Writing Assignments
Cause and Effect Essay Objectives
1.) To study the causes of genocide and the effects it has on the perpetrator, cultures, bystanders, and international relations.
2.) To identify and use structural features of a public document to locate and examine the definition of genocide as defined by the Genocide Convention.
3.) To explore the possibilities for misinterpretation of the definition by clarifying the main ideas and connecting it with other sources.
Materials
“Genocide” handouts for each student
Definition of Genocide handout (for teacher)
Session #1 Definition of Genocide
GENOCIDE
Genocide as defined by the United Nations in 1948 means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national ethnic, racial, or religious group, including:
• 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
Other Definitions of Genocide
The systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group.
The deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political or cultural group.
1.) To study the causes of genocide and the effects it has on the perpetrator, cultures, bystanders, and international relations.
2.) To identify and use structural features of a public document to locate and examine the definition of genocide as defined by the Genocide Convention.
3.) To explore the possibilities for misinterpretation of the definition by clarifying the main ideas and connecting it with other sources.
Materials
“Genocide” handouts for each student
Definition of Genocide handout (for teacher)
Session #1 Definition of Genocide
GENOCIDE
Genocide as defined by the United Nations in 1948 means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national ethnic, racial, or religious group, including:
• 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
Other Definitions of Genocide
The systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group.
The deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political or cultural group.
Compare and Contrast Essay Objectives
Reflective Essay Objectives
