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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.
Humanity on Trial
This reading provides background on the the Ottoman massacres and the struggle of politicians in the United States to find an appropriate response.
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Seeking Civil Rights
This reading describes the efforts of Armenian people to demand civil rights in 1895.
Humanitarian Intervention
This reading details ways that Americans intervened on behalf of Ottoman Armenians.
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The Legacy of a Witness
Learn about Armin Wegner's efforts to raise consciousness about the Armenian massacres.
![Photographer Armin T. Wegner, 1916 in Bagdad](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/Armintwegner1890s_Website.jpg?h=d5b820fb&itok=zePU_efS)
The Legacy of a Witness (en español)
Learn about Armin Wegner's efforts to raise consciousness about the Armenian massacres. This resource is in Spanish.
![Photographer Armin T. Wegner, 1916 in Bagdad](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/Armintwegner1890s_Website.jpg?h=d5b820fb&itok=zePU_efS)
Dr. Hong Zheng Reflects on his Earliest Memories of the Second Sino-Japanese War
Dr. Hong Zheng reflects on his earliest memory as a five year old during the Second Sino-Japanese War when Japanese airplanes dropped bombs around his village, forcing his family to seek shelter in an air raid shelter.
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Dehumanizing the Enemy
Scholar James Edward Waller discusses how perpetrators of atrocities dehumanize their victims.
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Conventional Revolution: Raphael Lemkin and the Crime Without a Name
Scholar Donna-Lee Frieze chronicles the life and work of Raphael Lemkin.
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They Have Stolen Our Lands
Read this 1910 statement by chiefs of the Shuswap, Okanagan, and Couteau nations that sheds light on how Indigenous Peoples viewed Europeans during this period.
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Ils ont volé nos terres
Lisez cette déclaration faite en 1910 par les chefs des nations Shuswap, Okanagan, et Couteau qui met en lumière la façon dont les Peuples Autochtones percevaient les Européens pendant cette période.
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A Canadian Genocide in Search of a Name
Read a call to Canada's government to recognize its treatment of Indigenous Peoples in colonial Canada as genocide.
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