Resource Theme: Human Rights
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Students explore how places hold layered histories, memories, and meanings through journaling, dialogue, and primary-source image analysis focused on the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Using…
90-120 Minutes
Grades 9-12. Adaptable for 8th grade.
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.