Genocide Mini Research Project I can: ►analyze the impact of historical events connecting to our novel ►Conduct research based upon inquiry questions ►Present findings, incorporating digital media
What responsibility does the modern world have to prevent or act upon genocides as they occur?
Right now: Myanmar https://www.npr.org/2018/02/01/582513394/investigation-in- myanmar-reveals-disturbing-massacre-at-least-5-mass-graves
Read the following overviews…
Select one of the genocides to research: Some Modern Genocides Country Years # Killed China- Mao Zedong 1958-61 and 1966-69 49-78 million estimated Russia- Josef Stalin 1932-39 23 million Cambodia- Pol Pot 1975-79 1,700,000 Rwanda 1994 800,000 Iraq- Sadam Hussein 1978-90’s 200,000+ Darfur-Sudan 2003-currently 400,000+
Develop an inquiry question of your own to present in addition to the following key concepts: Where in the world is this place? Who was the genocide aimed at? How did they carry out systematic killing? How many lives have been lost? What was the world’s response?
Some helpful websites Genocide Watch United States Holocaust Museum Holocaust Center for Humanity