Bystander Behavior
Individuals or groups who do not help person(s) in need, and why.
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America and the HolocaustThis study guide accompanies the documentary America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference and offers a disturbing look at the choices Americans made at a time when the Germans were labeling, isolating, humiliating, and eventually murdering European Jews and others they considered "undesirable. | Publication | 01/24/2008 - 16:49 |
Antisemitism: The Power of Myth"A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging; it is the skin of living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used."-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 1918 Antisemitism is on the rise. | Facing Today | 02/24/2008 - 10:31 |
Armenian Genocide Lesson Five: American Responses to the Armenian GenocideAs American newspapers turned attention to the unfolding horrors within the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the 20th century, leaders in the United States and other countries struggled to find an appropriate response to what was recognized as a massive violation provides an opportunity to recognize the ways people can work today to prevent neighbor from turning against neighbor. | Lesson Plan | 03/19/2008 - 13:52 |
Armenian Genocide Lesson Four: The Range of ChoicesThis lesson looks at the choices made by individuals, groups, and governments during the Armenian Genocide. It addresses the following essential questions: What did individuals and groups do when they learned of the atrocities being committed against Armenians? What choices did they make? What dilemmas do people face as they grapple with how to act in the face of mass violence? | Lesson Plan | 03/19/2008 - 13:29 |
Armenian Genocide Lesson Seven: Nation BuildingThis lesson examines the role of the United States in nation building, and specifically the US role in facilitating the establishment of an independent Armenia. After World War I, the "League of Nations" used mandates to rebuild conquered nations (see Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations). | Lesson Plan | 03/19/2008 - 14:11 |
Bystander Behavior on the Philadelphia SubwayA recent article in the Philadelphia Daily News on September 9, 2008 describes the brutal attack on a lab technician named Dewayne Taylor on his way home after midnight on a subway train as he slept in his seat. | Facing Today | 09/12/2008 - 15:28 |
Can Journalism Kill? The Case of Rwandan Hate Radio
This outline explores the connections between media, propaganda, and mass violence. During the Rwandan genocide, hate radio and music was used to incite violence and atrocities on a massive scale. Recent attempts at seeking justice in the aftermath of these tragedies have resulted in the first prosecutions since Nuremberg of propagandists. | Lesson Plan | 02/22/2008 - 19:05 |
Confronting September 11: Not in My NameSeptember 11th was not the first time violence has been clothed in religious rhetoric, but as University of Virginia Islamic Studies professor Abdulaziz Sachedina writes in an essay, "Where Was God on September 11th?" the combination of religion, terror and politics was very painful. | Facing Today | 02/24/2008 - 12:05 |
Confronting September 11: Portrait of the AccusedSince September 11th reporters have searched for explanations for the attacks on the United States and the murder of almost 3,000 innocent men, women, and children from over 80 nations. Buddhists, Christians, Jews, and Muslims were among those who died that day. | Facing Today | 02/24/2008 - 12:01 |
Defining Community: The Universe of Obligation
This outline invites students to
explore the concept of a "universe of obligation," and provides several
contemporary examples of how this concept can influence individual and
collective behavior. | Lesson Plan | 02/22/2008 - 19:58 |
