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1st Marking Quarter
Unit 1 Holocaust and Genocide Studies Introduction
Graded In-Class Assignments: 1st Quarter
2. Read pages 8-13 The Origins of Genocide; Naming Genocide: Raphael Lemkin. Complete worksheet on Defining Genocide.
3. Sept. 13 & 14.
4. Due Oct. 1st. Read DBQ on Early Genocides and complete the questions.
5. Complete pages 18-19 The Reality Behind the Words.
6. USC Shoah Foundation. Pyramid of Hate Exercises.
Unit 2 The Armenian Genocide
1. Guided film questions on the PBS documentary, The Armenian Genocide.
Unit 3 The Ukrainian Famine (The Holodomor)
1. October 28th. Complete the DBQ Project on Stalin and Communist Russia.
2. Nov. 6th. Primary Sources: Walter Duranty. Read the quotes and complete questions 1-6.
3. Choose one of the testimonies listed here: Survivor Testimonies: The Holodomor and answer the questions: Written Document Analysis Worksheet. Document Analysis: Video The PDF file, Written Document Analysis Worksheet. Document Analysis: Video.
4. Students should complete the tasks listed on the following worksheet Holodomor Research Project. The Holodomor Research Consortium
5. Complete the worksheet Holodomor Famine Poem.
2nd Marking Quarter
Unit 4 - World War II Atrocities
1. . Read one of the survivor testimonies from the Nanking Massacre pages 96-105 (Documents 13-17) and answer the questions for discussion on page 106 (Document 18).
2. Nov. 18th. The Massacre of Nanking - Three Worksheet Packet.
3. Complete The Bataan Death March - Reading with questions.
4. Dec. 3rd. Use the DBQ Analysis worksheet to answer questions about the photo on Japanese Internment here.
5. Nov. 22nd. Read The Katyn Forrest Massacre and use the DBQ Analysis worksheet to answer questions about the article.
6. December 12. Japanese Internment DBQ.
Unit 5 The Holocaust
1. Dec. 11th. Antisemitism Documents 2a-8.
1a. Dec. 12th. Complete the assignment Overview of Antisemitism.
1b. Dec. 13th. Complete DBQ Packet #1 The Ball and Frost in the Night.
2. Holocaust Introduction DBQ #1
3. Holocaust Reading Comprehension #2 Reading & Worksheets
4. Jan. 3rd. Nazi Propaganda DBQ #3
5. Due Jan. 6th. Stereotyping and Prejudice DBQ #3. Complete Documents 1-8
5a. Due Jan. 17th. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (Page 25-26).
6. . Read The Voyage of the St. Louis and answer the questions which follow.
7. Complete Antisemitism Documents 2a-8. Choose one.
7a. Jan. 16th. Complete the White Rose, resistance to the Holocaust on pages 38-39.
8. Nazi Ghetto System DBQ #7
9. Nazi Propaganda Page 18.
10.Eli Weisel Auschwitz Questions #8 Documentary Link
11. Jan. 27th. One Survivor Remembers #9 Documentary Link
12. Jan 7. Complete the Nazi Rise to Power DBQ.
13. Conspiracy - Wannssee Conference - The Final Solution.
14. Jan 30th. Complete DBQ Packet on Resistance and Rescue Documents 47-48.
14a. Jan. 21. Complete "In their Own Words" pgs. 23-24.
15. Feb. 1. Use the blank timeline on page 11 of this document to complete Chronology of the Holocaust US Involvement in WWII Chronology Timeline of WWII PBS
15a. Feb 5. Complete the War Crimes Trials DBQ.
16. Feb. 7 Complete Page 6 of US Response to the Holocaust.
17. Holocaust Study Guide and Study Guide Notes
3rd Marking Quarter
Unit 6 - Cold War Genocide
1. Feb 27th. Complete DBQ on Mao Zedong and the Great Leap Forward.
2. Complete questions 1-9 from the documentary, The Tank Man.
3. March 15th. Choose one of the six photographs and use the Primary Source Worksheet to answer the questions.
4. March 17th. The Ustasa Primary Source Photos and the Jasenovac Concentration Camp Map
6. March 28th. Complete Documents 4-6 on the Cambodian Genocide.
7. March 30th. Genocide in Cambodia DBQ.
Unit 7 Genocide and Human Rights in Latin America
1. April 4th. Read pages 36-37 on Impunity in Guatamala and complete questions 1-8 on page 38.
2. April 15th. Read the BBC report about Pope Francis and Argentina's Dirty War then write an essay of 3 to 5 paragraphs identifying your position on this topic.
3. April 18th. Use the DBQ CIA in Guatemala to answer the questions provided.
4. April 19th. Use the Outline Map of Latin America to find the places listed on the Latin America Worksheet.
5. April 20th. Complete packet on The Mother's of the Disappeared pages 11-20 (8 Questions)
6. April 28th. Complete Unit 7 Test.
Unit 8 The Cambodian Genocide
1. May 3rd. The Flute Player review questions page 13.
2. May 5th. The Killing Fields - Movie Questions. (Stretch/optional)
3. May 10th. - Enemies of the People - Video Clip Questions.
Unit 9 Conflict in the Balkans
2. May 15th. Newsletter Bosnia. Students should use the template provided to construct a newspaper depicting the Bosnian Genocide.
4. May 17th. - Srebrenica - PBS Worksheet.
5. May 19th. - Watch Feature History: Fall of Yugoslavia and complete the worksheet here.
4th Marking Quarter
Unit 10 War in Iraq and the Kurdish Genocide
1. Complete the Ethnic Map of Iraq below.
2. Complete the History of the Kurdish People exercise. Use PDF file below to complete Activities 1 or 3. One page paper or project.
3. View film Interrogating Saddam and complete the Interrogating Saddam worksheet below.
Unit 11 The Rwandan Genocide
4. Use ABC Frontline - The Triumph of Evil and complete the Rwandan Genocide worksheet found below.
5. USE PBS The Ghosts of Rwanda and complete the Ghosts of Rwanda worksheet below.
6. Answer the movie questions about the film Hotel Rwanda.
7. Short answer questions about the film Hotel Rwanda below.
8. May 20th. Complete pages 38-40 of the booklet Genocide and Elimination.
Unit 12 Modern Conflict in the Middle East
1. Use the Powerpoint Syria Activity located under PowerPoints to complete the assignment Situation Syria.
2. World Terrorism DBQ.
Unit 13 Genocide in Darfur
1. May 10. Complete Questions 1-17. DBQ on Darfur.
2. Due May 15th. Read Alert Darfur and answer the questions on page 3 of the Alert Darfur worksheet.
3. Rwandan Genocide Study Guide Test on June 5th or 6th.
4. June 3rd. Conflict and Civil War in Africa