The document discusses the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia. It covers topics like the Khmer Rouge's vision of creating a agrarian socialist society by emptying cities and establishing collective farms. It also discusses how the Khmer Rouge killed educated people and professionals seen as part of the former regime. The document mentions Dith Pran, a Cambodian journalist who survived the Khmer Rouge by pretending to be uneducated and worked to document the genocide after escaping to the United States.
1. Southeast asian studies Sa-Nguan Ying School
FOR LODI HIGH SCHOOL
KHMER ROUGE GENOCIDE
‘to spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no lost’
RETURNING TO Y E A R Z E RO
simulation Activity
C O L L E C T I V I Z AT I O N
NEW PERSON OR OLD PERSON
W H AT IS GENOCIDE?
2. Southeast asian studies Sa-Nguan Ying School
FOR LODI HIGH SCHOOL
KHMER ROUGE GENOCIDE
‘to spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no lost’
GENOCIDE BEGINS
Y E A R Z E RO
THE BANNED
C I T Y E VAC UAT I O N
3. Southeast asian studies Sa-Nguan Ying School
FOR LODI HIGH SCHOOL
KHMER ROUGE GENOCIDE
‘to spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no lost’
LIVES OF THE LIVING PEOPLE
R E M OVA L O F O L D S O C I E T Y
ENDING OF THE GENOCIDE
G E N O C I D E ’ S L E G AC Y
4. Southeast asian studies Sa-Nguan Ying School
FOR LODI HIGH SCHOOL
KHMER ROUGE GENOCIDE
‘to spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no lost’
S-21 (T U O L S L E N G )
V A N N N AT H
DITH PRAN
5. SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES! ! FOR LODI HIGH SCHOOL! ! ! SA-NGUAN YING SCHOOL
Khmer Rouge Genocide
1. What was the Khmer Rouge’s vision for Cambodia?
2. Why did the Khmer Rouge kill educated people?
3. What did Dith Pran do in order to survive during the reign of the
Khmer Rouge?
4. How was Dith Pran’s life changed by the genocide?
5. What was Pran’s attitude toward his profession?
6. Why were all journalists deported from Cambodia during the reign of
the Khmer Rouge?
7. What did Pran dedicate his life working towards after moving to
the US?
8. What was Dith Pran’s last message?