The Struggle to Prevent Genocide Genocide and the Global Response
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The Struggle to Prevent Genocide Genocide and the Global Response
Categories Holocaust , Honor Humanity 
grades:  High School (9-12) 

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From our friends at the ADL-Anti Defamation League:

The purpose of this lesson is to explore genocides that have taken place during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries including the Cambodian Genocide, the Rwandan Genocide, the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust. It also explores the world’s response to genocide and some of the reasons for global silence in the face of mass atrocities. Students are introduced to the paintings of a Holocaust survivor and explore the theme of indifference as it relates to the artist’s work and the plight of the Jews during the Holocaust. Students then engage in research on other cases of genocide in order to further understand the factors that have prevented the world community from responding more forcefully to these atrocities.



Objectives

  • Students will analyze the art of a Holocaust survivor and discuss the theme of indifference as it relates to the Holocaust. 
  • Students will investigate examples of world indifference and resistance to helping the Jewish people during World War II. 
  • Students will conduct research on genocides during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. 
  • Students will investigate patterns of global unresponsiveness to genocide.

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