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Curriculum Models
Unreliable Websites
We do not recommend these sites. Warnings should be given to students writing papers that they should not use these sites because of denial, support by an unknown organization, or contents that are a strange mix of fact and opinion. We also do not advise using sites with excessive advertising.
- Turkish Coalition of America
- Armenian Issue Blog
- Karabakh Conflict
- Assembly of Turkish American Associations
- Ermeni Sorunu
- ERAREN - Institute for Armenian Research
- Armenian Genocide Debate
- Ministry of Culture & Tourism
See especially - Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
See especially: - Armenian Genocide Hoax
This site's title is somewhat misleading because, instead of presenting the Armenian genocide as fakery, it focuses on the semantic argument that Armenians were the victims of massacres but not genocide. "The genocide label is simply propaganda to associate Turks with evil & is a form of Anti-Turkism," the site argues. Its anonymous writers present the massacres as occurring in the midst of a frenzied civil war fought along ethnic lines, posing the rhetorical question, "When a nation loses a rebellion in a civil war, what better way to seek revenge than to claim it was genocide?" - All four of SPLC’s descriptions are worth quoting. (Source: SPLC Intelligence Report special issue “State of Denial,” summer 2008)
- Republic of Turkey, Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Turkish Parliament).
See especially:
- Republic of Turkey, Turkish General Staff (Armed Forces).
See especially:- “Armenian Issue”
- Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Education
- Most of the denialist material is in Turkish, for example these pages: ERMENİ İSYAN VE KATLİAMLARI & Bilim ve Aklın Aydınlığında Eğitim Dergisi
- Graphic photos purporting to show “Massacre Exerted By the Armenian On The Turks During World War I,” etc., are presented in English & Turkish
- Ministry of Culture & Tourism
kulturturizm.gov.tr, perge.gov.tr, tourism.gov.tr, turizm.gov.tr, etc.
See especially: - Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
See especially:
- Wikipedia for anything related to the Holocaust & Genocide, because of the nature of the subject matter & contested history, can be unreliable.
- Holocaust Survivors' Remembrance, Very combative & arrogant site that can be classified as a denial site, with little original material, whose alleged author has been exposed as supporting a hoax organization under the guise of being survivor-oriented. It has no sense of scholarship or historiography. For outside documentation on this, see: Report on Kalman K. Brattman & the Holocaust Survivors Network or its Appendix. The U of M's CHGS has also been attacked by this site for disagreement.
- Focal Point Publications, Number one Holocaust denier.
- Institute for Historical Review, California based denier organization.
- Ernst Zundel denial site
- About.com - 20th Century History, This site is overly immersed in advertising & causes computer malfunctions.
- The Holocaust - A Tragic Legacy, May be interesting but only backed & run by students. No indication of academic supervision.
- The Myth of Holocaust Compensation, Revisionist website.
- Utah's Independent Media Source, Revisionist site appears to be derived from World Church of the Creator, a racist organization.
- Introduction to Armenian Issue
- Tall Armenian Tales. A site dedicated to denying the Armenian genocide that also attacks academic discourse on the subject.
- Armenian Reality. Another denier site with images of the Turkish memorial to "a million Turks killed by Armenians."
- Q & A about the so-called Armenian Genocide. No authors indicated.
- armenians-1915.blogspot.com. A denialist site from Australia using for its masthead the name of a well known legitimate educational entity in the U.S. to propagate denialist material much like the site Tall Armenian Tale. This site promotes Armenian Genocide denial & a conspiracy theory that affirming the Armenian Genocide is part of a secret rmenian plot to seize Turkish territory.
International task Force Guidelines For Teachers and Scholars
- Courses
- Curriculum Models
- Curriculum Concerns
- AHO Traveling Exhibits
- Web Based Assignments
- Teaching Resources
- Resources for Teaching the Armenian Genocide
- Links for Teachers in the realm of Holocaust and genocide studies curriculum planning
- Unreliable Websites
Courses
Past, current, and ongoing classes being taught at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus, on the subjects of Holocaust and genocide.
Syllabi, including all readings and requirements for courses to be offered during the forthcoming academic year.
- U of M Holocaust courses
- Graduate Programs, USA, Canada, Israel and elsewhere.
- Human Rights Minor at University of Minnesota
Curriculum Models
Standards and Curricular Models
- Sophie Scholl and The White Rose, A Case Study in Dissent in Nazi Germany Curriculum Guide Based on the Film "Sophie Scholl" (2005).
- Minnesota Social Science Standards and place of education regarding The Holocaust, Armenian Genocide, Native American History and African-American Slavery.
- MN Academic Standards in History and Social Studies (PDF)
- For High School: Learning Point Associates
- For Middle School: Learning Point Associates
- Preparing Curriculum for Teaching the Holocaust, by Lucy Smith. Lucy Kreisler Smith was born in Poland and was a hidden child in Warsaw during World War II and the Holocaust.
- Outline of "How To Teach The Holocaust" Workshop, by Lucy Smith.
- From the Republic of Croatia. During the Holocaust, Croatia was a country that had a government very sympathetic to Nazi Germany and which carried out the "final solution" against the Jewish population. Therefore, this curriculum should be examined as an example of how a former perpetrator country deals with the memory and teaching of the Holocaust.
- Archival Documentation
- Holocaust Lesson Preparation for Grade VII, Example of a curriculum prepared by a country that was a perpetrator in the Holocaust, Croatia. This curriculum was presented at the Stockholm International Conference, January, 2000 as it offered as an example of how former perpetrators, and in the case of Croatia, a country with a troubled recent history because of genocide in the former Yugoslavia, deals with the Holocaust. Have there been any lessons for this country from such a curriculum?
- Sample Curricula, Updated lesson plans.
- Teaching the Armenian Genocide, Resources for Teachers, Students and Educators, Resource Guide by The Armenian Genocide Resource Center of Northern California (AGRC).
- Teaching the Economic Implications of the Holocaust: Applying the Rape of Europa in a High School Setting by Renee Baylin, Carver Center for Arts and Technology.
- Teaching Trunk Project for Minnesota
- Holocaust Education in Germany
- Unit on the Holocaust and Anne Frank, by Jennifer Sellers, 2007. (DOC)
Teaching Resources and Other Curricular Models for Holocaust and Genocide Issues
- Upstanders Power Point (PPT)
- Upstanders Script (PDF)
- Honoring, Celebrating, and Commemorating the Historical Contributions of Influential Sociologists, Past and Present, Report by Vicky Knickerbocker, CHGS Outreach Specialist.
- Study Guide for video "Jehovah's Witnesses Stand Firm Against Nazi Assault" (PDF). Posted With Permission of Watch Tower Society.
- Curriculum Guide for "A Company Of Angels: The Life Of Charlotte Salomon" (PDF)
- Raoul Wallenberg.
- Sweden's Living History Project (Levande Historia) and the Stockholm International Conference
- Broken Threads
- Teaching Trunk Project for Minnesota
- Witness and Legacy, Teacher Resource Book.
- Witness and Legacy, Educator's Resource Packet.
- Teaching the Armenian Genocide
- Seton Hill College: National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education
- Curriculum Models, Recently added Coexistence Curriculum Model.
- Curriculum Concerns
- Local Resources for South Dakota Holocaust Educators
- Out of State Teacher Training Programs and Seminars
- Why Study Comparative Genocide?
- Coexistence Curriculum Model (PDF)
Developed by Vicky Knickerbocker, CHGS Outreach Coordinator, Stephen Feinstein, CHGS Director and fellow educators. Also check out our Coexistence website. - Curriculum Guide for "A Company Of Angels: The Life Of Charlotte Salomon" (PDF)
- Teaching about Holocaust Rescue (PDF)
- History Revisited: Colonization, War, Genocide and Hope in the Sudan (PDF), by Leon Z. Gbee, McNair Research Program.
Curricular Models for the Arts and Film
- Educator's Resources for Witness and Legacy, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park Education Department.
- Witness and Legacy - Teacher Resource Book, Presented by the Telfair Museum of Art.
- Docents Training Session, Witness and Legacy.
Information from Teacher Training Workshops
- Genocide in Cambodia (PPT)
- The Cambodian Genocide (DOC)
- Resources about the Cambodian Genocide (DOC)
- Holocaust & Rwanda (PPT)
- Workshop on Rwanda and the Holocaust (PPT)
materials from February 23, 2008. - Justice Tribunals, by Rosalyn Parks, The Advocates for Human Rights (PPT)
- U.S. and Dakota Relations - Treaty Site History Center (PPT)
- Dr. Elizabeth Baer bibliography - Genocide and Gender-Based Violence (PDF)
- Additional information from the History Site Treaty Center
Curriculum Concerns
- "Incorporating Holocaust Education into K-4 Curriculum and Teaching in the United States," by Harriet Lipman Sepinwall.
- "Should There Be Holocaust Education For K-4 Students? The Answer Is No.", by Samuel Totten.
- A Reply to Dr. Samuel Totten, by Heike Deckert Peaceman.
- "The Gypsies of Kosovo: A Survey of Their Communities After the War", by Paul Polansky.
- "The Evolution of Tattooing in the Auschwitz Concentration Camp Complex", George Rosenthal, Trenton, NJ, Auschwitz survivor, based on documents obtained from The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
- "Genocide of Homosexuals in the Holocaust", by Dr. Jack Nusan Porter.
- Graduate Programs, USA, Canada, Israel and elsewhere.
- University of Minnesota courses with holocaust or Genocide content
- Local resources for South Dakota Holocaust educators
Association of Holocaust Organizations Traveling Exhibits
- Exhibits by category (PDF)
- Exhibits by organization (PDF)
Web Based Assignments
- CHGS website research activity (PDF)
- Web-based assignment (PDF)
Resources for Teaching the Armenian Genocide
- Armenian Genocide Resource Center of Northern California (PDF). Summer 2000 Newsletter
Links for Teachers
These are some of the best sites for learning and teaching about the Holocaust and related genocides. Criteria for evaluation is integrity of the institution producing the web site and research capabilities. Curriculum planning in the realm of Holocaust and genocide studies:
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Yad Vashem, The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority.
- Ghetto Fighters' Museum
- Anne Frank Museum
- The Foundation in Berlin, Topography of Terror.
- Mauthausen Memorial
- Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
- German Propaganda Archive, Nazi and East German Propaganda Guide Page.
- Memorial and Museum, Auschwitz-Birkenau.
- Documents on Genocide
- USC Shoah Foundation Institute
- Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
- Twenty Voices. Important site based on work of film maker Araz Artinian, for stories of survivors of the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
- Facing History and Ourselves.
- Genocide 1915. Contains complete list of sites about Armenian Genocide.
- Armenian National Institute. Full range of educational resources on Armenian Genocide of 1915 and discourse about it.
- Armenian National Committee of America. Contains up to date information on activist issues connected with Genocide recognition.
- Genocide Intervention Network. For up to date information on Darfur Genocide, started by students at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania.
- London: Imperial War Museum Holocaust Exhibition
