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Bell Ringer: March 25 & 28. Wordmap : Genocide. Write an antonym(s) here. Write a synonym(s) here. Genocide. Use Genocide in a sentence here. Draw a picture here. Genocides in World History. Genocide. Today’s Objectives. Stations. Visit each of the 6 stations.
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Bell Ringer: March 25 & 28 Wordmap: Genocide Write an antonym(s) here Write a synonym(s) here Genocide Use Genocide in a sentence here Draw a picture here
Stations Visit each of the 6 stations. • Copy the notes for the Genocide. • Mark the location of the Genocide on your map. • Classify each Genocide - religious, ethnic/cultural, political, or something else.
Preventing Genocide In 1948, an international promise to prevent and punish genocide was made. President Reagan signed the 1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide in 1988.
First Conviction On September 2, 1998, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda issued the first conviction for genocide after a trial, declaring Jean-Paul Akayesu guilty for acts he engaged in and oversaw as mayor of the Rwandan town of Taba.
Genocide Watch • Preventing Genocide - Who is at Risk?
Genocide • Purposeful killing of a racial, political, religious, or cultural group.
Armenian Genocide • Murderer(s): Ottoman Turks • Location: Ottoman Empire • Group Killed: Armenian Christians • Year(s): 1915
The Holocaust • Murderer(s): Nazis • Location: Europe • Group Killed: Jews • Year(s): 1939-1945
Stalin’s Great Purge • Murderer(s): Joseph Stalin • Location: USSR • Group Killed: Peasants, government officials, and military leaders • Year(s): 1930s
Cambodian Genocide • Murderer(s): Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge • Location: Cambodia • Group Killed: Monks, educated, artists, government officials • Year(s): 1976
Rwanda Genocide • Murderer(s): Hutus • Location: Rwanda • Group Killed: Tutsi • Year(s): 1994
Bosnian Genocide • Murderer(s): Bosnian Serbs • Location: former Yugoslavia • Group Killed: Croats and Muslims • Year(s): 1992 – 1995