1. WWI WEEK 3

2. Question

3. question
Why do we go to war?

4. Question

5. question
What is genocide?

6. Definition: Genocide noun 1.
the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
-Dictionary.com

7. Question

8. question
What factors lead one group to commit genocide upon another?

9. Raphael Lemkin
Genocide

10. gENOCIDE
“Genocide,” a term used to describe violence against members of a national, ethnical, racial or religious group with the intent to destroy the entire group, came into general usage only after World War II, when the full extent of the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime against the Jews of Europe during that conflict became known.” History.com

11. gENOCIDE
“In 1948, the United Nations declared genocide to be an international crime; the term would later be applied to the horrific acts of violence committed during conflicts in the former Yugoslavia and in the African country of Rwanda in the 1990s.” History.com

12. Genocide
“An international treaty signed by some 120 countries in 1998 established the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has jurisdiction to prosecute crimes of genocide.” History.com

13. ICC

14. Question

15. QUESTION
Do you think countries who do commit horrific acts such as genocide should be held accountable for their actions by other nations?

16. GENOCIDE/lEMKIN
“The word genocide owes its existence to Raphael Lemkin, a Polish-Jewish lawyer who fled the Nazi occupation of Poland and arrived in the United States in 1941.” History.com

17. Raphael Lemkin

18. gENOCIDE/lEMKIN
“As a boy, Lemkin had been horrified when he learned of the Turkish massacre of hundreds of thousands of Armenians during World War I.” History.com

19. Armenian Genocide

20. Genocide/Lemkin
“As an adult, he set out to come up with a term to describe Nazi crimes against European Jews during World War II, and to enter that term into the world of international law in the hopes of preventing and punishing such horrific crimes against innocent people.” History.com

21. Genocide/Lemkin
“In 1944, he coined the term “genocide” by combining genos, the Greek word for race or tribe, with the Latin suffix cide (“to kill”).” History.com

22. Armenian Genocide
The Great War – AG In Depth The Great War

23. Movie

24. 2 MOVIES
Treaty of Versailles Russian Revolution revolution

25. TREATE OF VERSAILLE
Crash Course PP2HtiyJyLbDzlHgfrXHGw3Iz42fM History.com

26. Russian revolution
Russian Revolution – Epic History

27. Bolshevik revolution
“In the aftermath of the February Revolution, power was shared between the weak provisional government and the Petrograd Soviet.”
-History.com

28. Bolshevik revolution

29. Bolshevik revolution
“Then, on November 6 and 7, 1917 (or October 24 and 25 on the Julian calendar, which is why this event is also referred to as the October Revolution), leftist revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d’état against the provisional government.”
-History.com

30. Bolshevik revolution

31. Bolshevik revolution
The Bolsheviks and their allies occupied government buildings and other strategic locations in Petrograd, and soon formed a new government with Lenin as its head.
-History.com

32. Bolshevik revolution

33. Bolshevik revolution
Lenin became the virtual dictator of the first Marxist state in the world. His government made peace with Germany, nationalized industry and distributed land, but beginning in 1918 had to fight a devastating civil war against anti-Bolshevik White Army forces.
-History.com

34. Bolshevik revolution

35. Bolshevik Revolution
“In 1920, the anti-Bolsheviks were defeated, and in 1922 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was established.”
-History.com

36. Vladimir Lenin

38. Self assessment

40. Essay!
Length Requirement: 1.5 Pages (12 Point, Double Spaced, Times New Roman) Topic: Question of Your Choice (an attempt at an answer) Guidelines: This essay does not have to be a research paper. Opinion pieces are fine! Statements such as “I think” and “In my opinion” are encouraged! *If you do choose to write a research paper, please include a works cited page in MLA Format (Easybib.com) Due Date: Sunday, February 11:59 PM

41. RUBRIC!

42. Works cited

43. Works Cited
 History.com Staff, History.com Staff. "World War I History." History.com. A&E Television Networks, Web. 21 Jan
Duffy, Michael. "Firstworldwar.com." First World War.com - Feature Articles - The Planning of the War. N.p., 22 Aug Web. 05 Feb
Tuchman, Barbara W., and Margaret MacMillan. The Guns of August ; The Proud Tower. New York, NY: Library of America, Print.
History.com Staff. "Russian Revolution." History.com. A&E Television Networks, Web. 05 Feb
History.com Staff. "Armenian Genocide." History.com. A&E Television Networks, Web. 05 Feb
"Genocide." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 05 Feb