· 1) Conduct research to find documents from the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide. Define Genocide in your own words.
What is Genocide?
What is Genocide?
UN Convention
2)Conduct research to find information on the genocides in Armenia, Bosnia, Cambodia, and Darfur, Sudan. Complete the graphic organizer with the information you find.
The following links contain information on all the genocides listed above
Genocide is more than the Holocaust:
Student Resources in Context this is a database - you can access information similar to using a search engine
Experiment with word searches - try "genocide and Darfur" or "Armenian Genocide" Think of different keyword searches that you can use. Good current information given if you use "genocide" as a search.
United Human Rights Council
United States Holocaust Museum - Genocide Page - current information on conflicts
Oprah Winfrey - Real life accounts of Modern Genocide
United States Holocaust Museum - Genocide History (does not include Armenia)
Includes information regarding Raphael Lempkin
ABC CLIO - GENOCIDE PAGE ***** This is a great source!!! Click on genocide tab on top of page to locate the event you are researching **************
This is a database - you may need to use the following username and password:
GenocideAdmin
solutions
The following sources are separated by the events they are about. Most of the videos are first hand accounts
Experiment with word searches - try "genocide and Darfur" or "Armenian Genocide" Think of different keyword searches that you can use. Good current information given if you use "genocide" as a search.
United Human Rights Council
United States Holocaust Museum - Genocide Page - current information on conflicts
Oprah Winfrey - Real life accounts of Modern Genocide
United States Holocaust Museum - Genocide History (does not include Armenia)
Includes information regarding Raphael Lempkin
ABC CLIO - GENOCIDE PAGE ***** This is a great source!!! Click on genocide tab on top of page to locate the event you are researching **************
This is a database - you may need to use the following username and password:
GenocideAdmin
solutions
The following sources are separated by the events they are about. Most of the videos are first hand accounts
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide - Facts
Armenian Survivor Story - video
Armenian Genocide - First Hand Account
Turkish Soldier - First hand account of Armenian Genocide
Cambodia - The Killing Fields
Cambodia
Cambodian Survivor - Genocide Account
Cambodian Survivor - Short Video
Darfur
Genocide in Darfur - Houston Holocaust Museum
Darfur Genocide - National Geographic Video
Eyewitness Account to Darfur/Brief History of Conflict
Former Marine Gives Eyewitness Account of Darfur
Bosnia
Bosnia
Bosnia Genocide - BBC News includes timeline of events
The History Place - account of Bosnian Genocide
Bosnia - answers Who, What, Where, Why
Bosnia CBS - Video
Bosnia - eyewitness video
3)Conduct research to find at least two appropriate eyewitness accounts from atrocities in Armenia, Bosnia, Cambodia or Darfur, Sudan. Take notes on the graphic organizer. As you take notes, keep in mind that this information will be used for Part 4.
4)Write an analytical paragraph in which you identify the similarities and/or differences of the accounts, using specific details from the eyewitness accounts. You should also consider using appropriate information from your chart in part 2.
The History Place - account of Bosnian Genocide
Bosnia - answers Who, What, Where, Why
Bosnia CBS - Video
Bosnia - eyewitness video
3)Conduct research to find at least two appropriate eyewitness accounts from atrocities in Armenia, Bosnia, Cambodia or Darfur, Sudan. Take notes on the graphic organizer. As you take notes, keep in mind that this information will be used for Part 4.
4)Write an analytical paragraph in which you identify the similarities and/or differences of the accounts, using specific details from the eyewitness accounts. You should also consider using appropriate information from your chart in part 2.
