NEW! GenEd Armenian Genocide Teaching Trunks
The Genocide Education Project is excited to share its new GenEd Armenian Genocide Teaching Trunks – Free for California teachers to borrow at no cost
Teaching Guides
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.
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Deli Sarkis: The Scars He Carried
This lesson plan is accompanies readings from the book Deli Sarkis: The Scars He Carried by Ellen Sarkisian Chesnut. The lesson was created by Frank Perez, World History teacher at San Benito High School in Hollister, CA.
THE PROMISE lesson plan: Concepts of Resistance
“Our revenge will be to survive,” says the character Ana to Michael in the feature film, The Promise. This lesson introduces students to the efforts by genocide victim populations to respond to the violence against them. Using the feature film, The…
The Other Side of Home
GenEd has created a discussion guide to accompany this compelling 40-minute documentary which explores a Turkish woman’s discovery of her hidden Armenian heritage and the legacy of genocide denial. “The Other Side of Home” is now available to view through…
THE PROMISE: film study guide
The film, The Promise, released in 2017, is the first major Hollywood dramatic feature recounting the history of the Armenian Genocide of 1915, perpetrated by the Turkish government. The film provides a unique educational opportunity to understand the greatest atrocity…
Two Day Lesson on the Armenian Genocide
This is a compressed version of The Genocide Education Project’s ten-day curriculum found in Human Rights and Genocide: A Case Study of the First Modern Genocide of the 20th Century. It is to be completed in two fifty-minute class periods,…
Educator’s Guide for “Like Water for Stone” Novel
Like Water on Stone by Dana Walrath is fictional account of the Armenian genocide. This novel in verse recounts the flight to America of three Armenian children after the Ottoman Turks confiscate their family’s flour mill and murder their parents.…
The Armenians: Shadows of a Forgotten Genocide
Published by the Holocaust Resource Center and Archives, Bayside, New York for its 1999 Armenian Genocide exhibit, this 23-page booklet includes a brief history on the Armenian Genocide, news coverage, maps, the continuing Turkish government denial, and discussion questions. Contact The Genocide Education Project…
The Armenian Genocide, 1915 – 1923: A Handbook for Students and Teachers
Prepared by the Armenian Cultural Foundation About the Author: Simon Payaslian holds a Ph.D. In political science (Wayne State University, 1992) and is a Teaching Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of History at University of California, Los Angeles…
Model Curriculum For Human Rights and Genocide
Published for the California State Board of Education by the California Department of Education ISBN 0-8011-0725-3 This Model Curriculum for Human Rights and Genocide, which serves as a guide for classroom teachers, supports the curriculum and instruction described in the…