ATROCITIES OF WORLD WAR II World History. STINGER 1.Who is the speaker? 2.What is the occasion? (How...
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ATROCITIES OF WORLD WAR II World History. STINGER 1.Who is the speaker? 2.What is the occasion? (How can you tell?) 3.Who is the audience? 4.What is the
STINGER 1.Who is the speaker? 2.What is the occasion? (How can
you tell?) 3.Who is the audience? 4.What is the purpose? 5.What is
the subject? 6.What is the tone? 7.How does the cartoonist feel
about Hilters treatment of European people? 8.What does the
cartoonist think about Americas responsibility for people of other
countries? 9.Extra Credit: How does this relate to Horton hears a
Who?
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OTHERING AS A PART OF NATION-BUILDING Process of defining a
group as opposite a different group Process of defining a group as
opposite a different group Dehumanization of others Dehumanization
of others Mythology of Racism Mythology of Racism Stories one group
tells about another group in order to dehumanize Stories one group
tells about another group in order to dehumanize Ex: Jews have
horns Ex: Jews have horns Ex: Japanese are militaristic animals Ex:
Japanese are militaristic animals Beliefs become deeply ingrained
Beliefs become deeply ingrained Internal Other Internal Other Hated
group within the dominant culture Hated group within the dominant
culture Ex: Jews in Europe Ex: Jews in Europe Ex: Kurds in Turkey
and Iraq Ex: Kurds in Turkey and Iraq Ex: Undocumented immigrants
in the US Ex: Undocumented immigrants in the US Nation can blame
domestic problems (unemployment, inflation, low wages, crime, etc.)
on this group Nation can blame domestic problems (unemployment,
inflation, low wages, crime, etc.) on this group External Other
External Other Hated group external to the dominant culture Hated
group external to the dominant culture Ex: France and Britain for
the WWII Germans Ex: France and Britain for the WWII Germans Ex: US
for the EU Ex: US for the EU Ex: US for China, China for India,
India for Pakistan Ex: US for China, China for India, India for
Pakistan Ex: The West for Islamists Ex: The West for Islamists
Nation can blame international problems (trade issues, conflict,
need for standing army, terrorism, etc) on this group Nation can
blame international problems (trade issues, conflict, need for
standing army, terrorism, etc) on this group These change over
time! These change over time!
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GENEVA CONVENTIONS OF 1929 AND OTHER ACCEPTED RULES OF WARFARE
Treatment of sick and wounded Treatment of sick and wounded Must
receive medical treatment Must receive medical treatment
Repatriation of severely injured or wounded Repatriation of
severely injured or wounded Protection for Red Cross and other
neutral aide INGOs Protection for Red Cross and other neutral aide
INGOs Treatment of Prisoners of War Treatment of Prisoners of War
Cannot kill Cannot kill Cannot torture Cannot torture Must maintain
in good health Must maintain in good health Protection of civilians
Protection of civilians Do not TARGET civilians Do not TARGET
civilians No civilian shields No civilian shields No chemical
warfare No chemical warfare
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GERMANY- (START WITH THE EASY ONE) Internal other: European
Jews Internal other: European Jews Pogroms Pogroms Ghettos Ghettos
Restrictions on activities Restrictions on activities Economically
restricted to only doing business with each other Economically
restricted to only doing business with each other Curfews Curfews
Geographic restriction Geographic restriction Yellow star Yellow
star Disarmament Disarmament Kristallnacht Kristallnacht Mass
exterminations Mass exterminations Concentration camps
Concentration camps Labor camps Labor camps Extermination camps
Extermination camps External Other: France, UK, and other allies
whose reparations destroyed the German economy External Other:
France, UK, and other allies whose reparations destroyed the German
economy Rebuilding of the German Empire (Sudetenland, Poland,
Belgium, Rhineland, Lorraine, etc.) Rebuilding of the German Empire
(Sudetenland, Poland, Belgium, Rhineland, Lorraine, etc.)
Double-crossing of Russia Double-crossing of Russia Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg Occupation of France Occupation of France Air raids on
British civilians Air raids on British civilians
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THE HOLOCAUST Some of these photos are graphic, and I cannot
copy and past them. Some of these photos are graphic, and I cannot
copy and past them. Please be prepared, or put your head down.
Please be prepared, or put your head down.
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/10/world-war-ii-the-holocaust/100170/
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/10/world-war-ii-the-holocaust/100170/
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/10/world-war-ii-the-holocaust/100170/
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JAPAN Atrocities committed against the Chinese Atrocities
committed against the Chinese Mass killing of civilians Mass
killing of civilians Mass rape of Chinese women Mass rape of
Chinese women Treatment of children Treatment of children Bayonet
practice Bayonet practice Mass graves Mass graves Treatment of
Prisoners of War Treatment of Prisoners of War Use for medical
experiments, including experimental surgery Use for medical
experiments, including experimental surgery Use for bayonet
practice Use for bayonet practice Use for film industry Use for
film industry Beheadings Beheadings Treatment of their own people-
Kamakazi tactics Treatment of their own people- Kamakazi
tactics
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RUSSIA (AN ALLIED POWER) Internal Other (The Great Purge)
Internal Other (The Great Purge) Political dissidents Political
dissidents Capitalists Capitalists Clergymen Clergymen Anyone seen
as a threat Anyone seen as a threat Generals Generals Wives Wives
Returned prisoners of war Returned prisoners of war External Other:
Germans External Other: Germans Mass rape of Germans Mass rape of
Germans US knowledge of atrocities caused race to Berlin, with
Americans trying to stem the tide of the rapes US knowledge of
atrocities caused race to Berlin, with Americans trying to stem the
tide of the rapes
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THE UNITED STATES Racism at home Racism at home Internment of
the Japanese Internment of the Japanese Employment discrimination
against African Americans Employment discrimination against African
Americans
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JAPANESE INTERNMENT
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WAR CRIMES Fire bombing of civilian targets Fire bombing of
civilian targets Dresden Dresden Tokyo Tokyo Nuclear weapons
Nuclear weapons
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EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
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WWII DEATHS
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EXIT TICKET Identify three reasons that so many civilians died
in World War II. Identify three reasons that so many civilians died
in World War II. Describe two groups of people who were targeted
for destruction. Describe two groups of people who were targeted
for destruction. Explain how the process of othering can help build
a national identity Explain how the process of othering can help
build a national identity