In this Rwandan Genocide assignment and research activity, students answer guiding questions while learning about the Rwandan Genocide (also known as the Rwandan Holocaust). Students read a guided text that highlights the role of European colonizers (Germany and Belgium) in reinforcing (and perpetuating) a divide between Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa members of Rwanda. Students learn about the 1884 Berlin Conference, the social structure of the Hutu and Tutsi, the 1959 Hutu Revolution, the creation of t