Armenian Genocide Primary Source Analysis

Students will read and analyze an account of the forced evacuations and massacre of the Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire by answering 15 questions based on the text, images, and a telegram from Ambassador Morgenthau. Two questions are discussion style for students to connect the material to the Holocaust and other genocides. They will then complete a 27 item map (political geography, physical geography, events). 

 he answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a sub! See the preview for a closer look! ***UPDATED to include links to 2 sets of survivor video testimonies and a set of text based survivor accounts with a suggestion for implementation.*** 

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?

***Please note this has 2 graphic images and descriptions of violence due to the nature of the topic. Keep that in mind when you consider this for your students.***

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