Students finsihed watching the film Sierra Leone - Gunrunners about the illegal arms trade. I drew a diagram of how the arms trade works on the board. Students copied it along with matching the groups from our simulation to groups historically involved in the arms trade.
After, students read two speeches given on Congolese Independence Day, June 30, 1960. They compared and contrasted a speech given by the king of Belgium with one by the then Prime Minister of Congo, Patrice Lumumba (pictured above less than a year after independence, months before his assassination, organized and assisted by the United States and Belgium).
HOMEWORK:
Finish UNCRC 1/2 Posters - DUE Thursday 11/3
