Centuries Of Genocide: Introduction Study

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Grace Thomson
Professor Henson
WBIS 188, Section 17
September 20, 2017

Centuries of Genocide Introduction Study Questions
7) Often times in eyewitness accounts or oral testimonies, there is question whether what the interviewee is saying is indeed factual or if it lacks validity. The problem is, scholars base their primary and only source off of the words of the people they are interviewing, nothing else. This leaves room for non-factual information to be spread and believed by those who read these testimonies. (Totten and Parsons 7)
8) Education was often mentioned in Centuries of Genocide: Essays and Eyewitness Accounts by Totten and Parsons to be lacking on the topic of Genocide. The goal of educating the public more effectively is to

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