Armenian Genocide Primary Source Analysis

Students will read and analyze an account of the forced evacuations and massacres of the Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire by answering 14 questions. The questions are based on the text, the included images, and a telegram from Ambassador Morgenthau. Two discussion style questions have students connect the material to the Holocaust and other genocides. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a sub!

Sample questions include:
--Explain why the Turks saw the Armenians as a "problem."
--What type of mentality might those ox cart drivers have had, and why?
--Is there a way you can think of that the Armenians could have resisted or fought back? Explain your thought process fully.
--Using prior knowledge and context clues, how would you explain the difference between a perpetrator, bystander, and rescuer? Why do you think more often than not people are bystanders? Even if a Turk didn't fear the Armenians, why might that Turk have chosen to partake in the round ups and act as a perpetrator instead of a rescuer? What kind of mental and emotional fortitude does it take to be a rescuer?

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