Alabama Social Studies SS24.HOS.22a
The Standard
- SS24.HOS.22
- Differentiate between the concepts of genocide and mass atrocity.*
Analyze the causes and effects of modern-day genocides, and identify the groups involved.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · Post-War
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students trace the buildup, attacks, and aftermath in cases such as Rwanda and Srebrenica. They use sources to name who carried out the killings, who was targeted, and what happened to survivors.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students explain how propaganda and organized armed groups contributed to the killings. They identify Hutu extremist militias and Bosnian Serb forces as perpetrators, without blaming whole communities. They name the people targeted and describe an effect, such as refugee flight or later trials.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students assume all Hutu people took part in the killings, or that only Tutsi people were targeted in Rwanda. Others treat the 1994 plane crash as the sole cause and miss the years of propaganda and militia preparation.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Name one group that carried out the 1994 killings in Rwanda and two groups targeted. Give one cause besides the plane crash and one effect on survivors.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs six Rwanda timeline cards showing hate radio, militia organizing, the plane crash, killings, refugee flight, and trials; sort causes from effects.
Use a short Srebrenica timeline to answer: Who carried out the killings, who was targeted, and what happened to families afterward?
Match Rwanda actor cards to role cards: Hutu extremist militia, Tutsi civilians, and moderate Hutu; check each match against a source excerpt.
Read a current UN refugee report and a 1994 Rwanda refugee camp account; list one shared challenge and one difference.
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