Poetry Competition for 2020
                                                                                                                                                                                                
The Genocide Memorial Day (GMD) poetry competition was established in 2012 to raise awareness around issues like racism, otherisation, discrimination and dehumanisation. Our aim is to inspire students to express themselves through writing poetry and help teachers in subjects across the curriculum encourage students to learn about and discuss genocide and more particularly how genocides come about and how they may be prevented.
 
The GMD competition challenges your students to write a poem and reflect the theme of protecting humanity from genocide. Full details of the competition can be found here.
 
You have until 1^stDecember 2019 to enter! Winners will be announced around or at the Genocide Memorial Day event in London on Sunday 19th January 2020 and will be awarded a certificate of achievement.  The winner of first prize get the chance to visit Bosnia on an educational trip to join one of the commemorative ceremonies and other elevant activities.
 
In addition to or individual prizes, IHRC will be offering a prize to the school which has entered the most entries. Details of the 2020 prize will be announced soon.
 
The competition generally cuts across various curriculum strands including history, English literature, politics, sociology, religious education, citizenship and media studies.
 
 
Lesson Plans and School Resources
 
All our lesson plans are available under the Genocide Memorial Day author account on the TES resources site as well as on our website. We will be adding more in the coming month so please look out for them.  
 
In addition, in our School Resources section, we have links to relevant documentaries, films, essays, poems, posters and books. We also have a discount of 15% available for small orders of those items stocked by the IHRC Bookshop. Please use the code BOOKS4SCHOOL at the checkout. If you want to make a larger order and get a larger discount, please contact the bookshop directly on shop@ihrc.org.
 
Hoping to continue this project with your support and feedback. Please don’t hesitate to contact us. 
 
With prayers and peace,
 
Genocide Memorial Day Team
 
gmd@ihrc.org
www.genocidememorialday.org.uk