Genocide Research Paper Topics

Use the links provided to explore your options for research.  You must choose ONE topic to research by tomorrow.

1. Cherokee Indian Removal, 1830-1839
1. Trail of Tears and Indian Removal Act http://www.pbs.org/kcet/andrewjackson/themes/indian_removal.html
2. More information about the Trail of Tears http://www.pbs.org/indiancountry/history/trail.html
3. Student-made Prezi (you may not use this as an official source in your paper) http://prezi.com/62oj945hsqv2/copy-of-native-american-genocide/
2. Armenian Genocide, 1915-18
1. Summary http://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/armenian-genocide
2. Photographs http://www.armenian-genocide.org/photointro.html
3. Kim Kardashian Armenian Genocide PSA (the Kardashians are of Armenian descent!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOlIcCHEP1o
3. Stalin’s Forced Famine on Ukrainians (Holodomor), 1932-33
1. Brief history http://www.holodomorct.org/history.html
2. Helpful video (scroll down) http://www.holodomor.org.uk/
4. Holocaust, 1933-1945
1. Summary (detail follows in article) http://www.history.com/topics/the-holocaust
2. Summary with links to photographs, maps, and historical video footage http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005143
5. Nan King Massacre, 1937-38
1. Summary http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/nanking.htm
2. Video Summary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9m49LZY6_M
6. Cambodian Genocide, Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot, 1975-79
1. Summary http://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/cambodian-genocide
2. Video of Genocide Memorial Museum and Killing Fields http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-SI8RF6wDE
3. Frontline Video (good source for research)  http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/cambodia/thestory.html
7. Bosnian Genocide, 1992-95
1. Summary http://www.ushmm.org/confront-genocide/cases/bosnia-herzegovina
2. Video Gallery http://www.ushmm.org/confront-genocide/cases/bosnia-herzegovina/bosnia-video-gallery
3. Photographs (click on first photograph on left to open slideshow) http://www.ushmm.org/confront-genocide/cases/bosnia-herzegovina/srebrenica-legacy-of-genocide
8. Rwandan Genocide, 1994
1. Summary http://www.ushmm.org/confront-genocide/cases/rwanda
2. Rwanda Video Gallery http://www.ushmm.org/confront-genocide/cases/rwanda/rwanda-video-gallery
9. Darfur, Sudan, 2003-present
1. Summary http://www.ushmm.org/confront-genocide/cases/sudan
2. Sudan Video Gallery http://www.ushmm.org/confront-genocide/cases/sudan/sudan-video-gallery
10. Syrian Civil War, 2011-present
1. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Confront Genocide http://www.ushmm.org/confront-genocide/cases/syria
2. Photos of the Syrian Conflict (click on first photo on left to begin slideshow) http://www.ushmm.org/confront-genocide/cases/syria/syria-photo-gallery