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NATIONAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE FEATURES GENOCIDE BOOTH
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Published: Friday November 26, 2010
GenEd Booth at NCSS 2010 in Denver, Colorado.
Pauline Getzoyan (left), GenEd RI Branch Representative and Sara Cohan,
GenEd Education Director.
Denver - Justin Voldman was happy to see The Genocide Education
Project's resource booth at the annual conference of the National
Council for the Social Studies, an event that gathered thousands of
educators from across the U.S. in Denver, Colorado, November 12-14.
"I use your lesson plans in my classroom," said Voldman, a high school
history teacher from Maine, who said she welcomed the useful teaching
materials provided by The Genocide Education Project, a nonprofit
organization that assists educators in teaching about human rights
and genocide, particularly the Armenian Genocide.
The Genocide Education Project's Education Director, Sara Cohan,
led a workshop entitled, "Best Practices in Genocide Education."
Participants were guided through lesson plans created by The Genocide
Education Project and heard about ways to broach the sensitive subject
of genocide in the classroom.
Educators asked how to handle the problem of genocide denial in
the classroom and commented that after the session they felt better
prepared to bring the Armenian Genocide into their curriculum.
Educators were exposed to various approaches for teaching about
genocide and analyzed how to combine the study of particular historic
events with discussions on genocide prevention today.
Also representing GenEd at the NCSS conference were Executive Director,
Raffi Momjian, as well as Pauline and Ara Getzoyan from Gen Ed's
recently established Rhode Island branch.
"The number of American educators that flocked to our exhibit booth
asking for information about the Armenian Genocide was remarkable,"
said Pauline Getzoyan, co-chair of the Rhode Island branch. "To
witness the interest American educators have in teaching about the
Armenian Genocide was inspiring."
The conference provides an important venue through which The Genocide
Education Project can communicate face-to-face with teachers,
professors and school district leaders to discuss the work of
the organization. Gen Ed provides lesson plans, resource lists and
reading materials about the Armenian Genocide free of charge to each
interested educator at the conference. "Our discussions with teachers
here confirm that they greatly value education about the Armenian
Genocide and genocide prevention. Our task is to ensure they have
the training and materials necessary to teach this vital subject,"
said Momjian.
The Genocide Education Project is already preparing for next year's
conference in Washington, D.C. and looks forward to reaching more
educators.
The Genocide Education Project (http://www.genocideeducation.org) is a
nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) 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.
From: A. Papazian
http://www.reporter.am/index.cfm?objectid=A0C04B12-F954-11DF-92EB0003FF3452C2
Published: Friday November 26, 2010
GenEd Booth at NCSS 2010 in Denver, Colorado.
Pauline Getzoyan (left), GenEd RI Branch Representative and Sara Cohan,
GenEd Education Director.
Denver - Justin Voldman was happy to see The Genocide Education
Project's resource booth at the annual conference of the National
Council for the Social Studies, an event that gathered thousands of
educators from across the U.S. in Denver, Colorado, November 12-14.
"I use your lesson plans in my classroom," said Voldman, a high school
history teacher from Maine, who said she welcomed the useful teaching
materials provided by The Genocide Education Project, a nonprofit
organization that assists educators in teaching about human rights
and genocide, particularly the Armenian Genocide.
The Genocide Education Project's Education Director, Sara Cohan,
led a workshop entitled, "Best Practices in Genocide Education."
Participants were guided through lesson plans created by The Genocide
Education Project and heard about ways to broach the sensitive subject
of genocide in the classroom.
Educators asked how to handle the problem of genocide denial in
the classroom and commented that after the session they felt better
prepared to bring the Armenian Genocide into their curriculum.
Educators were exposed to various approaches for teaching about
genocide and analyzed how to combine the study of particular historic
events with discussions on genocide prevention today.
Also representing GenEd at the NCSS conference were Executive Director,
Raffi Momjian, as well as Pauline and Ara Getzoyan from Gen Ed's
recently established Rhode Island branch.
"The number of American educators that flocked to our exhibit booth
asking for information about the Armenian Genocide was remarkable,"
said Pauline Getzoyan, co-chair of the Rhode Island branch. "To
witness the interest American educators have in teaching about the
Armenian Genocide was inspiring."
The conference provides an important venue through which The Genocide
Education Project can communicate face-to-face with teachers,
professors and school district leaders to discuss the work of
the organization. Gen Ed provides lesson plans, resource lists and
reading materials about the Armenian Genocide free of charge to each
interested educator at the conference. "Our discussions with teachers
here confirm that they greatly value education about the Armenian
Genocide and genocide prevention. Our task is to ensure they have
the training and materials necessary to teach this vital subject,"
said Momjian.
The Genocide Education Project is already preparing for next year's
conference in Washington, D.C. and looks forward to reaching more
educators.
The Genocide Education Project (http://www.genocideeducation.org) is a
nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) 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.
From: A. Papazian