U2L3 Crimes Against Humanity
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| Course: | Social 20-1 RVS |
| Book: | U2L3 Crimes Against Humanity |
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| Date: | Tuesday, 11 November 2025, 5:04 AM |
Description
U2L3
Introduction
Ultranationalism and Crimes Against Humanity
Key Issues
To what extent can the pursuit of ultranationalism lead to crimes against humanity?
Some people are so proud of their country that they are willing to die for it! Is this type of nationalism, often called ultranationalism, taking it too far?
As you watch the following short video, consider the following questions:
- What type of commitment does it take to do what these young kamikazes did? Or, did they have much choice?
- Have you ever believed in a cause enough to even consider giving your life for it?
Click on the link below to learn more about Kamikazes
The development of nationalism in historical times resulted in some leaders and groups taking national pride too far. That threshold, once crossed, led to ultranationalism with resulting horrific crimes such as slavery, persecution and ultimately genocide. In this lesson we will study some of the worst examples more closely to try to determine what that threshold is.
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genocide |
Lesson
RESOURCES
Read and refer to Chapter 7
as your resource for completing this lesson's assignment.
Chapter Seven Highlights
Ultranationalism and Crimes Against Humanity Summary
What are Crimes Against Humanity?
Genocide
International Criminal Court
LESSON
The link between ultranationalism and genocide is evident in modern society. In the modern age people kill each other for various reasons, whether it be for land, resources, ethnicity, etc. However, more frequently, the world is seeing the systematic destruction of a group of people; an act of genocide. Entire groups of people are wiped out because they differ slightly in idea or appearance in comparison to a radical, ultra nationalist party. Often genocide is carried out because of ultranationalism that is present in a group of people, such as the Nazi Holocaust of World War Two, Stalin's inflicted famine in the Ukrainian, and the Hutus executing the genocide in Rwanda.
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Read through the Eight Stages of Genocide presentation and complete your own notes. |
Genocide in Turkey - 1915
Early 1900's, Turkey was still a part of the Ottoman Empire
The Empire included Islams and Armenians (mostly Christian)
Armenians kept their national identity, language and culture, often facing discrimination
During WW1, the Turks fought with Germany while Armenian nationalists sided with Russia
The Turks viewed them as traitors
Famine in Ukraine (Holodomor Genocide) - 1932-33
1900's Ukraine was part of the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union in 1922. Ukrainians, primarily wealthy farmers, wanted independence for their nation. In the 1920's Joseph Stalin ordered the farmers to give their land to the Communist government and become labourers, but the farmers resisted. Stalin created a famine by shipping Ukrainian wheat to Russian and then sealing the Ukrainian borders and ensuring no one could get out to buy food. Soldiers also seized all the seeds so that farmers could not plant from the following season. Those caught hiding grain were executed. By 1933 up to seven million Ukrainians had died. The Soviets kept this famine out of the news.
Warning: this video contains discussion of graphic content.
I encourage you to watch this, but you are not required to if you find it too upsetting.
| Click on the following link and read:
Holocaust, A Call to Conscience |
https://youtu.be/qItm2nu-Dos
Ethnic cleansing in Myanmar - https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/922421160070938624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The Brutality of North Korean Prisons
Worse Than War
As you watch the film, consider how genocides could be prevented in the future. Does the international community have a responsibility to intervene in a suspected genocide?
Assignment
1. Open a new Powerpoint or create a link to a prezi presentation. Label it SS20U2L3.surname
In this powerpoint, complete the following - GENOCIDE PROJECT
Submit this assignment using the Assignment Folder for U2L3 Crimes Humanity.
Content to include: Detailed information on causes and history of the genocide, detailed facts of the genocide and its outcomes, topic related images
Demonstration of understanding – 25
Quality of presentation - 25
Connections to the course– 25
Total - 75
2. Online Assignment
This is an open book, online quiz assignment to be automatically graded when completed.
SS 20-1 Unit 2 Lesson 3
In addition to your notes and text reading, please use the following resources to help you complete the following open book 'quiz' assignment.
Evaluation and Conclusion
Evaluation - Click on the following Rubric to view the detailed version.
Content to include: Detailed information on causes and history of the genocide, detailed facts of the genocide and its outcomes, topic related images.
To what extent can the pursuit of ultranationalism lead to crimes against humanity?
Demonstration of understanding – 25
Quality of presentation - 25
Connections to the course – 25
Total - 75
Online assignment to be graded directly in moodle.
Conclusion
Is it likely that future societies will adopt ultranationalist groups and their activities? We would like to believe not, but historically we can see that there are situations, or conditions, such as hard economic times and week leaders, that lend themselves to the uprising of ultranationalist governments.