Breakup+of+Yugoslavia

=Activator:= How many European countries can you identify? Play the Game

=Guiding Question=
 * What is the difference between race and ethnicity?

=Where are the Balkans?= media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=214574265767570558182.0004920baf2f4b5c5aa89&ll=44.24796,18.577881&spn=3.131051,5.20752&t=h&output=embed" width="425" height="350"

=A Divided History: Mapping the Balkans=
 * Europe 1900
 * Austrian and Ottoman Empires

=World War I: The End of Empires (1914-1918)=

=The Interwar Years: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (1920-1939)=
 * Treaty of Versailles and the creation of The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
 * Universal Newsreel: Assassination of King Alexander I

=World War II: The Occupation (1939-1945)=
 * The Balkan Campaign
 * Baba video:
 * 1st Clip: The Italians...then the Germans arrive.
 * 2nd Clip: The End. The war is finally over, but it isn't pretty.

=Yugoslavia: A Reluctant Union= // What does it mean for a country to be fractionalized? Is the United States more or less fractionalized than other countries? In what ways? //
 * Question: **
 * **Joseph Broz Tito** and his unique brand of communism

=The Breakup of Yugoslavia: Ethnic Cleansing and the politics of genocide (1990 - 1995)=
 * Video: Terror in the Balkans, The Breakup of Yugoslavia
 * Nationalism and break away republics.
 * 30 for 30: Once Brothers
 * Ron Haviv's Photo Essay: Blood and Honey
 * Documenting Genocide: Ron Haviv.
 * Srebrenica

=Kosovo=
 * PBS Frontline: Ethnic Cleansing and the Atrocities of Kosovo
 * BBC: Kosovo, An Uneasy Peace
 * Questions: **
 * What role should the US play in defending other countries/ethnic groups from acts of genocide?
 * What role should NATO play in International politics? Peacekeeper? Warfighter?

= The Aftermath (1995 - Present Day) =
 * PBS, Interactive Map - Understanding the Dayton Accords


 * Facing the Evidence: Nataša Kandić
 * War Crimes at the Hague

=Questions= What lessons can be learned from the violent breakup of Yugoslavia? What can those lessons teach us about current conflicts around the world?