A Virtual Field TripCreated by Sean Junkins

Your Itinerary

You are about to visit six nations that have experienced genocide. As you arrive in each country, be prepared to answer the following questions:

Who was involved?

What was the source of conflict? (political, religious, ethnic, etc)

How was this an example of genocide?

Create a “Log Book” in Microsoft Word to answer these questions after each of your stops

Don’t forget to bring your camera and “take” pictures along the way – make sure you “save” them!

What is

? Genocide means any act committed with intent to destroy a

national, ethnic, or religious group, as such: Killing members of the group

Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group

Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part

Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group

Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group

GermanyRwanda

Sudan

Turkey

Cambodia

Iraq

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Visit all six nations

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Germ

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“The Holocaus

t”The Holocaust is the term used to describe the genocide of approximately six million

European Jews during World War II by the Nazi regime in Germany led by Adolf Hitler. Other groups were persecuted and killed.

the death toll estimates generally place the total number of victims at nine to 11 million.

Turke

y

“The Armenian Genocide”

The Armenian Genocide refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire (which is present day Turkey) during and just after

World War I. It was carried out by the use of massacres, deportations, and forced marches.

The total number of Armenian deaths is estimated to have been between one and two million.

Suda

n

“The Darfur Crisis”

The Darfur Crisis is a conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan. One side of the conflict is composed of the Janjaweed, a

militia of camel-herding nomads. The other side comprises a variety of groups primarily non-Arab ethnic groups. The Sudanese government while publicly denying that it supports the Janjaweed,

has provided money and assistance to the militia and has participated in attacks targeting the tribal ethnic groups. The

conflict began in February of 2003.

Rwan

da

“The Rwandan Genocide”The Rwandan Genocide was the systematic murder

of the Rwanda's Tutsi minority in 1994. This was one of the worst genocides of the 1990s. The genocide was primarily the action of extremist Hutu militias, Over the course of about 100 days, from April 6 to mid-July, at least 800,000 Tutsis and thousands of moderate Hutus were killed during the genocide.

Some estimates put the death toll around 800,000 to 1,000,000. The 2004 movie Hotel Rwanda is based

upon this dark time in Rwanda’s history.

Iraq

“The al-Anfal Campaign”

The al-Anfal Campaign was a genocidal campaign against the Kurds by Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Ali Hassan al-

Majid, better known as “Chemical” Ali, led this genocide. The al-Anfal Campaign was a series of attacks on the

Kurdish populations in northern Iraq. Most of the attacks took place between 1986 and 1989.

Saddam Hussein

“Chemical” Ali

Camb

odia

“The Killing Fields”

From 1975 – 1979, Cambodia was ruled by Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge party. This period of time resulted in the deaths of 1.7 million Cambodians

through executions, starvation, and forced labor. The 1984 movie The Killing Fields is based upon this dark

time in Cambodia’s history.Pol Pot

We have started our descent, please make sure your seat backs and tray tables are in their full upright position. Make sure your seat belt is securely fastened and all carry-on luggage is stowed underneath the seat in front of you or in the overhead bins. Please turn off all electronic devices until we are safely parked at the gate. Thank you for flying the friendly skies and

we hope you enjoyed your

Virtual Field Trip!

You have witnessed genocide in six different nations…

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