Assignment: Phases of Genocide (stamp off)

WORLD HISTORY-B
2025-08-15T02:49:42Z

Due: Jan 9 by 12:53pm

Use the resources below to research the different genocides. Record your research on the graphic organizer linked below. Remember to answer all of the questions thoroughly.

Materials

Graphic Organizer (Word)

Graphic Organizer (PDF)

The Rohingya

**Note: The US and many countries have identified this as a genocide, but the United Nations has not. The UN has found evidence of "genocidal acts." The events discussed in these resources are currently happening**

Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, and Ethnic Cleansing of the Rohingya in Burma by the United States Department of State.

2023 Report on International Religious Freedom in Burma from the United States Department of State

The Rohingya Crisis by the Council on Foreign Relations

European nations join Myanmar genocide case from Al Jazeera

Burma by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Rohingya ask UN ‘where is the justice’ amid Myanmar violence, aid cuts by Al Jazeera

The Darfur Genocide (2003-2005)

Map highlighting the Darfur region

Genocide in Darfur, by the Holocaust Museum of Houston

Darfur Genocide, by A World Without Genocide

Genocide in Sudan (2025)

**Note: The United States declared this a genocide in early January 2025.

Map highlighting the Darfur region

World confronts an 'ugly and inescapable' truth in Darfur (From Jan 2024) United Nations

Sudan war: A simple guide to what is happening by BBC

Genocide Declared in Sudan by the New York Times

What does this declaration mean for the people of Sudan?

The Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide, by A World Without Genocide

Armenian Genocide, by the University of Minnesota's Holocaust and Genocide Studies Department

Armenian Genocide of 1915: An Overview, by the New York Times

The Cambodian Genocide

The Cambodian Genocide, by the University of Minnesota's Holocaust and Genocide Studies Department

Genocide in Cambodia, by the Holocaust Museum of Houston

Ted Ed Video called Ugly History: The Khmer Rouge Murders

The Uyghur Genocide

**Note: The US and some other countries have identified this as a genocide, but the United Nations has not. The events discussed in these resources are currently happening**

Chinese Persecution of Uyghurs, by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Why Hasn't the U.N. Accused China of Genocide in Xinjiang? New Yorker Article

China's Repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, The Council for Foreign Relations

The Rwandan Genocide

The Rwandan Genocide, by the University of Minnesota's Holocaust and Genocide Studies Department

The Rwandan Genocide, by the United Nations

Ted Ed Video called What Caused the Rwandan Genocide?

Genocide in Palestine

NOTE: Some countries and organizations have identified this as a genocide, but the United Nations has not. There is currently a case in the highest international court (United Nation's International Court of Justice) about whether Israel is committing genocide, but the lawsuit is in progress and will not likely be resolved for many years. The events discussed in these resources are currently happening**

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world's leading experts say by BBC

Israel Is Not Committing Genocide- by the American Jewish Committee

United Nations Report: “Gaza Genocide: a collective crime” by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (A/80/492)

1/6/26 article by Reuters: Israeli airstrike kills two in Gaza including girl, hospital staff say

12/30/25 article by NPR Israel says it will bar aid groups, including Doctors Without Borders, from Gaza

Use the resources below to research the different genocides. Record your research on the graphic organizer linked below. Remember to answer all of the questions thoroughly.

Materials

Graphic Organizer (Word)

Graphic Organizer (PDF)

The Rohingya

**Note: The US and many countries have identified this as a genocide, but the United Nations has not. The UN has found evidence of "genocidal acts." The events discussed in these resources are currently happening**

Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, and Ethnic Cleansing of the Rohingya in Burma by the United States Department of State.

2023 Report on International Religious Freedom in Burma from the United States Department of State

The Rohingya Crisis by the Council on Foreign Relations

European nations join Myanmar genocide case from Al Jazeera

Burma by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Rohingya ask UN ‘where is the justice’ amid Myanmar violence, aid cuts by Al Jazeera

The Darfur Genocide (2003-2005)

Map highlighting the Darfur region

Genocide in Darfur, by the Holocaust Museum of Houston

Darfur Genocide, by A World Without Genocide

Genocide in Sudan (2025)

**Note: The United States declared this a genocide in early January 2025.

Map highlighting the Darfur region

World confronts an 'ugly and inescapable' truth in Darfur (From Jan 2024) United Nations

Sudan war: A simple guide to what is happening by BBC

Genocide Declared in Sudan by the New York Times

What does this declaration mean for the people of Sudan?

The Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide, by A World Without Genocide

Armenian Genocide, by the University of Minnesota's Holocaust and Genocide Studies Department

Armenian Genocide of 1915: An Overview, by the New York Times

The Cambodian Genocide

The Cambodian Genocide, by the University of Minnesota's Holocaust and Genocide Studies Department

Genocide in Cambodia, by the Holocaust Museum of Houston

Ted Ed Video called Ugly History: The Khmer Rouge Murders

The Uyghur Genocide

**Note: The US and some other countries have identified this as a genocide, but the United Nations has not. The events discussed in these resources are currently happening**

Chinese Persecution of Uyghurs, by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Why Hasn't the U.N. Accused China of Genocide in Xinjiang? New Yorker Article

China's Repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, The Council for Foreign Relations

The Rwandan Genocide

The Rwandan Genocide, by the University of Minnesota's Holocaust and Genocide Studies Department

The Rwandan Genocide, by the United Nations

Ted Ed Video called What Caused the Rwandan Genocide?

Genocide in Palestine

NOTE: Some countries and organizations have identified this as a genocide, but the United Nations has not. There is currently a case in the highest international court (United Nation's International Court of Justice) about whether Israel is committing genocide, but the lawsuit is in progress and will not likely be resolved for many years. The events discussed in these resources are currently happening**

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world's leading experts say by BBC

Israel Is Not Committing Genocide- by the American Jewish Committee

United Nations Report: “Gaza Genocide: a collective crime” by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (A/80/492)

1/6/26 article by Reuters: Israeli airstrike kills two in Gaza including girl, hospital staff say

12/30/25 article by NPR Israel says it will bar aid groups, including Doctors Without Borders, from Gaza