Armenian Culture

Reading memoirs and historical fiction with students supports learning while exploring different eras and geographic locations. To prepare students for reading “Who She Left Behind,” a historically based account of a young woman’s experience during the Armenian Genocide and immigration to…

Deepening students’ understanding of a culture allows them to engage more fully with the extent of the damage and long-term consequences of genocide beyond the finite number of deaths.

Understanding other cultures means exploring their languages, beliefs, art, traditions.  Central to the Armenian identity is the unique language and alphabet, a deeply held religious faith, and their unique expression of these two components in “illuminated manuscripts” (handwritten books decorated…