Social Studies 11 Unit: Genocide Studies · Social Studies 11 Unit: Genocide Studies So let us s"p talkin’ falsely now, $e hour is ge%ing la&. - Bob Dylan, “All Along the Watchtower”

SocialStudies11Unit:GenocideStudies

So let us stop talkin’ falsely now, the hour is getting late. -BobDylan,“AllAlongtheWatchtower”h@ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV4_xaYynY

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UnitOverview

1.  IntroducTon2.  JewishHolocaust3.  CaseStudyRwanda4.  InternaTonallaw,enforcement,and

responses5.  WorkPeriod6.  WorkPeriod/So]Deadline7.  HardDeadline/PresentaTons

Lesson1:IntroducTon

“Thewordisnew,theconceptisancient” – LeoKuper,Sociologist,1981

Genocide

WhatdoyouthinkLeoKupermeans?

GuidingQues+ons:-WhatisGenocide?-Howcanwedefineitforthepast,present,andfuture?

ClassDefiniTonofGenocideGraffiTWall

OpeningQuesTon:Whyshouldwestudyit?

StudyingitbringsyouintocontactwithsomeofthemostinteresTngandexciTngdebatesinthesocialsciencesandhumaniTes

Tostudygenocideistos

tudyour

historicalinheritance.

YourstudiesandacTonsmaymakeadifference.

Tostudygenocideistostudyprocessesbywhichhundredsofmillionsofpeoplemetbrutalends.Buttherearemanywhohavebravelyresisted

WhatquesTonsdoyouhaveaboutgenocide?

WhatquesTonsdoyouhave?Writesomedownonapieceofscrappaperandtossitintothebasket.

SnowballAcTvity:QuesTonsabout

Genocide:Willhumanityeverchange?

HowhaswarfarebeentransformedinrecentTmes,andhowarethe“degenerate”anddecentralizedwarsofthepresentagelinkedtogenocidalstrategies?”

Howdoesgendershapegenocidalexperiencesandgenocidalstrategies?

Howishistory“produced,”andwhatroledomemoriesordenialofgenocideplayinthatproducTon?

KingAgamemnon–Trojanwar

“Wearenotgoingtoleaveasingleoneofthemalive,downtothebabiesintheirmothers’wombs–noteventheymustlive.Thewholepeoplemustbewipedoutofexistence,andnonebele]tothinkofthemandshedatear.”-Homer,TheOdyssey,8thCenturyBC

DoesgenocideneedtobethatabsoluteasadefiniTon?

•  h@p://ask.un.org/faq/232870

KeyTermsDefiniTonandnotes:Pages:19–22

Startfromthe6thparagraph,“Amongagents…”

Definethekeytermsonyourworksheetusingnotesorfullsentencesthatmakesenseforyou.•  Donotcopyintoyourbooks!•  paraphraseinstead.

KeyTerms:Agents

EmphasisonstateandofficialauthoriTes.•  “Adominantgroup,vestedwithformalauthority.”

•  UNConvenTon:ConsTtuTonallyresponsiblerulers,publicofficials,orprivateindividuals

•  Somecasesmaybenon-stateactors.– Colonialism.

KeyTerms:VicTms

•  TendtobesocialminoriTes•  Deepvulnerabilityand/oressenTaldefenselessness

•  VicTmsof“one-sidedmasskilling”•  UNConvenTonexcludespoliTcalgroups

KeyTerms:Goals

•  DestrucTon/eradicaTonofthevicTmgroupand/oritscultureulTmateexterminaTonisheldtobedesirableanduseful

•  AssureconformityandparTcipaTonoftheciTzenry

KeyTerms:Scale

•  Inwholeorpartofagroup.•  dimensionof“mass”murder•  Elementofmassor“substanTal”casualTes.

KeyTerms:Strategies

•  Maybedirectorindirect.•  EmphasisisonthedestrucTonofthegroup“assuch”

•  Commi@edwithintenttodestroy•  EconomicandbiologicalsubjugaTon.– E.g.killingofelites(eliTcide),naTonal(racial,ethnic)cultureandreligiouslife.

– PrevenTonofnormalfamilylifewithsameintent.

KeyTerms:Intent

•  Intentdefinesgenocide•  Actcommi@edwoulddestroy,inwholeorinpart,agroup

•  (CriminalLaw)moTveisirrelevant.ProsecutorsneedtoproveintenTonalnotaccidental.

TicketouttheDoor:AnsweronascrappieceofpaperandhandtoMr.YangQuesTon#1:WhatisGenocide?QuesTon#2:Howcanwedefineitforthepast,present,andfuture?QuesTon#3:AnycommentsorquesTons?

Beforeyougo…

Lesson2:TheHolocaust

DireStraights:MoneyforNothing(Instrumental).

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Social Studies 11 Unit: Genocide Studies · Social Studies 11 Unit: Genocide Studies So let us s"p talkin’ falsely now, $e hour is ge%ing la&. - Bob Dylan, “All Along the Watchtower”