Darfur in The Sudan 1. What were the years proceeding the genocide like? What events led to this happening?
2. Who were the people involved, both as groups and individuals? Who were the victims? Perpetrators? Bystandarders? Rescuers?
3. What was the goal of the group that committed the genocide?
4. What is a rough timeline of the major events that took place?
5. How many people were killed or displaced?
6. What was the world's response to this genocide?
7. What is your reaction? What surprised you about this?

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." lately, i’ve been giving more thought to the kind of english my mother speaks. like others, i have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” english. but i wince when i say that. it has always bothered me that i can think of no other way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. what best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”