they want people that speak their language) and I think that is ok because maybe they want to make more friends and it would be easier if they speak their native language but sometimes it is ridiculous when someone bans someone from the room for a really silly reason for example the owner is really mean and is killing everyone in game and then they ban the people who run or try to fight back. So I would like it if they had to select a reason to ban someone like maybe cheating or anything reasonable at all not just because they want to.
This is awesome but.....Chrome Danh Cho May Tinh
I love this game but it never loads it never does and when characters are talking most of the people playing are different languages like this game needs to be abled to translate almost everything because people in different countries speak different language and when they talk in chat you won’t know what there saying and it never loads the diy skin the stuff for it never loads and I think there should at least be a way to get more free stuff because most people can pay a lot so I say more clothing and fix the loading for mobile and iPhones and also translate for chat but the translate. also I think you should make a option to add a skin color and allow creative and survival in the same thing. Also please make the game free on pc because some people don’t have money it’s really hard especially when your a kid and make some skins for free it’s not really fair that you have to buy coins to get them but on the other hand it’s a very amazing game. Thanks for lisoning if you got this.
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This is a great game! It mimics Minecraft really well but still has its own unique style. The only thing I get annoyed at is that you have to unlock certain items and furniture. It would also help to have an established wiki page or guide because theres a lot in the game that you have to figure out how to get without any reference.
Plus! Please make a recipe for black dye. I can’t figure out how to craft them and can only get them from breaking jars. Other than that this is a great game! Information
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