Resource Theme: Armenian Genocide
This interdisciplinary lesson introduces students to Armenian culture through illuminated manuscripts, letter art, and the Armenian alphabet. By exploring the relationship between language, identity, religion, and cultural preservation, students…
60-120 Minutes
Grades 6-12. Adaptable for 5th grade.
Using the story of Armenian botanist J.J. Manissadjian and the rare Tulipa sprengeri, students explore themes of resilience, remembrance, and cultural survival following the Armenian Genocide. After examining the…
60-120 Minutes
Grades 6-12. Adaptable for 4th and 5th grades.
Using historical reporting from The New York Times, students investigate what Americans knew about the persecution and mass killing of Armenians during World War I. Through the analysis of…
30-60 Minutes
Grades 9-12.
This inquiry-based Virtual IWalk uses survivor testimony, memoir excerpts, photographs, and interactive mapping to explore the experiences of Karnig Panian, an Armenian child who survived the Armenian Genocide. As…
60-120 Minutes
Grades 9-12.
In this digital inquiry activity, students explore the work of genocide scholar Dr. Khatchig Mouradian while investigating how historians study the past. Through the analysis of primary and secondary…
30-60 Minutes
Grades 9-12.
USC Shoah Foundation’s “Keep the Promise” lessons engage students with survivor testimony, historical sources, and cultural artifacts to deepen understanding of the Armenian Genocide. Designed for secondary classrooms, the…
30-60 Minutes
Grades 9-12. Can be adapted for 7-8
Each of these 7 lessons invite students to humanize the history of the Armenian Genocide by analyzing artifacts and reading memoirs and historical documents that illuminate personal experiences of…
30-60 Minutes
Grades 6-12
This lesson invites students to explore how communities remember the Holocaust and other genocides through memorials and monuments. By analyzing existing memorials and designing their own, students reflect on…
30-60 Minutes
Grades 6-12
After defining the term genocide, this lesson provides four examples for comparative analysis: the Armenian Genocide, the Holocaust, the Cambodian Genocide, and the Rwandan Genocide. Using artifacts and testimonies…
180-240 Minutes
Grades 9-12
This ten-day unit features nine lessons in which students learn about modern Armenian history through the lenses of resistance, agency, and empowerment. This is a flexible teaching unit that…
180-240 Minutes
Grades 9-12
This unit includes two stand-alone lessons, Cultural Identity-Art Expressions and Cultural Identity-Understanding your Roots. The first lesson explores the role art plays in shaping and expressing identity. The second…
30-60 Minutes
Grades 6-8