The Task
You are called upon to join a team of genocide watchers to study situations in various regions of the world and determine what can be done to prevent and stop mass killings.
Each person will study an instance of genocide and compare the common factors of each with your team. You will identify the progressive stages of genocide that led to the massacres and what could have prevented further progression at each stage.
You will examine current conflicts and determine if they are at a stage leading toward genocide. Then you will answer the question:
What can we do to prevent and stop mass killings in our world?
Should we get involved only when our national economic or security interests are at stake?
OR
Should we also get involved for humanitarian purposes?
Final Project
You and your group will create a newspaper chronicling one genocide of the 20th century for each member of the group.
You are called upon to join a team of genocide watchers to study situations in various regions of the world and determine what can be done to prevent and stop mass killings.
Each person will study an instance of genocide and compare the common factors of each with your team. You will identify the progressive stages of genocide that led to the massacres and what could have prevented further progression at each stage.
You will examine current conflicts and determine if they are at a stage leading toward genocide. Then you will answer the question:
What can we do to prevent and stop mass killings in our world?
Should we get involved only when our national economic or security interests are at stake?
OR
Should we also get involved for humanitarian purposes?
Final Project
You and your group will create a newspaper chronicling one genocide of the 20th century for each member of the group.