WWI WEEK 3

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question Why do we go to war?

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question What is genocide?

Definition: Genocide noun 1. the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. -Dictionary.com

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question What factors lead one group to commit genocide upon another?

Raphael Lemkin Genocide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moByGLA7FDc

gENOCIDE “Genocide,” a term used to describe violence against members of a national, ethnical, racial or religious group with the intent to destroy the entire group, came into general usage only after World War II, when the full extent of the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime against the Jews of Europe during that conflict became known.” History.com

gENOCIDE “In 1948, the United Nations declared genocide to be an international crime; the term would later be applied to the horrific acts of violence committed during conflicts in the former Yugoslavia and in the African country of Rwanda in the 1990s.” History.com

Genocide “An international treaty signed by some 120 countries in 1998 established the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has jurisdiction to prosecute crimes of genocide.” History.com

ICC

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QUESTION Do you think countries who do commit horrific acts such as genocide should be held accountable for their actions by other nations?

GENOCIDE/lEMKIN “The word genocide owes its existence to Raphael Lemkin, a Polish-Jewish lawyer who fled the Nazi occupation of Poland and arrived in the United States in 1941.” History.com

Raphael Lemkin

gENOCIDE/lEMKIN “As a boy, Lemkin had been horrified when he learned of the Turkish massacre of hundreds of thousands of Armenians during World War I.” History.com

Armenian Genocide

Genocide/Lemkin “As an adult, he set out to come up with a term to describe Nazi crimes against European Jews during World War II, and to enter that term into the world of international law in the hopes of preventing and punishing such horrific crimes against innocent people.” History.com

Genocide/Lemkin “In 1944, he coined the term “genocide” by combining genos, the Greek word for race or tribe, with the Latin suffix cide (“to kill”).” History.com

Armenian Genocide The Great War – AG In Depth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUZxZhlf42w The Great War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J1mpAQDMII

Movie

2 MOVIES Treaty of Versailles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74-HkCRozls Russian Revolution http://www.documentarytube.com/videos/the-russian- revolution

TREATE OF VERSAILLE Crash Course https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y59wErqg4Xg&list=PLnfE PP2HtiyJyLbDzlHgfrXHGw3Iz42fM History.com http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/treaty-of-versailles

Russian revolution Russian Revolution – Epic History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV9G1QUIm7w

Bolshevik revolution “In the aftermath of the February Revolution, power was shared between the weak provisional government and the Petrograd Soviet.” -History.com

Bolshevik revolution

Bolshevik revolution “Then, on November 6 and 7, 1917 (or October 24 and 25 on the Julian calendar, which is why this event is also referred to as the October Revolution), leftist revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d’état against the provisional government.” -History.com

Bolshevik revolution

Bolshevik revolution The Bolsheviks and their allies occupied government buildings and other strategic locations in Petrograd, and soon formed a new government with Lenin as its head. -History.com

Bolshevik revolution

Bolshevik revolution Lenin became the virtual dictator of the first Marxist state in the world. His government made peace with Germany, nationalized industry and distributed land, but beginning in 1918 had to fight a devastating civil war against anti-Bolshevik White Army forces. -History.com

Bolshevik revolution

Bolshevik Revolution “In 1920, the anti-Bolsheviks were defeated, and in 1922 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was established.” -History.com

Vladimir Lenin

Self assessment

Essay! Email: Rsobel@tmpsantafe.org Length Requirement: 1.5 Pages (12 Point, Double Spaced, Times New Roman) Topic: Question of Your Choice (an attempt at an answer) Guidelines: This essay does not have to be a research paper. Opinion pieces are fine! Statements such as “I think” and “In my opinion” are encouraged! *If you do choose to write a research paper, please include a works cited page in MLA Format (Easybib.com) Due Date: Sunday, February 5th @ 11:59 PM

RUBRIC!

Works cited

Works Cited  History.com Staff, History.com Staff. "World War I History." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 21 Jan. 2017. Duffy, Michael. "Firstworldwar.com." First World War.com - Feature Articles - The Planning of the War. N.p., 22 Aug. 2009. Web. 05 Feb. 2017. Tuchman, Barbara W., and Margaret MacMillan. The Guns of August ; The Proud Tower. New York, NY: Library of America, 2012. Print. History.com Staff. "Russian Revolution." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 05 Feb. 2017. History.com Staff. "Armenian Genocide." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2010. Web. 05 Feb. 2017. "Genocide." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 05 Feb. 2017.