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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 Three: Analyzing Historical EvidenceThis lesson examines the ways in which historical evidence has been used to construct a narrative of the Armenian Genocide. In 1915, there was no word to accurately describe what the Turks were doing to the Armenians. | Lesson Plan | 03/19/2008 - 12:01 |
Bush: US Should Have Bombed Auschwitz(Associated Press, January 11, 2008) After visiting Israel's Holocaust Memorial, President Bush remarked that the US should have taken more aggressive action during WWII to destroy Nazi death camps. His thoughts are explained in the article, "Bush: US Should Have Bombed Auschwitz. | Facing Today | 03/27/2008 - 10:12 |
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: Religion and ViolenceIn the introduction to these readings, Professor Marc Gopin writes about the complexity of identity and religion and its ability to shape human behavior. He writes, "It turns out that since the beginning of time great spiritual minds and courageous people of vision in all cultures, in all corners of the globe, have evolved a rich tapestry of oral and written literature, stories, rituals, and symbols, which express the most exalted ethical values. | Facing Today | 02/24/2008 - 11:58 |
Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization: The Genocide of the ArmeniansThis series of lessons is organized as a mini-unit for teaching the Armenian Genocide. They were designed to complement Facing History and Ourselves' resource books, Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior and Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization: The Genocide of the Armenians. | Unit | 03/18/2008 - 11:49 |
Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization: The Genocide of the ArmeniansCrimes 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. | Publication | 03/09/2008 - 13:26 |
Engaging the Future: Call Me by My Real NameAccording to the BBC World Service there are 300,000 child soldiers fighting in conflicts around the world. Many of those children were recruited to fight when they were as young as ten years old. | Facing Today | 02/24/2008 - 12:48 |
Engaging the Future: Learning From HateBefore 1975, Beirut, the capital of Lebanon was a thriving cosmopolitan city known to many as the "Riviera of the Middle East." The government, created after gaining independence from France in 1943, managed a delicate balance between its diverse population of Christians, Muslims, and a dwindling number of Jews. | Facing Today | 02/24/2008 - 12:46 |
Holocaust and Human BehaviorOur core work, Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior provides an interdisciplinary approach to citizenship education. Students move from thought to judgment to participation as they confront the moral questions inherent in a study of violence, racism, antisemitism and bigotry. | Publication | 03/09/2008 - 13:23 |
