WORLD GENOCIDES / Armenia / Cambodia / Rwanda / Darfur / Armenia / Cambodia / Rwanda / Darfur

Armenian Genocide also known as the Armenian Holocaust / Where: Ottoman Empire (Turkey) / When: / Who: The Ottomans against the ethnic group called the Armenians (currently from the country of Armenia) / Where: Ottoman Empire (Turkey) / When: / Who: The Ottomans against the ethnic group called the Armenians (currently from the country of Armenia)

Armenian Genocide Continued…. / What: The systematic killing and forced deportations of the Armenians. The Ottomans set up forced labor concentration camps where the Armenians were assassinated and worked to death. / Why: Ethnic and cultural differences. To this day the Turkish government denies the genocide!! / Deaths: 500,000 Armenians in 2 years. / What: The systematic killing and forced deportations of the Armenians. The Ottomans set up forced labor concentration camps where the Armenians were assassinated and worked to death. / Why: Ethnic and cultural differences. To this day the Turkish government denies the genocide!! / Deaths: 500,000 Armenians in 2 years.

Cambodian Genocide / Where: Cambodia / When: / Who: Communist regime the Khmer Rouge against the Cambodian citizens / Where: Cambodia / When: / Who: Communist regime the Khmer Rouge against the Cambodian citizens

/ What: mass killing at RANDOM of Cambodians / Why:  One Khmer slogan ran: 'To spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no loss.' / Deaths: 2 million deaths / What: mass killing at RANDOM of Cambodians / Why:  One Khmer slogan ran: 'To spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no loss.' / Deaths: 2 million deaths

Aim: What happened in Rwanda? L45 Do Now: List 4 facts you learned yesterday about Cambodia and Armenia

Genocide in Rwanda / Where: Rwanda, Africa / When: April days / Who: / Perpetrators: Hutu (Government and Interahamwe militia) / Victims: Tutsi / Hutus were the majority (80%) / Tutsi were the minority (20%) / Where: Rwanda, Africa / When: April days / Who: / Perpetrators: Hutu (Government and Interahamwe militia) / Victims: Tutsi / Hutus were the majority (80%) / Tutsi were the minority (20%)

/ What: Mass murder, torture, rape and forced relocation of Tutsi people / Why: / 1) traditional tribal differences made worse by the Belgian colonial powers who had controlled Rwanda. They favored the Tutsi and this made the majority Hutu very upset when they left. / What: Mass murder, torture, rape and forced relocation of Tutsi people / Why: / 1) traditional tribal differences made worse by the Belgian colonial powers who had controlled Rwanda. They favored the Tutsi and this made the majority Hutu very upset when they left.

/ Deaths and tolls: 1.2 million dead in 100 days!! (That’s 10,000 a day or 400 an hour). Many of the surviving women were subject to rapes and received HIV. 400,000 orphan children

/ Results: / The RPF (Rwandan Patriotic Front) a Tutsi army that had fled to a neighboring country returned and was able to stop the genocide. / The USA and other governments around the world knew this was going on and did not stop it!! / Results: / The RPF (Rwandan Patriotic Front) a Tutsi army that had fled to a neighboring country returned and was able to stop the genocide. / The USA and other governments around the world knew this was going on and did not stop it!!

Questions for reading activity 1) What are the similarities and differences between Hutus and Tutsis? 2) What happened when the Belgians came to Rwanda? 3) What was the RPF and what was its purpose? 4) What sparked the killing in April of 1994? EXIT TICKET (Full response required) 1) What are the similarities and differences between Hutus and Tutsis? 2) What happened when the Belgians came to Rwanda? 3) What was the RPF and what was its purpose? 4) What sparked the killing in April of 1994? EXIT TICKET (Full response required)

Aim: What is going on in Darfur? L46(Darfur) / Do Now: What do you think is going on in this image

Genocide in Darfur / Where: Darfur region of Sudan in Africa / When: From 2003 to the Present!!! / Who: Darfur Citizens targeted by the Sudanese Janjiweed militia (Arab contract militia known for their violent methods and use of child soldiers) / Where: Darfur region of Sudan in Africa / When: From 2003 to the Present!!! / Who: Darfur Citizens targeted by the Sudanese Janjiweed militia (Arab contract militia known for their violent methods and use of child soldiers)

/ What: Systematic killing of the civilians of the Darfur region. Methods used including bombing, burning villages, murdering, raping and torturing. / Why: Political and religious/ethnic conflict / Political: Gov wants control of the farmland in Darfur / Religious/ Ethnic: Lighter skinned Muslims targeting darker skinned Muslims (and some Christians) / Deaths and tolls: 400,000 dead. 2.7 million displaced to refugee camps--- deaths ongoing with about 1,000 dying each month due to murder and disease / What: Systematic killing of the civilians of the Darfur region. Methods used including bombing, burning villages, murdering, raping and torturing. / Why: Political and religious/ethnic conflict / Political: Gov wants control of the farmland in Darfur / Religious/ Ethnic: Lighter skinned Muslims targeting darker skinned Muslims (and some Christians) / Deaths and tolls: 400,000 dead. 2.7 million displaced to refugee camps--- deaths ongoing with about 1,000 dying each month due to murder and disease

Sudan - Genocide questions 1) What are the differences between the people in Sudan? 2) What were the origins of the conflict? 3) Who are the Janjaweed? 4) Do you think the government is lying about not supporting the Janjaweed? 5) What has the world done about the problems in Darfur? 1) What are the differences between the people in Sudan? 2) What were the origins of the conflict? 3) Who are the Janjaweed? 4) Do you think the government is lying about not supporting the Janjaweed? 5) What has the world done about the problems in Darfur?