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GENOCIDE
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Standard: RH.11-12.2-Determine central ideas and formulate accurate summaries of key ideas and details
Big Idea: Social Justice
Essential Question: To what extent are nations responsible for other nation’s people?
Objective: I can read and view various sources for information so that I can recognize injustice and determine the best
course of action for society.
Genocide Pre-Test
Directions: Please answer each question.
1.
What is your definition of genocide?
2.
How and why does genocide happen?
3.
What are some examples of genocide in history?
4.
Why is it important to learn about genocide?
5.
Why do nations ignore genocides?
6.
Why do genocides still occur today?
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What is Genocide?
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In 1944, a Polish-Jewish lawyer named Raphael Lemkin developed the word “genocide.” He formed the word
“genocide” by combining the Greek prefix geno- meaning race or tribe and the Latin suffix –cide meaning killing.
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Lemkin developed the word because he witnessed the Nazi destruction and mass murder of the European Jews. He
used the word in his book, Axis Rule in Occupied Europe.
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On December 9, 1948, the United Nations determined that “genocide” was an international crime. Members of the
United Nations made this determination because of the events of the Holocaust and the research that Lemkin did.
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In 1948, the United Nations also defined genocide:
Genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical,
racial or religious group, as such:
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Killing members of the group
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Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group
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Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical
destruction in whole or in part
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Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group
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Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group
The United Nations also determined that nations should prevent genocides from occurring and nations should be
punished if genocides occur.
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Examples of Genocide
Directions: Using your device, do a quick research on each of the following genocides. Write the information you learned on
your graphic organizer below.
Genocide of the Native
Americans
The Armenian Genocide
Who was involved in the
genocide?
Where did the genocide
take place?
When was this genocide?
What occurred during this
genocide?
Why did this genocide
happen?
Write unknown in the box if
you are unsure!
One question I still have
about this genocide…
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The Ukrainian
Genocide/The Great
Famine
The Holocaust
The Killing Fields: The
Cambodian Genocide
Who was involved in the
genocide?
Where did the genocide take
place?
When was this genocide?
What occurred during this
genocide?
Why did this genocide
happen?
Write unknown in the box if
you are unsure!
One question I still have
about this genocide…
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Genocide in Bosnia and
Herzegovina
The Herero Genocide
The Rwandan Genocide
Who was involved in the
genocide?
Where did the genocide take
place?
When was this genocide?
What occurred during this
genocide?
Why did this genocide
happen?
Write unknown in the box if
you are unsure!
One question I still have
about this genocide…
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The Genocide in Darfur
What is Genocide?
Class Assignment
Directions: Choose a genocide you researched and learned about in class. Use a reliable database and websites for your
research.
In the space below:
a)
Write a summary of the article you read.
b) Explain how this genocide fits under the United Nation’s definition (page 3).
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The Eight Stages of Genocide
Directions: Please answer the “Do Now” in complete sentences.
Do Now: With modern technology, people from all over the globe can access world events. Even with this advanced
technology and information at our fingertips, why do countries continue to allow genocides to occur?
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The eight stages of genocide are steps that genocide goes through. At each stage, preventive measures can stop the genocide
from occurring. Gregory Stanton, who had studied the genocide in Cambodia for the American State Department, noticed this
when he saw the genocide in Rwanda unfold in the same way. In 1996, Stanton published his findings.
Stage of Genocide
Description of Stage
Prevention
Classification
Different cultures put people into groups.
Groups are based on the color of skin,
religious beliefs, how much money they
have, or the types of government they
believe in.
Forming groups that can help people
understand what they have in common.
Symbolization
Giving names to groups or citizens. Just
because cultures have symbols doesn’t mean
they are bad. It is only bad if it leads to the
next stage.
Speak up! Tell people it is not okay to be
using hate symbols or talking in a bad way
about a culture.
Stage of Genocide
Description of Stage
Prevention
Dehumanization
When other people don’t say that the group
is human. They compare them to animals
and diseases. They use hate words to talk
about the group.
Punish people who do hate crimes and tell
people it is not okay to speak negatively
about another culture.
Organization
State or group plans that are made to kill
people. These groups always make a plan.
Not allowing foreign aid or weapons into
the country.
Polarization
This means to divide. They divide the
groups by law, marriage, and propaganda.
They silence anyone who does not agree
with them.
Protecting the people who don’t agree with
what the people who are doing the
genocide are doing. Also, not letting those
people who are trying to divide take
power.
Identification
Victims are identified and taken away from
others. Death lists are written. Victims are
then placed in ghettos, concentration camps
or other specific places.
A Genocide Alert must be called and aid
from other countries must be provided.
Armed international help needs to come in.
Extermination
Mass killings occur which makes for a lot of
fear and violence.
Armed international help must be given
and safe places for victims should be
provided.
Denial
People that did the killings try to cover it up
and scare people into not talking about it.
They say that those people deserved it and
don’t admit they did anything wrong. They
don’t allow people to ask questions and they
don’t stop unless they are forced to.
Help people who have been hurt by
genocide and bring justice to those who
have caused it.
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Directions: Working in your small groups, please read a description of each stage of genocide. Under each description, please
create your own definition of the stage and draw a picture of the stage for your future reference. Any unfinished work should
be completed for homework!
STAGE 1: CLASSIFICATION
All cultures have categories to distinguish people into "us and them" by ethnicity, race, religion or nationality. Bipolar societies
that lack mixed categories, such as Rwanda and Burundi, are most likely to experience genocide. The main preventive measure
at this early stage is to develop universal institutions that can transcend ethnic or racial divisions that actively promote
tolerance and understanding.
MY DEFINTION
PICTURE
STAGE 2: SYMBOLIZATION
Names or other symbols are given to the classifications. People are named "Jews" or "Gypsies," or they are distinguished by
colors or dress. When combined with hatred, symbols may be forced upon unwilling members of different groups. For
example, the yellow star was used for Jews under Nazi rule. Hate symbols can be legally forbidden to combat symbolization.
This approach will fail if it is not supported by the people. If widely supported, denial of symbolization can be powerful. For
example, in Denmark, many Danes chose to wear the yellow star, depriving it of its significance as a Nazi symbol.
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STAGE 3: DEHUMANIZATION
One group denies the humanity of the other group. Members of it are compared with animals, insects or diseases. At this stage,
hate propaganda in print and on radios is used to belittle the victim group. Hate radio stations should be shut down and hate
propaganda should be banned. Hate crimes should also be promptly punished.
MY DEFINITION
PICTURE
STAGE 4: ORGANIZATION
Genocide is always organized, usually by the state and sometimes by terrorist groups. Special army units or militias are often
trained and armed. Plans are made for genocidal killings. To combat this stage, membership in these militias should be
outlawed and their leaders should be denied visas for foreign travel.
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STAGE 5: POLARIZATION
Extremists drive the groups apart. Hate groups broadcast polarizing propaganda. Laws may be created to forbid intermarriage
or social interaction. Prevention may mean security protection for moderate leaders or aid to human rights groups.
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STAGE 6: IDENTIFICATION
Victims are identified and separated out because of their ethnic or religious identity. Death lists are drawn up. Members of
victim groups are forced to wear identification symbols. They are often forced into ghettos, concentration camps or confined to
a famine-struck region and starved. This is the stage where killing becomes inevitable.
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STAGE 7: EXTERMINATION
Mass killing, legally called "genocide," begins. It is "extermination" to the killers because they do not believe their victims to
be fully human. When sponsored by the state, the armed forces may work with militias to do the killings. Sometimes the
genocide results in revenge killings by groups against each other. At this stage, only rapid and overwhelming armed
intervention can stop genocide. For example, safe areas or refugee escape plans should be established with heavily armed
international protection in order to prevent the extermination.
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STAGE 8: DENIAL
Denial is the eighth stage that always follows genocide. Perpetrators of genocide dig up mass graves, burn bodies, try to cover
up evidence and intimidate witnesses. They deny crimes were committed and often blame what happened on the victims.
Perpetrators block investigations and flee into other countries. They remain in hiding unless they are captured and tried. The
best response to denial is punishment by international or national courts. The evidence can be heard and the perpetrators may
be punished by these courts.
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