On Thursday, I had everyone line up outside of the door. I measured each student's middle finger and made them sit accordingly - into two groups. The one group was treated very well. They were allowed to take a break, I bought them skittles and they could text and visit. The other group had their binders and phones removed, were treated badly, were told that they had to read from the textbook while the other class got a break and were not allowed to visit. The results were very interesting... we had a "Farsi" rebellion in class. It turns out that the one group did not believe there were many differences between them and the other group.
From this point, we launched into a discussion of the Hutus and the Tutsis in Rwanda. The Hutus and the Tutsis were also divided based on arbitrary distinctions created by the Belgians. This distinction launched the Rwandan Genocide nearly 70 years later. In 100 days over approximately 800 000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus were killed.
It was a very fun lesson... perhaps the ONLY time we get to throw paper at each other.
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