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WWI WEEK 3
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question Why do we go to war?
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question What is genocide?
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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?
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Raphael Lemkin Genocide
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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Raphael Lemkin
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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
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Armenian Genocide
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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
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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
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Armenian Genocide The Great War – AG In Depth The Great War
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2 MOVIES Treaty of Versailles Russian Revolution revolution
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TREATE OF VERSAILLE Crash Course PP2HtiyJyLbDzlHgfrXHGw3Iz42fM History.com
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Russian revolution Russian Revolution – Epic History
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Bolshevik revolution “In the aftermath of the February Revolution, power was shared between the weak provisional government and the Petrograd Soviet.” -History.com
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Bolshevik revolution
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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
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Bolshevik revolution
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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
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Bolshevik revolution
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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
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Bolshevik revolution
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Bolshevik Revolution “In 1920, the anti-Bolsheviks were defeated, and in 1922 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was established.” -History.com
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Vladimir Lenin
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Self assessment
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Essay! 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 11:59 PM
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RUBRIC!
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Works cited
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Works Cited History.com Staff, History.com Staff. "World War I History." History.com. A&E Television Networks, Web. 21 Jan Duffy, Michael. "Firstworldwar.com." First World War.com - Feature Articles - The Planning of the War. N.p., 22 Aug Web. 05 Feb Tuchman, Barbara W., and Margaret MacMillan. The Guns of August ; The Proud Tower. New York, NY: Library of America, Print. History.com Staff. "Russian Revolution." History.com. A&E Television Networks, Web. 05 Feb History.com Staff. "Armenian Genocide." History.com. A&E Television Networks, Web. 05 Feb "Genocide." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 05 Feb
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