Resource Theme: Genocide: Definition, Patterns, Stages
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.
This lesson introduces students to the history, culture, persecution, and legacy of Roma and Sinti communities, centering voices often marginalized in Holocaust education. Students examine the development of antigypsyism,…
60-120 Minutes
Grades 9-12. Adaptable for 8th grade.
Lesson 1 focuses on survivor and descendant testimonies, using oral histories, discussion, and reflection to explore the human impact of the Assyrian Genocide, historical memory, and the long-term effects…
60-120 Minutes
Grades 9-12.
Students learn how researchers and policymakers assess the risk of genocide using the PREVENT Model, a framework that identifies seven categories of risk factors and triggers. Through discussion, case…
30-60 Minutes
Grades 9-12.
60-120 Minutes
Grades 9-12.
This lesson engages students in a digital, inquiry-based exploration of the life of Faye Schulman through a Virtual Museum Exhibit featuring primary sources, including photographs and first-person testimony. Students…
30-60 Minutes
Grades 9-12.
This lesson introduces students to the four pillars of transitional justice—Truth, Justice, Reparations, and Prevention—and examines how societies rebuild after genocide. Using the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in…
60-120 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 examine how the Khmer Rouge used oral propaganda and political slogans to advance the Cambodian Genocide. Through survivor testimony and primary source analysis,…
30-60 Minutes
Grades 9-12.
Students examine the UN Genocide Convention through a case study of the Darfur Genocide. They analyze Articles I and II of the Convention, evaluate survivor testimony and U.S. government…
30-60 Minutes
Grades 9-12. Adaptable for 8th grade.
Using survivor testimony from Wai Wai Nu and a historical timeline, students examine how discrimination, exclusion, dehumanization, militarization, and movement restrictions developed over time prior to the Rohingya Genocide….
30-60 Minutes
Grades 9-12.
Students will discuss the definition of genocide, define the different stages, and analyze historical events using those stages. This lesson comes directly after a unit on the Holocaust in…
120-180 Minutes
Grades 9-12.