The System Is Working as Designed
OER PROJECT: WH ORIGINS / LESSON 9.6 ACTIVITYTHE SYSTEM IS WORKING AS DESIGNED 1PurposeTesting a claim made in this lesson against a specific case study will help you strengthen your claim-testing and claim-making skills.Process 1.The “Why Does Genocide Still Happen?” article ends with a bold claim about why the world keeps failing to stop genocide. You’ll test that claim and three supporting claims against what you saw in the Rwandan Genocide video. •The main claim from the article is: “The international system is not failing. It is operating exactly as it was designed.”2.Read the three subclaims from the “Why Does Genocide Still Happen?” article. For each subclaim, decide whether the Rwandan Genocide video’s evidence SUPPORTS, EXTENDS, or CHALLENGES it. Write a sentence explaining your answer for each subclaim.•SUPPORTS: The video backs up this claim.•EXTENDS: The video adds a wrinkle or exception, complicating this claim.•CHALLENGES: The video contradicts this claim. a.Subclaim 1: “When presented with evidence of genocide, politicians often say, ‘we didn’t know.’ This is a lie.” □ Supports □Extends□ Challenges
OER PROJECT: WH ORIGINS / LESSON 9.6 ACTIVITYTHE SYSTEM IS WORKING AS DESIGNED 2b.Subclaim 2: “Protection of national sovereignty has repeatedly trumped the lives of civilians.” □ Supports □Extends□ Challengesc.Subclaim 3: “No US president has ever made genocide prevention a priority, and no US president has ever suffered politically for his indifference.” □ Supports □Extends□ Challenges3.Determine a verdict:Overall, does the case study of the Rwandan genocide support, extend, or challenge the article’s main claim that the international system is not failing but is “operating exactly as it was designed”? Use at least threespecific pieces of evidence from the video in your answer.