1. Definitions
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| Define "evil" |
| Define "villain" |
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2. Crimes Against Humanity
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| Describe what historians and political scientists consider "crimes against humanity". |
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Crimes of War Project
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| http://www.crimesofwar.org/thebook/crimes-against-humanity.html |
| A description of the origin of the concept of crimes against humanity
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FindLaw's Legal Commentary
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| http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20000811_teitel.html |
| Crimes against humanity and the passage of times
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3. Essential Human Rights
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| What are basic human rights? |
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FDR's Four Freedoms Speech
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| http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/ralph/workbook/ralprs36b.htm |
| The "Four Freedoms"
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Address to Congress January 6, 1941
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4. Researching the Past
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| Research each of the following to determine which is the most dangerous villain of the 20th Century |
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Benito Mussolini
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| http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/benito_mussolini.htm |
| Modern World History: Fascism in Italy
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Josef Stalin
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| http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/stalin.htm |
| How Many Died?
A Summary of Stalin’s Victims
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The Rise of Adolph Hitler
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| http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/triumph/index.html |
| The History Place web-page examining the rise of Adolph Hitler. Also included are links describing the Holocaust and genocide in the 20thCentury.
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The Young Turks
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| http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/pashas.htm |
| The Young Turks or Three Pashas ruled the Ottoman Empire during the early 20th Century. The Armenian Genocide and the Hellenic Genocide are part of the 20th Century's greatest secrets.
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Mao Zedong
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| http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/mao.html |
| Mao Zedong: His ruthless vision united a fractured people and inspired revolutions far beyond China's borders
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Nicolai Ceausescu
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| http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/ceaucescu.htm |
| Ceacescu' legacy lived on after he was deposed when thousands of orphaned infants died from lack of attention and care under his regime.
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Agosto Pinochet
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| http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/pinochet.htm |
| General Agosto Pinochet is under indictment in Spain for crimes against humanity committed while dictator of Chile.
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Muammar Abu Minyar al-Qadhafi
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| http://www.newint.org/issue161/hate.htm |
| Leader of Libya for 30years he was to Reagan what Saddam Hussein is to George W. Bush
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Idi Amin
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| http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/amin.htm |
| An overview of the Idi Amin regime in Uganda
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Slobodan Milosevic
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| http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/karadzic/trial/scharf.html |
| PBS Frontline: The World's Most Wanted Man
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Pol Pot
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| http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/pol-pot.htm |
| The genocide in Cambodia under the rule of Pol Pot resulted in two millions deaths
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Mohamed Suharto
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| http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/suharto.html |
| Website exploring human rights abuses by Imperial Japan under the leadership of Tojo
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Ayatollah Khomeini
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| http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0489/8904005.html |
| Beginning with Iranian Hostage Crisis and continuing through the Iran-Iraq War, the Ayatollah's intolerance and adherence to strict Islamic law led to multiple human rights abuses
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Saddam Hussein
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| http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his135/Events/Hussein/Hussein.html |
| Biography developed in a world history class looking at Hussein's regime
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