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October 20-22, 2017: Sara Cohan provided a teacher-training workshop to a packed audience at the Texas Council
for the Social Studies’ annual conference, in Los Colinas, Texas. After the conference, Seda Aghamianz introduced Dallas’ Armenian-American community members at St. Sarkis Armenian church to GenEd’s mission and activities.
GenEd Admnistrator, Seda Aghamianz, Education Director, Sara Cohan, and Dallas liaison, Shevan Basmadjian at GenEd booth, Texas Council for the Social Studies
FREE DVD and Resources from The Promise producers!NEW The Promise Lesson: Concepts of Resistance
“Our revenge will be to survive,” says the character Ana to Michael in the feature film, The Promise. GenEd’s new 
lesson introduces students to the ways victims respond to the violence against them. Using The Promise, students are guided through readings, discussions, and exercises about the Armenian Genocide and the different forms resistance can take.
Let your local high school social studies teachers know they can get a FREE DVD of The Promise along with teaching resources by visiting The Promise to Educate website.
Teachers can now download the 2-day lesson plan on genocide and the Armenian case individually. The lesson was formerly offered only as part of GenEd’s comprehensive teaching manual (including 1, 2, & 10-day units), Human Rights and Genocide: A Case Study of the First Modern Genocide of the 20th Century.
My Mother’s Voice
Based on her mother’s life, this novel and 25-minute video created by educator Kay Mouradian and endorsed by the National Council for the Social Studies, tells the poignant story of a 14-year-old girl faced with unimaginable life choices during the Armenian Genocide. Access the book and video on
Perma-Bound.
Through the generosity of our supporters, GenEd was able to send movie tickets to see The Promise, to over 350 teachers across the U.S. Here’s a sample of their overwhelmingly positive feedback:
“Thank you so much for this opportunity! The movie was exceptionally well done. The timing on the offer was perfect as well. I had just taught my lesson on genocide the day before – and had shown a preview for the movie to my students. I’m glad I’ll be able to let them know it is absolutely worth seeing.” Elizabeth McDowell
“We watched the movie and just returned to school. The students and staff were very engaged and interested.” Rita Avedissian
GenEd Rhode Island awards 2017 Educator of the Year Award to Claudia Traub, a 5th-8th grade
Social Studies teacher at Sophia Academy. The award was presentedby R.I. branch co-chairs, Pauline Getzoyan and Esther Kalajian, who also spoke to Traub’s 8th graders about the Armenian Genocide and their personal history.
The documentary film, Intent to Destroy, about the 
Armenian Genocide and continuing efforts to deny it,
was a huge success at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. GenEd helped provide documentary footage to the filmmaker, Joe Berlinger, who received the festival’s Freedom of Expression Award.
CA student, Byron Zhang interns with GenEd and pens school newspaper article.
Zhang attended the March, 2017 
GenEd workshop at the SF Holocaust Center’s “Day of Learning”. The workshop inspired him to write an editorial for The Campanile, the student newspaper of Palo Alto High School. Zhang worked as a GenEd summer intern doing data research.