Resource Theme: Genocide: Definition, Patterns, Stages
Students investigate the genocide perpetrated by ISIS against Assyrians in Iraq and Syria, with a particular focus on cultural destruction. Through analysis of Raphael Lemkin’s writings, comparisons between draft…
30-60 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.
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.