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Introducing Our US History Curriculum Collection
Draw from this flexible curriculum collection as you plan any middle or high school US history course. Featuring units, C3-style inquiries, and case studies, the collection will help you explore themes of democracy and freedom with your students throughout the year.
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Genocide
Responsibility of Command
Class A defendants Matsui Iwane and Hirota Koki are questioned as to their knowledge of atrocities committed by those under their command.
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What History Textbooks Leave Out
In 2013, BBC reporter Oi Mariko reflected upon her own childhood education in Japan in the article “What Japanese History Lessons Leave Out”.
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The American Response to the Armenian Genocide
Professor Peter Balakian describes the American response to the Armenian Genocide during World War I.
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The Armenian Genocide
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During World War I, the Ottoman Turks carried out one of the largest genocides in the world's history. This film provides a historical overview of the Armenian Genocide and looks at its denial by Turkey that continues to this day.
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The Indian Act
Historian, and researcher-curator at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Dr. Karine Duhamel, details the Indian Act of Canada. This video is a part of the resource Stolen Lives: The Indigenous Peoples of Canada and The Indian Residential Schools.
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The Nanjing Atrocities: Crimes of War
Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China Rana Mitter explains the Nanjing atrocities.
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The Psychology of Genocidal Behavior
Psychologist James Edward Waller brings a psychological lens to understanding why people commit genocidal acts.
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They Shall Not Perish
This documentary details the humanitarian efforts of a group of Americans who worked to save the Armenian people and other Christian minorities in the wake of the Armenian Genocide.
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Chronologie du guide, Vies Volées
Comprenez l’histoire du système des pensionnats autochtones grâce à ce calendrier des événements allant des débuts de l’histoire jusqu’à nos jours.
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The Age of Rights?
World War II brought a new awareness of human rights around the world. After the horrors of the Holocaust came to full light, few people could deny the dangers of racism. The anti-colonial movement was growing stronger around the world, and with the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 by the newly formed United Nations, many turned their attention to the rights of colonized people globally. In Africa, Asia, and the Americas, liberation movements helped bring the plight of millions under European colonialism to public attention.
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