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    TEACHING KIDS ABOUT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    Belmont Citizen-Herald, MA
    Sept 22 2005

    The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, the
    Armenian Assembly of America and Facing History and Ourselves will
    present a panel discussion, "Armenian Genocide Education: Reaching
    Into the School Curriculum," on Friday, Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the
    Belmont High School Auditorium.

    Over the past several decades a remarkable amount of work has been done
    to document and analyze the Armenian Genocide committed by the Ottoman
    Turks in 1915-23. Yet the level of knowledge of the genocide outside
    the Armenian community remains disappointingly low; and moreover,
    the lessons of the Armenian Genocide and other 20th century genocides
    have not halted the practice of mass killings for political purposes,
    as recent events in Darfur attest.

    Facing History and Ourselves of Brookline has been a leader in
    producing Holocaust and genocide curricula since its founding in the
    late 1970s. It has now published a textbook on the Armenian Genocide,
    "Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization: The Genocide of the
    Armenians," supervised by Adam Strom with significant input from
    leading scholars such as Richard Hovannisian.

    The existence of this text, as well as the huge body of scholarship
    on the subject, raises key questions: How to get the text and the
    teaching of the Armenian Genocide into public schools in Massachusetts
    and beyond? What is the most effective way to teach the Armenian
    Genocide to non-Armenians? Can the lessons of the Armenian Genocide
    have a far-reaching effect in the prevention of future genocides?

    These and many other questions will be addressed by a panel discussion
    which will be moderated by Marc A. Mamigonian of NAASR.

    Panelists include: Professor Richard G. Hovannisian, Armenian Education
    Foundation Professor of Modern Armenian History at UCLA; Margot Stern
    Strom, executive director of Facing History and Ourselves; Adam Strom,
    director of Research and Development, Facing History and Ourselves;
    and Dr. Henry Theriault, associate professor of philosophy at Worcester
    State College.

    Admission is free (donations accepted). Parking is available at
    Belmont High School and in adjacent areas on Concord Avenue.

    There will be a reception following the program at the NAASR Center,
    395 Concord Ave., Belmont.

    For more information, visit www.naasr.org or call 617-489-1610.
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