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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
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?
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
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?