Genocide Mini-Research Assignment

Choose one of the following countries and complete a research chart and 8 stage genocide profile and genocide summary. Use the following charts to complete this work. Please make sure that you fill in the bibliography section. Within each of the charts please provide specific information. The information can be presented in point-form, but must be paraphrased, not directly quoted. Country Choices: Afghanistan Iraq Somolia Cambodia Kosovo (region) Sudan Congo Nepal Uganda OTHER: At teacher’s discretion COUNTRY PROFILE FOR:

Geography Location Area Land boundaries total border countries Climate

Natural resources

Environment - current issues

Geography – important and interesting facts

People Population Median Age Population growth rate Nationality noun adjective Ethnic groups

Religions Languages Literacy definition total population male female People – important or interesting facts

Government Country name conventional long form conventional short form local long form local short form former abbreviation Dependency status Government type

Capital Independence Political parties and leaders

Political pressure groups and leaders

International organization participation

Government – important and interesting fact

Brief History (i.e. wars, celebrations, periods of turbulence, etc…)

Economy Economy - overview GDP - per capita Labor force - by occupation agriculture industry services Population below poverty line Debt - external Economic aid - donor

Economic aid - recipient

Currency (code) Military Military branches Military service age and obligation Military expenditures - percent of GDP Transnational Issues Disputes - international

Refugees and internally displaced persons refugees IDPs Genocide Chart

INSTRUCTIONS: The first section of this chart is a general look at the situation. When completing this chart, you will not only use specific pieces of information regarding the event, but you will use terms/concepts/theories from the lessons on alienation, conformity, deviance, social control, prejudice and discrimination in order to explain the event(s).

Groups involved: ( name and description)

Leaders ( of all groups)

WHAT? What happened? (trigger event, brief examination of key events)

WHERE? (be specific with locations and descriptions) WHEN? (time period, specific dates and descriptions)

WHY? Underlying reasons and justification for the event

HOW? How did the international community react?

Application of the concepts of Alienation and Conformity

8 Stages of Genocide INSTRUCTIONS: Apply the 8 stages of genocide to the country that you have profiled.

CLASSIFICATION

SYMBOLIZATION

DEHUMANIZATION:

ORGANIZATION:

POLARIZATION:

PREPARATION:

EXTERMINATION:

DENIAL:

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Country Profile Sources:

Genocide Summary and Example Sources: