Introducing the Armenian Genocide
Scholar Richard G. Hovannisian gives an overview of the Armenian Genocide.
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Requesting Speakers
Recommended organizations for educators seeking to set up an in-person or virtual speaker visit by a Holocaust survivor or descendant of a survivor.
![Rena Finder talks with Facing History & Ourselves students](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-01/Rena_Finder_with_FHAO_students2.jpg?h=08b866d1&itok=RkZs-OQE)
What Is Genocide?
This explainer helps students understand the meaning, gravity, and history of the concept and crime of genocide.
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Quel effet les stéréotypes ont-ils sur nous et que pouvons-nous faire ? - Claude Steele
Le psychologue social Claude Steele explique ce qu’est la menace du stéréotype et comment elle peut influencer notre comportement et nos performances lors de tests, dans des situations sociales et dans tous les domaines de notre vie.
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Apology
Despite the apologies Japanese political leaders have issued, the Chinese people and Sino-Japanese relations still remain strained. This reading helps students explore the role apologies play as a means toward achieving justice.
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Healing Historical Wounds
How do two nations who share a past of violence, war, and atrocities forge a new relationship?
A Nation’s Past
The Shinto Yasukuni shrine has become a focal point for national tensions between China and Japan.
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”.
![A monument of a woman holding a child stands at the front of the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/IMAGE_43_7_MONUMENT.jpg?h=c274347c&itok=hLx6w58l)
All-China Resistance Association of Writers and Artists
Learn about a resistance group that used literary efforts to respond to the Japanese occupation of China.
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