1. African Genocide
Case study of Sudan

2. Do Now
Using any background knowledge you have answer the questions on the genocide pre-test.
Fill in every question!

3. Learning Target Explain what genocide is
Identify genocides in the 20th century
Explain key developments in Sudan’s history that lead to the genocide in Darfur
Evaluate the responsibility of the United States in responding to and preventing genocides

4. What is genocide? Killing? Segregation? Terrorism? Discrimination?
Where on a spectrum of violence does genocide fall?

5. The land of Red and blue people
A: Red people spitting on blue people because they are blue
B: Red people calling blue people derogatory names because they are blue
C: Beating up a random blue person walking down the street because they are blue
D: Passing a law to prevent all blue people from getting jobs that red people could do
E: Ransacking a neighborhood, breaking windows of houses and painting graffiti on blue peoples’ houses
F: Killing a blue family because they are blue
G: Rounding up and taking all blue people to a school yard and killing them
Spectrum of Violence
Least
Most

6. What is genocide GenosTribe CideKill
According to the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (New York, 1948)
Any act committed with the idea of destroying in whole or in part a national, ethnic, racial or religious group
Killing members of the group
Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group
Deliberately inflicting conditions calculated to physically destroy the group (the whole group or even part of the group)
Forcefully transferring children of the group to another group
Systematic extermination of a group of people on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or other defining characteristic
GenosTribe
CideKill

7. Discrimination
“Treating people differently through prejudice: unfair treatment of one person or group, usually because of prejudice about race, ethnicity, age, religion, or gender
Ability to notice and value quality: the ability to appreciate good quality or taste
Awareness of subtle differentiation: the ability to notice subtle differences” (curiously Bing dictionary)
How is discrimination different from genocide?

8. UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide
Followed the Holocaust (more than six million Jews were killed)
Any country who signed can ask the UN to take appropriate action to prevent or stop acts of genocide.
Going to trial
Can be held on trial in a “competent court” where the act was committed
An international court with appropriate jurisdiction
All signed countries have a duty to "prevent and to punish" genocide

9. Which is Genocide
A: Red people spitting on blue people because they are blue
B: Red people calling blue people derogatory names because they are blue
C: Beating up a random blue person walking down the street because they are blue
D: Passing a law to prevent all blue people from getting jobs that red people could do
E: Ransacking a neighborhood, breaking windows of houses and painting graffiti on blue peoples’ houses
F: Killing a blue family because they are blue
G: Rounding up and taking all blue people to a school yard and killing them

10. What are some famous genocides of the 20th c.
Holocaust
Armenia
Cambodia
Bosnia
Rwanda
Darfur
Chechnya
Congo
Ukraine

11. Problems with the definition of genocide
Too narrow
The convention excludes targeted political and social groups
The definition is limited to direct acts against people, and excludes acts against the environment which sustains people or their culture
Proving intention beyond reasonable doubt is hard
UN member states are hesitant to single out other members or intervene (ex. Rwanda )
There is no body of international law to clarify
How many deaths equal genocide (measuring and defining)
Devalued

12. Exit Ticket
On the back of your pretest revise your answer to “what is genocide”
On the back of your pretest revise your answer to “what is discrimination”

13. Learning Target Explain what genocide is
Identify genocides in the 20th century
Explain key developments in Sudan’s history that lead to the genocide in Darfur
Evaluate the responsibility of the United States in responding to and preventing genocides specifically those in Africa

14. Background information
Instructions:
Read and highlight the article on the background of conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan.
Look for information on the causes of the conflict, the details of the conflict, response, and current status.
Fill this information into the graphic organizer

15. Jigsaw Count off by five
Read and highlight the article on the conflict in Darfur assigned to your group
Use the information in your article to fill out your graphic organizer
Reorganize to complete your graphic organizer.

16. The Big One! Learning Target
Identify African genocides in the 20th and 21st century
Explain the history that lead to one African genocide.
Describe the progress that has been made towards resolving one African genocide.
Evaluate the responsibility of the United States in responding to and preventing genocides specifically those in Africa
The Big One!

17. Sources to Check Out
The BBC
African Union
Genocide Watch