1. 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

2. What responsibility does the modern world have to prevent or act upon genocides as they occur?

3. Right now: Myanmar
myanmar-reveals-disturbing-massacre-at-least-5-mass-graves

4. Read the following overviews…

5. Select one of the genocides to research:
Some Modern Genocides
Country
Years
# Killed
China- Mao Zedong
and
49-78 million estimated
Russia- Josef Stalin
23 million
Cambodia- Pol Pot
1,700,000
Rwanda
1994
800,000
Iraq- Sadam Hussein ’s
200,000+
Darfur-Sudan
2003-currently
400,000+

6. 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?

7. Some helpful websites Genocide Watch United States Holocaust Museum
Holocaust Center for Humanity