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New
Teaching Kit On The Armenian Genocide
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A new teaching
kit about the Armenian Genocide is now available through The
Genocide Education Project. The Genocide Education Project has
teamed up with Facing History and Ourselves to provide teaching
guides, lesson plans, and audio/visual aids together as one
comprehensive kit for teachers seeking to include the Armenian
Genocide in their classrooms. The kit includes a resource book,
step-by-step lesson plans, five large posters, and a television
news video for $59.00 + S/H. Educators interested in
incorporating the Armenian Genocide into their curriculum can
purchase this teacher-tested resource kit online at
www.TeachGenocide.org.
Below are brief descriptions of the resources in this kit.
RESOURCE BOOK
Facing History and Ourselves' new
resource book, "Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization: The
Genocide of the Armenians," combines the latest scholarship on
the Armenian Genocide with an interdisciplinary approach to
history, enabling students and teachers to make the essential
connections between history and their own lives. By
concentrating on the choices that individuals, groups, and
nations made before, during, and after the genocide, readers
have the opportunity to consider the dilemmas faced by the
international community in the face of massive human rights
violations.
LESSON PLANS
"Human Rights and Genocide: A Case
Study of the First Genocide of the 20th Century" was developed
by The Genocide Education Project and the San Francisco Unified
School District. Using the History-Social Science Framework for
California Public Schools as its foundation, this comprehensive
teachers' manual focuses on the Armenian Genocide of 1915,
during which 1.5 million Armenians, half of the Armenian
population, were systematically annihilated. It includes a One
Day, Two Day, and Ten Day unit, with all the materials teachers
will need, including more than two dozen overheads, interactive
classroom exercises and more.
The lesson plans also approach the
Armenian Genocide in the context of WWI and the international
political-social upheavals of the time, and also considers the
links between the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust. Other
major human rights violations such as the Transatlantic Slave
Trade, the Rape of Nanking, and the Cambodian and Rwandan
genocides are also used in the lessons to draw parallels and
engender contemplation and discussion about the phenomenon of
genocide and human rights abuses.
VIDEO
"The Century: The Forgotten
Genocide" is a 5-minute news program produced by ABC News for
the news broadcast World News Tonight with Peter Jennings.
Beginning with a comparison by Jennings of the scene of death
marches during the Armenian Genocide at the beginning of the
20th century with lines of refugees leaving Bosnia at the end of
the 20th century, the piece includes survivor interviews,
historians, and archival footage to give a brief synopsis of the
century's first genocide. The video can be used as a good
introductory visual aid, and is available in DVD and VHS formats
along with a transcript through The Genocide Education Project
POSTERS
Designed for classroom use,
teacher workshops, exhibits, and displays, this set of 5
theme-oriented instructional posters tell the story of the
Armenian Genocide, providing a visual overview of key events
related to the genocide, its prelude, methodology, and
aftermath. Each illustrated poster measures 19" x 25" and
includes photographs, text, graphics and a chronology, allowing
teachers and students to easily grasp essential facts related to
each theme. The posters also provide teachers with a template
for further instruction, exploration and study. These
educational posters are available through The Genocide Education
Project.
For more information about the
efforts of The Genocide Education Project please visit their
website at
www.GenocideEducation.org.
The Genocide Education
Project is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization that assists educators in
teaching about human rights and genocide, particularly the
Armenian Genocide, by developing and distributing instructional
materials, providing access to teaching resources and organizing
educational workshops. |
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