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Coming Soon: Civic Education Curriculum Collection
Get notified when our Civic Education Curriculum Collection is released. This modular and interdisciplinary set of units, inquiries, and lesson planning materials will help you prepare your students for informed and ethical participation in democracy.
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Separating Us from Them
This lesson introduces the universe of obligation as a framework for understanding who receives the benefits of belonging within a society and who doesn't.
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Understanding Nations & Nationalism
Students examine the concept of a nation and the ideology of nationalism before analyzing how nationalism contributed to the decline of the Ottoman Empire.
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Armenian Protests in the Face of Violence
Students learn about the sultan’s violent response to the Armenian campaign for Ottoman Empire reforms and consider the impact of the Hamidian Massacres.
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The Rise of Turkish Nationalism
Students explore the shift within the Young Turk–led Ottoman government from a promise of equality for all to a program of extreme Turkish nationalism.
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The Range of Responses to the Armenian Genocide
Students examine the range of choices people made in response to the Armenian Genocide and the dilemmas people face in standing against injustice.
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Justice and Accountability After the Armenian Genocide
Students explore the challenge of seeking justice after genocide by examining efforts to hold the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide accountable.
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The Armenian People and the Ottoman Empire
Students begin a unit on the Armenian Genocide by examining what it meant to be both Armenian and Ottoman in the Ottoman Empire.
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Preserving History and Confronting Armenian Genocide Denial
Students learn about the long history of Armenian Genocide denial and consider how sharing this history through art can be an act of civic participation.
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International Responses to the Armenian Genocide
Students analyze international responses to the Armenian Genocide and explore the concept of sovereignty and its limits.
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The Genocide of the Armenians, 1915–1916
In this three-day lesson, students confront the brutality of the Armenian Genocide, learn about how it happened, and consider the motivations of participants.
Staging the Compelling Question: The Farm Worker Movement
This lesson introduces students to the compelling question of the Sowing Change Inquiry: The Delano Grape Strike and Boycott.