HW# 8- The Rwandan Genocide

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Homework #8

Describe one historical circumstance that led to a human rights violation in the

nation or region.

Describe one example of a human rights violation in that nation or region

Discuss the extent to which a government, a group, or an individual made an

attempt to resolve this human rights violation.

HW# 7- The Bosnian Genocide

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Name:_______________________________                           Date:___/___/___

Homework #7

Describe one historical circumstance that led to a human rights violation in the

nation or region.

Describe one example of a human rights violation in that nation or region

Discuss the extent to which a government, a group, or an individual made an

attempt to resolve this human rights violation.

HW# 6- The Cambodian Genocide

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Name:_______________________________                           Date:___/___/___

Homework #6

Describe one historical circumstance that led to a human rights violation in the

nation or region.

Describe one example of a human rights violation in that nation or region

Discuss the extent to which a government, a group, or an individual made an

attempt to resolve this human rights violation.

HW #10- Essay

 THEMATIC ESSAY QUESTION
Directions: Write a well-organized essay that includes an introduction, several paragraphs addressing the task
below, and a conclusion.
Theme: Human Rights Violations
The human rights of many groups have been violated at different times in various
nations and regions. Efforts by governments, groups, and individuals to resolve
these human rights violations have met with mixed results.
Task:
Select two groups who have experienced human rights violations in a specific
nation or region and for each
• Describe one historical circumstance that led to a human rights violation in the
nation or region
• Describe one example of a human rights violation in that nation or region
• Discuss the extent to which a government, a group, or an individual made an
attempt to resolve this human rights violation
You may use any group whose rights have been violated from your study of global history.
Some suggestions you might wish to consider include Christians under the Roman Empire,
indigenous peoples in Latin America, Armenians under the Ottoman Empire, Ukrainians
after the Russian Revolution, Jews in Europe, Cambodians under Pol Pot, blacks under
apartheid in South Africa, and Kurds in the Middle East.

You are not limited to these suggestions.
Do not use any human rights violations from the United States in your answer.

HW #9- Outline Essay

THEMATIC ESSAY QUESTION
Directions: Write a well-organized essay that includes an introduction, several paragraphs addressing the task
below, and a conclusion.
Theme: Human Rights Violations
The human rights of many groups have been violated at different times in various
nations and regions. Efforts by governments, groups, and individuals to resolve
these human rights violations have met with mixed results.
Task:
Select two groups who have experienced human rights violations in a specific
nation or region and for each
• Describe one historical circumstance that led to a human rights violation in the
nation or region
• Describe one example of a human rights violation in that nation or region
• Discuss the extent to which a government, a group, or an individual made an
attempt to resolve this human rights violation
You may use any group whose rights have been violated from your study of global history.
Some suggestions you might wish to consider include Christians under the Roman Empire,
indigenous peoples in Latin America, Armenians under the Ottoman Empire, Ukrainians
after the Russian Revolution, Jews in Europe, Cambodians under Pol Pot, blacks under
apartheid in South Africa, and Kurds in the Middle East.

You are not limited to these suggestions.
Do not use any human rights violations from the United States in your answer.

AIM: What was the Armenian Genocide?

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http://www.slideshare.net/millionheiress/world-genocidesThe Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide was carried out by the "Young Turk" government of the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923. Starting in April 1915, Armenians in the Ottoman armies, serving separately in unarmed labor battalions, were removed and murdered. Of the remaining population, the adult and teenage males were separated from the deportation caravans and killed under the direction of Young Turk functionaries. Women and children were driven for months over mountains and desert, often raped, tortured, and mutilated. Deprived of food and water, they fell by the hundreds of thousands along the routes to the desert. Ultimately, more than half the Armenian population (1,500,000 people) was annihilated. Pontic Greeks and the Assyrians were also targeted by the Ottoman Turks.

Aim: What is Genocide? The Holocaust

The term “genocide” was coined by Raphael Lemkin in 1944. According to the United Nations Genocide Convention, the term denotes acts “committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such.” More specifically, genocide includes “deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.”   

“Genocide” and “Holocaust” are not the same thing. “Holocaust” is a word of Greek origin meaning “sacrifice by fire.” Genocide was an element of the Holocaust, but the Holocaust involved much more than genocide. According to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, “The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators…The Nazis, who came to power in Germany in January 1933, believed that Germans were ‘racially superior’ and that the Jews, deemed ‘inferior,’ were ‘life unworthy of life.’” 

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