WORLD GENOCIDES WORLD GENOCIDES

Armenia Cambodia Rwanda Darfur

Armenia Cambodia Rwanda Darfur

Armenian Genocide also known as the Armenian

Holocaust

Armenian Genocide also known as the Armenian

Holocaust Where: Ottoman Empire (Turkey) When: 1915-1917 Who: The Ottomans against the

ethnic group called the Armenians (currently from the country of Armenia)

Where: Ottoman Empire (Turkey) When: 1915-1917 Who: The Ottomans against the

ethnic group called the Armenians (currently from the country of Armenia)

Armenian Genocide Continued….Armenian Genocide Continued…. What: The systematic killing and forced

deportations of the Armenians. The Ottomans set up forced labor concentration camps where the Armenians were assassinated and worked to death.

Why: Ethnic and cultural differences. To this day the Turkish government denies the genocide!!

Deaths: 500,000 Armenians in 2 years.

What: The systematic killing and forced deportations of the Armenians. The Ottomans set up forced labor concentration camps where the Armenians were assassinated and worked to death.

Why: Ethnic and cultural differences. To this day the Turkish government denies the genocide!!

Deaths: 500,000 Armenians in 2 years.

Cambodian Genocide Cambodian Genocide

Where: Cambodia When: 1975-1979 Who: Communist regime the

Khmer Rouge against the Cambodian citizens

Where: Cambodia When: 1975-1979 Who: Communist regime the

Khmer Rouge against the Cambodian citizens

What: mass killing at RANDOM of Cambodians

Why: One Khmer slogan ran:

'To spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no loss.'

Deaths: 2 million deaths

What: mass killing at RANDOM of Cambodians

Why: One Khmer slogan ran:

'To spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no loss.'

Deaths: 2 million deaths

Aim: What happened in Rwanda? L45

Aim: What happened in Rwanda? L45

Do Now: List 4 facts you learned yesterday about Cambodia and Armenia

Do Now: List 4 facts you learned yesterday about Cambodia and Armenia

Genocide in Rwanda Genocide in Rwanda Where: Rwanda, Africa When: April 1994 ----100 days Who: Perpetrators: Hutu (Government and

Interahamwe militia) Victims: Tutsi

Hutus were the majority (80%) Tutsi were the minority (20%)

Where: Rwanda, Africa When: April 1994 ----100 days Who: Perpetrators: Hutu (Government and

Interahamwe militia) Victims: Tutsi

Hutus were the majority (80%) Tutsi were the minority (20%)

What: Mass murder, torture, rape and forced relocation of Tutsi people

Why: 1) traditional tribal differences made

worse by the Belgian colonial powers who had controlled Rwanda. They favored the Tutsi and this made the majority Hutu very upset when they left.

What: Mass murder, torture, rape and forced relocation of Tutsi people

Why: 1) traditional tribal differences made

worse by the Belgian colonial powers who had controlled Rwanda. They favored the Tutsi and this made the majority Hutu very upset when they left.

Deaths and tolls: 1.2 million dead in 100 days!! (That’s 10,000 a day or 400 an hour). Many of the surviving women were subject to rapes and received HIV. 400,000 orphan children

Deaths and tolls: 1.2 million dead in 100 days!! (That’s 10,000 a day or 400 an hour). Many of the surviving women were subject to rapes and received HIV. 400,000 orphan children

Results: The RPF (Rwandan Patriotic Front) a

Tutsi army that had fled to a neighboring country returned and was able to stop the genocide.

The USA and other governments around the world knew this was going on and did not stop it!!

Results: The RPF (Rwandan Patriotic Front) a

Tutsi army that had fled to a neighboring country returned and was able to stop the genocide.

The USA and other governments around the world knew this was going on and did not stop it!!

Questions for reading activity Questions for reading activity 1) What are the similarities and

differences between Hutus and Tutsis?2) What happened when the Belgians

came to Rwanda? 3) What was the RPF and what was its

purpose?4) What sparked the killing in April of

1994?

EXIT TICKET (Full response required)

1) What are the similarities and differences between Hutus and Tutsis?

2) What happened when the Belgians came to Rwanda?

3) What was the RPF and what was its purpose?

4) What sparked the killing in April of 1994?

EXIT TICKET (Full response required)

Aim: What is going on in Darfur?L46(Darfur)

Aim: What is going on in Darfur?L46(Darfur) Do Now: What

do you think is going on in this image

Do Now: What do you think is going on in this image

Genocide in Darfur Genocide in Darfur

Where: Darfur region of Sudan in Africa When: From 2003 to the Present!!! Who: Darfur Citizens targeted by the

Sudanese Janjiweed militia (Arab contract militia known for their violent methods and use of child soldiers)

Where: Darfur region of Sudan in Africa When: From 2003 to the Present!!! Who: Darfur Citizens targeted by the

Sudanese Janjiweed militia (Arab contract militia known for their violent methods and use of child soldiers)

What: Systematic killing of the civilians of the Darfur region. Methods used including bombing, burning villages, murdering, raping and torturing.

Why: Political and religious/ethnic conflict Political: Gov wants control of the farmland in Darfur Religious/ Ethnic: Lighter skinned Muslims targeting darker

skinned Muslims (and some Christians) Deaths and tolls: 400,000 dead. 2.7 million

displaced to refugee camps--- deaths ongoing with about 1,000 dying each month due to murder and disease

What: Systematic killing of the civilians of the Darfur region. Methods used including bombing, burning villages, murdering, raping and torturing.

Why: Political and religious/ethnic conflict Political: Gov wants control of the farmland in Darfur Religious/ Ethnic: Lighter skinned Muslims targeting darker

skinned Muslims (and some Christians) Deaths and tolls: 400,000 dead. 2.7 million

displaced to refugee camps--- deaths ongoing with about 1,000 dying each month due to murder and disease

Sudan - Genocide questions Sudan - Genocide questions

1) What are the differences between the people in Sudan?

2) What were the origins of the conflict? 3) Who are the Janjaweed? 4) Do you think the government is lying

about not supporting the Janjaweed? 5) What has the world done about the

problems in Darfur?

1) What are the differences between the people in Sudan?

2) What were the origins of the conflict? 3) Who are the Janjaweed? 4) Do you think the government is lying

about not supporting the Janjaweed? 5) What has the world done about the

problems in Darfur?