The GenEd Teaching Guides are designed to be flexible and adaptable. They are listed here by category, in an order that introduces students to Armenians and their experience, progressing through the history of the Armenian Genocide, its aftermath and examination of the resilience and survivors and their descendants in preserving Armenian identity. To the extent teachers can build on these themes through their chosen teaching guides, students can develop stronger social-emotional skills and empathy for others.
Life under the Ottoman Empire had its own unique challenges and opportunities for Armenians, as is evident through this collection of pictures, courtesy of the Project Save Armenian Photo Archives, Inc. This lesson focuses on analyzing primary sources
Soghomon Tehlirian, a survivor of the Armenian Genocide, assassinated Talaat Pasha, the primary architect of the Armenian Genocide, in Berlin in 1921. Although there was no doubt Tehlirian committed the murder, the jury found him not guilty, after hearing 2…
Reading memoirs with students supports learning about historical events while exploring different eras and geographic locations. Goodbye, Antoura is a powerful memoir about childhood experience of survival during the Armenian Genocide. To prepare students for reading Goodbye Antoura, teachers are…
Finding a New Life: The Armenians of Watertown is an introductory unit providing a background to the history of the Armenian Genocide, the effects of the genocide on subsequent generations in Watertown, and universalizes the experience for other groups who…
The iwitness photo documentary project was begun by artists Ara Oshagan and Levon Parian in 1995, when they began photographing and later interviewing survivors of the Armenian Genocide. The photographs were first exhibited at the Downey Museum of Art in southern California…
A curriculum resource guide and video documentary created by The Genocide Education Project in cooperation with the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. The Armenian Journey: From Despair to Hope in Rhode Island provides a background to the history of the…
A Lesson Plan based on The Armenian Genocide – News Accounts from the American Press, 1915-1922 This curriculum extracts articles from the book, “The Armenian Genocide: News Accounts from the American Press,” compiled by Richard Kloian (available from GenEd and can be…
They Shall Not Perish: The Story of Near East Relief is a 32-page curriculum booklet on America’s response to the Armenian Genocide, through the work of the Near East Relief foundation. NER workers courageously bore witness to the genocide and fed, clothed,…
The Zeytun Gospels, an 800-year-old manuscript, survived the Armenian Genocide. Understanding the life of an object like the Zeytun Gospels illuminates the devastation of genocide. It also shows how justice, even in small doses, can be found amidst the ruins…
How should genocide be remembered? This lesson and activity begins with a classroom discussion about how communities remember major historical events, including human rights atrocities. Students also learn the allegorical story of Armenian botanist JJ Manissadjian, who studied and catalogued a rare, wild tulip…
