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1. What is your topic? Give a brief overview.
** The Bosnian Civil ** **War** took place from April 1992 to December 1995. The two major sides involved were the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and those of the self-proclaimed Bosnian Serb and Bosnian Croat entities within Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska and Herzeg-Bosnia. Eastern communist Bosnian Serbs and Croats began ethnic cleaning Yugoslavia of the “lesser” minorities.

2. Give two reasons why you selected this topic.
=== I selected this topic because over 102000 people were killed during the genocide because of the different nationalities and view. It was just a smaller version of the Holocaust with different ethnicities. The Bosnian War involved the NATO and Warsaw pact and was another fight between communism and democracy. ===

4. Determine whether the primary focus of the issue is cultural, resource, economic, environmental or political. Explain your decision.
=== The Primary focus is cultural because it involved conflicting religions, languages, and ethnicities. Yugoslavia consisted of many minority groups and the major eastern communists wanted to cleans the land of “lesser” groups. === === 5. **__ Recreate __** the following chart on a separate piece of paper. Using the following “K-W-L Organizer”, recall what you already know about your topic, organize any new ideas, ask questions and record your learning. ===
 * === ** K: What I Know about the Topic ** === || === ** W: What I want to Know about the Topic ** === || === ** L: What I have Learned about the Topic from Preliminary Reading / Courses Studied ** === ||
 * Many people were killed during the ethnic cleansing based on their ethnicity || What contributed to the mass killing and why did they feel they had to kill all thoughs people || NATO and the Warsaw pact were involved but they were not the main focus of the battle it was a civil war. ||

Was the war really a good thing to the Bosnian civilialns?
=== 8. Using the “Evaluating Internet Resources Criteria” found at the following website: __ [] __ find 3 resources on your topic on the web that fit the criteria of a valid Internet resource. === http://selenasol.com/selena/struggle/bosnia_timeline.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_War

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**__ Developing a Hypothesis and Research Questions __**

**__ Topic __**** : ** NATO's involvement with the Bosnian Genocide.

**__ Overview of Topic __** : This was the struggle between the major forces of the Bosnian Serbs in Srebrenica and the minor races in that area. The Bosnian Serbs committed ethnic cleansing through out the land and held campaigns which targeted mainly the Bosnian Muslim and Bosnian Croats society under the command of General Ratko Mladić. Over 8000 Bosnian Muslims were killed and between 25000 and 30000 were expelled in the Bosnian Serbs controlled land. The UN provided “save spots” where the Muslims and Croats was able to get some protection. Surveyors were sent to investigate the fairness of the war and gave no help to the Muslims and Croats against the Serbs and national forces in former Yugoslavia.

**__ Controversial Questions __** : Can the Bosnian Massacre be classified as genocide or just a brutal killing?

Did the UN get involved enough with the mass killings of innocent people and provide aid to help?

**__ Hypothesis __** : The United Nations did not become involved enough with the prevention of mass killings in the Bosnian Genocide.

**__ Research Questions __**

** Factual Questions ** :
 * Who were the major players with and what did they do?
 * When was the first act against made against the Bosnian Muslims and Croats?

** Clarification Questions ** :
 * For what reason did the Bosnian Serb forces begin the ethnic cleansing?
 * Why was NATO want to get involved with the Bosnian Genocide?

** Interpretive Questions: **
 * Was NATO a major force in the Bosnian Civil war and how were they involved?
 * Was the UN influenced by NATO to send peacekeepers into Bosnia?

** Inquiry Questions: **
 * Did NATO have an underlying motive when they helped the Bosnian Muslims and Croats?
 * What roll did the NATO have on the on going conflict between both the Bosnian Serbs and national forces against the Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Croats?