Holocaust & Genocide Honors Syllabus Marking Period 2
Genocide by Continent
11/24 Project Due/Assign Essays
11/25 African Lecture
11/30 Africa Lecture/Back Home
12/1 Back Home
12/3 Blood Diamond
12/4 Blood Diamond
12/7 Blood Diamond
12/9 Essay Due/Children of Darfur
12/10 Devil Came on Horseback
12/11 Devil Came on Horseback
12/15 American Lecture
12/16 Guatemala/African Slavery debate
12/17 Native American Debate
12/21 Essay Discussion / Quiz
12/22 Europe Lecture
12/23 Europe Lecture/ Bosnia
1/5 Assign Final
1/6 Armenian Genocide
1/7 Holodomor Discussion
1/11 Essay Discussion
1/12 Asian Genocides
1/13 Cambodia
1/15 ICC
1/19 Presidential Responses
1/20 Short Essay Discussion / Finals
1/22 Finals
1/25 Finals
1/26 Finals
1/28 SUB
1/29 SUB
Objectives for Marking Period: (SWBAT)
- Identify genocides that have occurred on the African Continent
- Debate the impact of European colonialism and current attitudes toward
Africa
- Interpret and discuss the rebuilding process occurring in current day
Rwanda.
- Interpret and discuss the genocide on Darfur and argue what role America
should play in helping end the conflict.
- Interpret the meaning of different art work completed by children in Darfur.
- Debate the role the world should play in remembering and preventing
genocides.
- Identify possible genocides that have occurred in the America’s
- Debate whether or not the American slavery system was genocide.
- Debate whether or not to classify the history of the Native Americans as
genocide
-Assess the role of imperialism in genocidal policies
- Identify genocides that have occurred in Asia
- Interpret and discuss the genocide in Cambodia by previewing the film, The
Killing Fields.
- Examine the Declaration of Human Rights
- Analyze their designed definitions
- Evaluate the usefulness of the ICC
- Identify genocides that have occurred on the European Continent.
- Discuss the issues surrounding remembrance of the Armenian Genocide and
contemporary music that discusses these events.
- Assess America’s knowledge of the events that occurred during the
Holodomor.
- Identify testimony by survivors of the Holodomor.
- Identify groups associated with Holocaust denial and hate crimes.
-Identify and discuss contemporary crimes against humanity
FOR EACH CONTINENT, YOU WILL BE ASSIGNED AN ARGUMENATIVE ESSAY TO WRITE…
I will randomly assign you essays to write the focus on each of our units…(You can Swap Essay’s!)
You will have to do some outside research
All of the requirements from previous papers remain.
3-4 pages
Introduction paragraph (state your claim…thesis and 3 supporting arguments)
Background paragraph
Supporting argument
Supporting argument
Supporting argument
Counter argument
Conclusion
Africa Assignment
Pages of interest. Source Reader Pages 106-121
Is there a difference between Imperialism and Genocide?
Why was the international community so unwilling to intervene to stop the genocide in Rwanda?
What role did Belgian colonialism play in paving the way for the Rwandan genocide?
Is there any correlation between the Herero Genocide and the later Nazi Holocaust?
How much (if any) responsibility can you place on European imperialism for the contemporary problems in Africa?
Discuss the role of the media in the Rwandan Genocide. Do this in two parts: Rwandan Media; International Media
Should America be in Darfur?
Who are the Hutus and who are the Tutsis? Is it accurate to talk about "ancient tribal hatreds" between these two groups?
How successful have post-genocide efforts at justice and reconciliation been in Rwanda?
America Assignment
Pages of interest. Source Reader 122-139,
Why do so many people either deny or celebrate genocides against indigenous peoples?
Was the Native American issue genocide or no?
Should the concept of genocide be reworded to include crimes such as African Slavery?
How should America address the support we provided to countries that in turn committed gross human rights violations during the 1980’s, for example
Guatemala’s?
Europe
Pages of interest. Source Reader 140-169
What has been the role of the modern Turkish state and its international supporters in denying the Armenian genocide?
On balance, how appropriate is the genocide framework to an analysis of Stalin's actions? Why do some Russians today look back on the Stalinist period with
nostalgia?
Theorize the impact that the Holodomor and Armenian genocide may have had on Hitler?
Ellie Wiesel has stated that, “Genocide denial is the final crime in genocide.” To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement and how does it apply
to the Armenian and Ukraine Genocides?
What criticisms have been made of the foreign (Western European and US) role in Yugoslavia's dissolution, and during the Bosnian war of the 1990s?
Asia & International Response
Pages of interest. Source Reader170-184
What was the impact of the massive US bombing campaign against Cambodia in bringing the Khmer Rouge to power?
Should the United States join the ICC?
How successful has the post-genocide quest for justice been in Cambodia?
Has the United States done enough in combating genocide? If so why? If not where has the United States come up short?
Child Soldiers, modern slavery, regional conflicts (for example Syria) and the sex trade are all human rights violations that continue to plague the world. Why are
these problems not covered by mainstream media and what can the international community realistically do to stop these problems?