Genocide Research Guide

Genocide: The deliberate or systematic destruction of a national, ethnic or religious group.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THINKING: 1. Do we have a responsibility to stop genocide whenever it becomes apparent? 2. Can Students at Southwest High do anything to stop the current genocide in Darfur? 3. Should the US military or NATO forces intervene to prevent further acts of genocide in Darfur?

STUDENT DIRECTIONS: Write a research paper using our school-approved format.

LIBRARY PRINT RESOURCES: 304.6; 364.151; 967.57 (Rwandan Genocide); 956.102 (armenian Genocide); 949.7 (serbia); 940.53 (Jewish Holocaust)

STEP 1: Look for library books. Try searching the online catalog using search terms that fit your topic and the names of the countries you are searching. These terms are also useful for searching online databases etc.

Search examples:

Darfur Sudan Armenia Holocaust Holocaust,Jewish World War, 1939-1945 Bosnia Yugolsav war Bosnia and Hercegovina Rwanda refugees ethnic conflict Human Rights crimes against humanity war crimes

STEP 2: Try the online databases. They have trustworthy, reliable and scholarly information that you can use on any school paper.

Grolier Online Encyclopedia

go.grolier.com

username: southw Password: southw

Grolier online encyclopedia is very helpful for general information and resources. It contains information on Darfur, Rwanda, World War II, Armenia and Bosnia. It does not get into specific details but the entries here are very helpful for builing a background on what you are researching (think of it as the place to go in order to get introduced to your topic) This site also contains links to outside resources such as government websites etc.

Proquest Online Database

http://www.proquestk12.com/

sign on: sohs Password:raiders (all lower case!)

When you type in the signon and password you need to choose between two links. The first will take you to the e-library and History Study Center. The first link will take you to encyclopedia articles, tv and audio transcripts, journals, books, and images.

eLibrary provides you with a powerful student tool to save your time and improve your opportunity to create an excellent research report–it’s called the BookCart. BookCarts have been created especially for your Genocide learning project. Each contains relevant articles from newspapers, books, magazines and journals as well as websites that fit your topic. You can get all you need for your research in one place including directions, essential questions to guide your research, and information about relevant library print resources too. Logon and click the BookCart link and then the World History folder to view your BookCarts.

SIRS Researcher   (signon: sohs password: raiders)

http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-sub-display?id=SSTHWSTH-0-2052&res=Y&ren=N&gov=N&lnk=N&ic=N&keyno=0000010938&leadiss=Y&auth_checked=Y

This is a great resource. It contains articles and information on various different genocides throughout history. If this link won’t work cut and paste it on your browser. Its worth the extra step.

Step 3: 

Some Online Sources

The 8 Stages of Genocide  

http://www.genocidewatch.org/8stages.htm

Genocide watch provides an analysis of the 8 stages that lead to Genocide. These steps are helpul in answering the questions in your analysis.

20th Century Atlas: death tolls of man-made megadeaths

This is a detailed list of the deathtoll ( as well as sources) for this century’s official and not official genocides.

Fact Sheet: Armenian Genocide

http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/armenian/facts/genocide.html

This is a page from the University of Michigan in Dearborn that details the basic facts of the Armenian Genocide. The article contains links to more information on the government at the time of the genocide.

A Cybrary of the Holocaust http://www.remember.org

This site contains images, poems, texts, discussion groups, annotated lists.

Armenian National Institute

http://www.armenian-genocide.org/

This is a website created by Armenian Americans with the goal of documenting photographs, books, manuscripts, and other artifacts in order to bear witness to the genocide of Armenians in Turkey during World War I.

Coalition for the International Criminal Court http://www.iccnow.org

This is a nongovernmental organization that provides general and background information on the International Criminal Court. You can find news, documents on many of the countries you are researching.

Crimes Against Humanity

http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/text/x14/xm1496.html

This is a site created by the Simon Weisenthal Center. It contains information on Crimes against humanity most specifically on the Jewish Holocaust.

Fletcher-Ginn Multilaterals Project

http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multilaterals.html

The Fletcher school at Tufts University offers a well organized collection of traty documents including historical treaties. You can search by treaty or by chronological listing.

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

http://69.94.11.53/

This is a site sponsored by the United Nations and it is the official site for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. It includes news, documents and background information on the tribunal.

Official Website of the Government of Rwanda

http://www.gov.rw

This is the offical site of the government of Rwanda. It has sections on history, geography, economy, national symbols as well as a page on the genocide of 1994. (see the tiny link at the bottom of the page)

Justice on Trial:Presented by American Radio Works

http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/justiceontrial/

This site is based on a public radio series. It discusses the effectiveness of international courts that prosecute war crimes. You will find texts, audio and images in this site.

Prevent Genocide International

http://www.preventgenocide.org/

Prevent Genocide is a nonprofit international activism organization that provides news monitoring and special documentation of the International Criminal Court.

Simon Wiesenthal Center (Museum of Tolerance) Multimedia Center

http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t024/t02487.html

Information on the 1948 Genocide Convention Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. It condems Genocide as an international crime.

Srebrenica: A cry from the Grave

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/cryfromthegrave/

This website is the companion to the PBS documentary with the same title. It contains eyewitness accounts and illustrations. The resources page contains quite a few on the Genocide in Bosnia.

The International Response to Conflict and Genocide: Lessons from the Rwandan Genocide

http://www.reliefweb.int/library/nordic/

This extensive report is provided by the steering committee of the Joint Evaluation of emergency assistance to Rwanda.

Yale University Genocide Studies Program

http://www.yale.edu/gsp/

Website of the Yale University Genocide Studies Program. It offers information on their program as well as documents and images that serve as evidence to genocides in various parts of the world.

Time 100: Leaders and Revolutionaries–Adolf Hitler

http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/hitler.html

This is a detailed portrait of Hitler by nobel laureate Elie Wiesel. It contains a photo, a timeline, a quiz and information on Genocide. Its part of a series that Time magazine did detailing the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.

African Studies Center–Rwanda Page

http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Country_Specific/Rwanda.html

The University of Pennsylvania African Studies department has created a Rwanda page with an annotated collection of resources relating to Rwanda.

Q&A: Sudan’s Darfur conflict

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3496731.stm

This site is by the BBC News service and contains a fact sheet on the genocide in Darfur. It is a very straightforward and clear explanation of the events in that region.

USAID: Darfur Emergency

http://www.usaid.gov/locations/sub-saharan_africa/sudan/darfur.html

From USAID. Gives information on US government humanitarian aid to Sudan.

Documenting Atrocities in Darfur

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/36028.htm

Official report of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor and Research of the US department of State. Includes surveys, graphs and photos illustrating the situation of Darfur’s non-arabs.

Situation in the Darfur

http://www.africa-union.org/DARFUR/homedar.htm

This site is the African Union’s response to the genocide in Darfur and their efforts to facilitate an end to the conflict.

Human Rights Watch: Crisis in Darfur

http://hrw.org/doc?t=africa&c=darfur

This organization provides various news reports and resources about the events unfolding in Darfur.

Sudan Civil War

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/sudan.htm

This site is maintained by John Pike who is a military defense expert. He gives a detailed analysis of the civil war and the conflicts in Sudan.

Library of Congress Research Studies: Sudan

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/sdtoc.html

This is a research handbook created by the Library of Congress. The information is NOT current. Most is from 1991 BUT it contains a link that says “visit new updated profile“. That link is a 16 page update on current Sudan.