Alabama Social Studies SS24.HOS.22

SS24.HOS.22 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.HOS.22a

  Analyze the causes and effects of modern-day genocides, and identify the groups involved.

• SS24.HOS.22b

  Explain how the concepts of personal and civic responsibility have evolved following the Holocaust.*

01

What Students Need to Do

Students tell genocide apart from other mass atrocities by looking for intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. They trace the causes, perpetrators, targeted groups, and effects of modern genocides. They explain how expectations for citizens and governments changed after the Holocaust.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can explain why the 1994 killing of Tutsi people in Rwanda and the 2014 ISIS attacks on Yazidis were genocides. They can name the perpetrators, targeted groups, causes, and effects in each case. They can also name a government's duty to prevent genocide and an action a witness could take.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may call every mass killing genocide, even without evidence of intent to destroy a protected group. They may think genocide requires killing an entire group. Some assume only the people carrying out attacks have any responsibility.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: In 1994, Hutu extremist leaders used anti-Tutsi propaganda and ordered militias to destroy the Tutsi population in Rwanda; many survivors fled. Explain why this was genocide and a mass atrocity, name one cause and effect, and give one action people are expected to take after the Holocaust.

1. 01

   Give pairs printed cards about Rwanda in 1994 and attacks on Syrian civilians; have them highlight targets and evidence of intent before sorting.

2. 02

   Ask students to write two sentences: After the Holocaust, what should a witness report, and what should voters ask leaders to do?

3. 03

   Play three-corner sorting with cards describing orders to destroy Tutsi people, organized attacks on political protesters, and one isolated assault.

4. 04

   Use a UNHCR fact sheet on Rohingya refugees to draft a three-sentence email asking a representative to support refugee aid.

• SS24.WH.16a

  Critique the response of the world community to mass atrocities and violations of human rights and civil liberties in various nations and regions.

• SS24.HOS.15

  Differentiate among the types of camps utilized by the Nazis, including their origins, purposes, and the conditions associated with them.*