Violence and Violence Prevention
Includes individual and group behavior; does not include military actions.
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Darfur Now Lesson Two: Responding to the Violence in DarfurAs students learn about horrific events in the past or the present, including the genocide in Darfur, it is important that they grasp the human costs of genocide and other acts of violence. Lesson One helps students comprehend the scale and the depth of personal tragedy that has been inflicted on the people of Darfur for years. | Lesson Plan | 06/26/2008 - 10:44 |
Educator Kristin B. at the Facing History and Ourselves 2007 Los Angeles benefit dinnerKristin B, Assistant Principal at Animo Jackie Robinson Charter High School speaks at the 2007 Facing History Los Angeles Benefit Dinner. | Video Clip | 03/12/2008 - 11:38 |
Michael MacDonald Talks about Living with ViolenceMichael MacDonald, author of All Souls: A Family Story from Southie, shares that it was not only the violence but the silence about the violence that threatened South Boston when he was growing up, and still threatens youth and neighborhoods across the country today. | Video Clip | 08/06/2008 - 16:26 |
Teacher Angela B. Speaks about Using Facing History and Ourselves in ColombiaAngela B., a teacher in Colombia, South America, talks about using the Facing History and Ourselves approach to education and to conflict in her country. She reflects on the violence that touches people's lives in Colombia and recognizes that Facing History can help them understand themselves and their society through the experiences and pain of other groups of people. | Video Clip | 06/20/2008 - 09:36 |
The Brutality of Life at Auschwitz
Drawing on segments from the
television series, "Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State," this lesson
examines the dynamics of daily existence at Auschwitz. Holocaust
survivor and author Primo Levi has aptly referred to Auschwitz as the
univers concentrationnaire-a world of values and behaviors alien to
those of us who did not inhabit the Auschwitz landscape during the
Holocaust. | Lesson Plan | 02/22/2008 - 17:53 |
