Eastern Europe [1700-1919]
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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 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 One: Identity and BelongingLesson one introduces students to the Armenian Genocide by having them think about the role of history in shaping their own identity. Looking at an autobiographical painting by Arshile Gorky, a renowned American artists and a refugee from the Armenian Genocide, will stimulate students' questions about how his identity was shaped by the past. | Lesson Plan | 03/18/2008 - 13:05 |
Armenian Genocide Lesson Six: What is Justice After Genocide?This lesson introduces students to the challenges of seeking justice in the aftermath of genocide. Unlike the Holocaust, most of the primary perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide were not held accountable for their actions. | Lesson Plan | 03/19/2008 - 13:57 |
Armenian Genocide Lesson Two: We and They, the Armenians in the Ottoman EmpireThis lesson explores the challenges facing Armenians during the second half of the 19th century as they advocated for equal rights within the Ottoman Empire. Throughout the 19th century, Armenians and other minorities struggled to obtain equal rights. | Lesson Plan | 03/19/2008 - 11:36 |
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 |
Fatma Müge Göçek Speaks about Tensions Between Groups in the Ottoman EmpireFatma Müge Göçek, a Turkish-born historical sociologist, discusses feelings of nationalism and identity in the Ottoman Empire during the 19th century. | Video Clip | 03/27/2008 - 16:04 |
Membership, Identity and Traditional Jewish Texts
This lesson was developed
as part of Kesher, Facing History's Jewish Education project. This
lesson explores questions of ostracism, peer pressure, inclusion and
exclusion, and what causes people to act in ways that they later regret. | Lesson Plan | 03/16/2008 - 11:37 |
Obedience and Traditional Jewish Texts: The Milgram Experiment
This lesson
explores questions of obedience, and why people may participate in
something against their conscience or harm others even against their
will. It centers on an experiment about obedience performed by Stanley
Milgram at Yale in the 1960's, described in Holocaust and Human Behavior. | Lesson Plan | 03/16/2008 - 20:52 |
The Jews of PolandFacing History and Ourselves: The Jews of Poland considers the ways Jews and their non-Jewish neighbors in Poland and other parts of Eastern Europe responded to questions of identity, membership, and difference at various times in their shared history. | Publication | 03/09/2008 - 13:14 |
