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Genocide Research Paper for English 10 Mr. Hendriksen: Home

spring 2018

Genocide Research

In this unit you'll be exploring a specific genocide occurrence and answering the following questions in your research paper : 

  • What were the causes of this genocide?
  • How does this fit with the "8 Stages of Genocide" published by Genocidewatch.org?
  • What were the lasting effects of this genocide (what happened as a result)?
  • To what extent could/should others have stopped this, and why didn't they?

 

Genocides: Armenia, Bosnia, Cambodia, Darfur, Rwanda, Yazidi Genocide in northern Iraq and Syria

 

8 Stages of Genocide

Web Sites About Genocide

Websites About the Holocaust

Assignment

Note Card Format

Databases for Research

Encyclopedias for Research

Database Info

To sign into databases from school, click on  at top of screen. Once you've done this you will automatically sign in each time you access the databases. Once signed in you can also download articles, highlight paragraphs and more. 

To access databases outside of school you'll need a password. Ask a librarian or you can find the passwords on the Library Canvas Course - ACHS Library (King St.) 

Books in the Library

THERE IS A CART OF RESERVE BOOKS FOR YOUR RESEARCH.

THESE BOOKS CAN ONLY BE USED IN THE LIBRARY - YOU MAY NOT CHECK THEM OUT

You can use them during your class, lunch, before school and afterschool. 

Avoiding Plagiarism

Citing Your Work from a Gale Database

Databases have citations already included. you just have to cut & paste into NoodleTools. Scroll to the bottom of the article and copy the MLA citation. 

Or click on Citation Tools to the right of the article. 

How To Cite Using Google Add-Ons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU4eZYgjFjI

eBooks

To access ebooks you need to log in using:

username:  Blackboard Student Username

password:   Blackboard PIN