Resource Theme: Genocide: Definition, Patterns, Stages
This unit guide supports middle and high school educators in designing an English Language Arts unit that uses literature to engage students in exploring genocide, identity, and human rights….
180-240 Minutes
Grades 6-12
The lessons in this unit increase students’ understanding of Jewish people and awareness that antisemitism did not end after the Holocaust, and provide them with opportunities to learn about…
180-240 Minutes
Grades 9-12
In this interdisciplinary lesson, students use Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny to explore how authoritarian regimes gain power and how individuals can protect democratic institutions. Through historical case studies, media…
120-180 Minutes
Grades 6-8
Survivor: Aron’s Story is an award-winning hardcover illustrated graphic novel and history book based on the first hand Holocaust testimony of Aron, a young Jewish-Soviet boy from 1940s Odessa,…
30-60 Minutes
Grades 6-8. Extension activities for 9 - 12
In this lesson, students learn about the Siege of Sarajevo, its history, how it affected various groups in Sarajevo, and the outside influences that brought it to a conclusion….
60-120 Minutes
Grades 9-12
Three consecutive lessons provide introductory information about the Californian Indian Genocide, exploring its ongoing legacy using survivor accounts, upstander examples, contemporary impacts, and ecological ramifications….
120-180 Minutes
Grades 8-12
Students learn about the history of antisemitism, and contemporary antisemitic tropes, that encourages empathy and critical thinking in the wake of the October 7th Massacre and the ongoing conflict….
180-240 Minutes
Grades 6-12
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
This is a twelve-lesson unit that starts with a pre-lesson Primer which defines and deepens the reader’s understanding of genocide, providing a basis for the subsequent lessons. Using testimonies…
180-240 Minutes
Grades 9-12
This primer synthesizes current knowledge about genocide, specifically, summaries of core questions about genocide with a focus on the human face of genocide. To prepare high school educators (also…
Grades 9-12
This five-lesson unit introduces students to Uyghur culture and identity before examining the ongoing Uyghur genocide. Students explore cultural suppression, mass detention, forced labor, impacts on women and children,…
120-180 Minutes
Grades 6-8. Adaptable for 9 - 12.