Bounty Film
In Upstander Project’s film Bounty, Penobscot parents and children resist erasure and commemorate survival by reading and reacting to one of the dozens of government-issued bounty proclamations that motivated colonial settlers to hunt, scalp, and murder Indigenous people.
Bounty Teacher’s Guide And Lessons
The Bounty Teacher’s Guide was written to help educators, students, and the general public deepen their understanding of the issues raised in the documentary film Bounty. It includes four detailed Lessons, each with learning objectives, guiding questions, contextual information and more. Lessons are listed with grade-level recommendations below.
Lesson One: Raphael Lemkin and the Crime That Needs A Name
(Elementary Level)
This lesson introduces readers to the life of Raphael Lemkin and the impact of the massacre of Armenians on Lemkin’s thinking and his journey to coin the word genocide. It also traces his tireless effort to make genocide an international crime at the newly founded United Nations.