World War I
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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 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 |
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 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 |
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 |
State of Denial: Turkey Spends Millions to Cover Up Armenian GenocideThe Southern Poverty Law Center just released a report "State of Denial: Turkey Spends Millions to Cover Up Armenian Genocide." This report documents the close relationship between Turkey and several American scholars who promote the idea that the murder of over one million Turkish Armenians during WWI was not a genocide. | Facing Today | 06/23/2008 - 12:51 |
The Versailles Treaty and Post-War Germany: The Challenge of Defeat and Reconstruction
Some scholars believe that the
Versailles Treaty made another war more likely by laying ruinous
reparations on Germany, assigning sole guilt for the war to Germany,
and removing pieces of German territory to satisfy other nations'
claims. Since this was done without Germany's participation in the
Treaty Conference, it was not surprising that Germans resented the
Treaty, and thought of it as a symbol of their defeat. | Lesson Plan | 03/16/2008 - 23:31 |
Turkish Historian To Study Genocide(May 29, 2008) The Boston Globe article,"Turkish historian to study genocide," announces the appointment of Taner Akcam as chairman of Armenian Genocide studies at Clark University. Akcam is the author of A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility (2006). | Facing Today | 06/02/2008 - 10:45 |
