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The Genocide Education Project
51 Commonwealth Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 264-4203
[email protected]
www.GenocideEd ucation.org
www.TeachGenocide.com
www.LearnGenocid e.com
Contact: Sara Cohan - [email protected]
THE GENOCIDE EDUCATION PROJECT REACHES HUNDREDS OF TEACHERS AT NATIONAL
CONFERENCE
http://www.genocideeducation.o rg/pr/2006/12_15_2006.htm
Washington, DC, December 15, 2005 ~W The Genocide Education Project expanded
on its participation in the annual conference of the National Council for
the Social Studies, which took place November 30th through December 3rd in
Washington, DC. The Genocide Education Project drew more than 700 educators
to its information booth, disseminating new and varied instructional
materials about the Armenian Genocide. Education Director, Sara Cohan,
conducted a workshop on "Exploring the Impact of the Armenian Genocide,"
incorporating genocide survivor photographs and testimony. In addition,
Cohan and Executive Director, Raffi Momjian conducted a one-day teaching
"clinic" entitled, "Teaching Genocide in the Age of Genocide," in
collaboration with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Facing
History and Ourselves and the Choices Program at Brown University.
This year~Rs hallmark conference for social studies educators drew
approximately 4500 educators from around the country. The Genocide
Education Project~Rs booth distributed information and guides about teaching
the Armenian Genocide in the classroom and collected educators~R contact
information to keep them informed about future projects and teacher training
workshops it conducts and to update them about the various teaching
resources it develops.
After working together for the past year to organize the one-day clinic
"Teaching Genocide in the Age of Genocide," The Genocide Education Project
led a team of educators from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,
Facing History and Ourselves, and the Choices Program at Brown University,
providing an approach to genocide education which considers causes, methods,
parallel events, individual responsibility, and prevention.
"Having the opportunity to work with educational organizations who share a
common mission was exhilarating" commented The Genocide Education Project~Rs
Executive Director, Raffi Momjian. He continued, "The result was exactly
what we had hoped for ~Wteachers attending our presentations received a
solid introduction to the subject of genocide education and based on their
post-clinic comments, are ready to explore the subject with their students."
The Genocide Education Project also was selected to present a one-hour
workshop, "Exploring the Impact of the Armenian Genocide through
Contemporary Photographs and Survivor Testimony." Using a lesson plan
developed by The Genocide Education Project, based on the iWitness
photograph exhibit by Levon Parian and Ara Oshagan, teachers modeled
classroom activities using photographs and testimony of survivors of the
Armenian Genocide in order to better understand the impact of genocide.
Next year~Rs NCSS Annual Conference will be held in San Diego, California.
The Genocide Education Project is looking forward to continuing its outreach
at this and other conferences, working directly with educators, providing
them with innovative teaching material on the Armenian Genocide and
professional development opportunities to engage with colleagues on the
subject.
The Genocide Education Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that
assists educators in teaching about human rights and genocide, particularly
the Armenian Genocide, by developing and distributing instructional
materials, providing access to teaching resources and organizing educational
workshops.
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Picture Caption: Sara Cohan, The Genocide Education Project's Education
Director, collaborating with educators at NCSS 2006 booth
The Genocide Education Project
51 Commonwealth Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 264-4203
[email protected]
www.GenocideEd ucation.org
www.TeachGenocide.com
www.LearnGenocid e.com
Contact: Sara Cohan - [email protected]
THE GENOCIDE EDUCATION PROJECT REACHES HUNDREDS OF TEACHERS AT NATIONAL
CONFERENCE
http://www.genocideeducation.o rg/pr/2006/12_15_2006.htm
Washington, DC, December 15, 2005 ~W The Genocide Education Project expanded
on its participation in the annual conference of the National Council for
the Social Studies, which took place November 30th through December 3rd in
Washington, DC. The Genocide Education Project drew more than 700 educators
to its information booth, disseminating new and varied instructional
materials about the Armenian Genocide. Education Director, Sara Cohan,
conducted a workshop on "Exploring the Impact of the Armenian Genocide,"
incorporating genocide survivor photographs and testimony. In addition,
Cohan and Executive Director, Raffi Momjian conducted a one-day teaching
"clinic" entitled, "Teaching Genocide in the Age of Genocide," in
collaboration with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Facing
History and Ourselves and the Choices Program at Brown University.
This year~Rs hallmark conference for social studies educators drew
approximately 4500 educators from around the country. The Genocide
Education Project~Rs booth distributed information and guides about teaching
the Armenian Genocide in the classroom and collected educators~R contact
information to keep them informed about future projects and teacher training
workshops it conducts and to update them about the various teaching
resources it develops.
After working together for the past year to organize the one-day clinic
"Teaching Genocide in the Age of Genocide," The Genocide Education Project
led a team of educators from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,
Facing History and Ourselves, and the Choices Program at Brown University,
providing an approach to genocide education which considers causes, methods,
parallel events, individual responsibility, and prevention.
"Having the opportunity to work with educational organizations who share a
common mission was exhilarating" commented The Genocide Education Project~Rs
Executive Director, Raffi Momjian. He continued, "The result was exactly
what we had hoped for ~Wteachers attending our presentations received a
solid introduction to the subject of genocide education and based on their
post-clinic comments, are ready to explore the subject with their students."
The Genocide Education Project also was selected to present a one-hour
workshop, "Exploring the Impact of the Armenian Genocide through
Contemporary Photographs and Survivor Testimony." Using a lesson plan
developed by The Genocide Education Project, based on the iWitness
photograph exhibit by Levon Parian and Ara Oshagan, teachers modeled
classroom activities using photographs and testimony of survivors of the
Armenian Genocide in order to better understand the impact of genocide.
Next year~Rs NCSS Annual Conference will be held in San Diego, California.
The Genocide Education Project is looking forward to continuing its outreach
at this and other conferences, working directly with educators, providing
them with innovative teaching material on the Armenian Genocide and
professional development opportunities to engage with colleagues on the
subject.
The Genocide Education Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that
assists educators in teaching about human rights and genocide, particularly
the Armenian Genocide, by developing and distributing instructional
materials, providing access to teaching resources and organizing educational
workshops.
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Picture Caption: Sara Cohan, The Genocide Education Project's Education
Director, collaborating with educators at NCSS 2006 booth