Genocide Essay Prompt and Outline

Genocide Essay Prompt and Outline

- Essay Test Prompt: Define Genocide and summarize the 8 Stages of Genocide and how they function, explain a major similarity and a major difference between the Holocaust and the Rwanda genocide in relation to the 8 Stages of Genocide, and explain what the most important actions are that can be taken to prevent genocide.

 I. Introduction

  A. Lead-in ("Hook": quote, fact, statistic, anecdote):___________________________________

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  B. Historical Context________________________________________________________________
  (e.g., anti-Semitism, Social Darwinism; Colonialism in Africa/Rwanda)

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  C. Thesis: Your topic (subject), view (argument: what should we learn from your essay?)

           1. Subject:

           2. View:

II. Genocide definition and summary of the 8 Stages____________________________________

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III. Similarity: Choose one of the 8 Stages______________________________________________

    A. Define/describe the stage

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B. Analysis of why the two genocides are similar in relation to this stage

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IV. Difference: Choose another stage:_______________________________________________

     A. Define/describe the stage

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     B. Analysis of why the two genocides are different in relation to this particular stage

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V. Prevention of genocide and lesson of history_________________________________________

     A. Key preventative measure for us today:____________________________________________

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     B. Lesson of history:_______________________________________________________________

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