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Unit: Genocide Grade 11: World Affairs

Unit: Genocide Grade 11: World Affairs. By Natalie Noble and Jackie Ellis ED 648. Students will be able to identify genocide after looking at two case studies: Argentina and Rwanda. .

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Unit: Genocide Grade 11: World Affairs

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  1. Unit: GenocideGrade 11: World Affairs By Natalie Noble and Jackie Ellis ED 648

  2. Students will be able to identify genocide after looking at two case studies: Argentina and Rwanda. Grade 9: Benchmark B: Analyze the consequences of oppression, discrimination and conflict between cultures. Analyze the results of political, economic, and social oppression and the violation of human rights including the Holocaust and other acts of genocide, including those that have occurred in Armenia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Iraq. Objectives and Standards

  3. PowerPoint Presentation Internet Access LCD Projector Smart Board Excerpt from selected book Imagining Argentina DVD DVD Player Television Hotel Rwanda DVD Materials Needed

  4. References / Websites • Picture of Juan Peron:http://www.dictatorofthemonth.com/Peron/juan-peron.jpeg • Picture of Fidel Castro:http://galizacig.org/imxact/2004/08/fidel_castro_ruz590.jpg • Picture of Green Ford Falcon:http://www.flickr.com/photos/76106835@N00/258393535/ • Picture of Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number:http://chpbooks.com.ru/img/502f303239393138323434342e30312e5f53434d5a5a5a5a5a5a5a5f.jpg • Picture of Imagining Argentina:http://www.dvdzap.ca/dvd-imgs/4221d0/imagining-argentina.jpg • Picture of Hotel Rwanda:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395169/maindetails

  5. References / Websites • Student reference sites for pictures: • http://www.travellerspoint.com/photos/stream/photoID/80753/users/Winkekatze/ • http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/africa/index-rwanda-children.html • Teacher Resources • http://www.infoplease.com/search?q=rwanda&in=all&fr=iptn&js=true

  6. Read an excerpt: Prisoner without a Name, Cell without a Number by Jacobo Timerman It is one man’s story about his arrest during the Dirty War because he was a politically active Jew Watch: The film Imagining Argentina starring Antonio Banderas The tale of a man whose family disappears during the Dirty War and his search to find them Activities

  7. Watch: The film Hotel Rwanda starring Don Cheadle A true story of a man who fought impossible odds to save everyone he could and created a place where hope survived. Defining Genocide Students must define genocide in their own terms and then think of examples other than the two examined. Students must then develop ways to prevent and/or combat genocide Activities (continued)

  8. Activities (continued) • Photo Assignment • At school • Students will research and print two photos that reflect a child’s life in Rwanda prior to the genocide. There must be at least one child in each picture. • At home • Students must find two family photos that relate in some way to the pictures researched in class. • Students must then identify evidence that suggests that life was “normal” prior to the genocide.

  9. The Dirty War in Argentina The Little Known Political Genocide of 1970s Argentina

  10. Time of Turmoil • Argentina was in a time of turmoil • Juan Peron has risen to power for a second time • However there were two groups which did not like how the government was run: • The Ejercito Revolucionario del Peublo (ERP) Revolutionary Army of the People • The Montoneros Juan Peron

  11. The ERP • Were a rural insurgency • Received funding from Fidel Castro • Apathetic toward Peron • Mostly students participate • Only number in the 100s of members Fidel Castro

  12. The Montoneros • Like the Perons • Led by students and workers • More based in cities such as Buenos Aires • Number in the 1000s of members

  13. The ERP and the Montoneros • These groups were a result of the counterculture of the 1970s • They were similar to hippies in the United States, except violent • Women often fulfilled positions of leadership in these groups • They kidnapped many people • However they were not unpopular as the Montoneros had a 50% approval rating • Eventually the ERP were outlawed but the Montoneros were made legal

  14. The Exterminations Begin • Juan Peron dies and his wife Isabelita takes over the government • She is manipulated by her advisors and the killings and kidnappings of the ERP and the Montoneros begin • She is overthrown in 1976 and the Guerra Sucia (the Dirty War) continues with more fervor

  15. They Disappeared • People disappear in the middle of the night, or while walking home from school or work • The main place of torture was the Naval Mechanics School • Any politically active or poor person is at risk • Green Ford Falcons become the car to watch out for because its what the government uses to take people away in

  16. The Mothers of the Disappeared • The Mothers were the only people to speak out against the government during this time • Starting in 1977, once a week, they walked around the Plaza de Mayo (a famous intersection) with pictures of their disappeared loved ones • However they were often beaten or tear gassed • They began to receive media attention in 1978 because the World Cup for Soccer took place in Argentina

  17. The Dirty War Ends • The Mothers of the Disappeared do not bring the Dirty War to an end • It ends because the people in charge ruin the economy and start a war which they cannot win, so they have bigger problems

  18. The Rwandan Genocide

  19. Rwanda • Hutus: Majority, 90% of the population • Tutsi: Minority of the population • Aristocracy of Rwanda • Dominated over Hutu majority • When Belgian Colonists arrive at the turn of the century, they make a distinction between dark Africans (who they called Hutu) and lighter skinned Africans (which they called Tutsi).

  20. Rwanda Continued • Independence from Belgium leads to Hutu take-over • Oppress Tutsi minority • Hutu extremists refuse to share power with Tutsi • On April 6th 1994 the Presidents of Rwanda and Burundi are killed when their plane is shot out of the sky by Hutu rebels extremists.

  21. Rwandan Civil War • “Cut the tall trees” • This sets off a terrible campaign by the Power-Hutus to commit genocide to destroy all non-Rwandans • Hutus at first target Hutu moderates and Tutsi political figures and leaders • Killing spreads to the countryside • No Tutsi is safe • Weapons of choice: machetes, clubs, guns, and grenades

  22. Rwandan Civil War • U.N. protectors arrive too late and in too small a number to do much good. • Did not help evacuate the Tutsi civilians • U.N. Security Council voted to abandon Rwanda and pulled out leaving only a small number of forces behind. • The slaughter ends: • Tutsi rebels manage to overthrow the Hutu extremists

  23. After It’s Said and Done • In only 3 months over 800,000 people are killed. • Most of the world argued and minimized their role to delay any action. • The United States, recently out of Somalia is not ready to commit troops again in Africa.

  24. Life as a Refugee • Over 1.5 million refugees are forced to flee their homes, many seeking refuge in neighboring Burundi and Zaire • Problems: • Disease • Homeless • Starving

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