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September 29, 2007
The Genocide Education Project
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San Francisco, CA 94118
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www.GenocideEd ucation.org
Contact: Sara Cohan – [email protected]
THE GENOCIDE EDUCATION PROJECT OFFERS EDUCATORS NEW LESSON PLAN
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San Francisco, CA, September 29, 2007 – The Genocide Education Project
has published a new lesson plan on the Armenian Genocide. The lesson
accompanies the award-winning website "Twenty Voices" (20Voices.com) and
focuses on the experiences of Armenian Genocide survivors. 20Voices.com,
created by Araz Artinian, provides an interactive map of Ottoman Turkey
and personal oral histories from survivors representing various
provinces of Historic Armenia. The audio clips, photographs, regional
music and historical facts about the provinces, all enhance the learning
experience of students taking the web-lesson.
"With this new lesson plan, we’ve taken advantage of the dynamic
features the Internet provides to give students a more authentic
understanding of the social context and effects of the Armenian
Genocide," said Roxanne Makasdjian, a member of the The Genocide
Education Project’s Board of Directors. The lesson plan is appropriate
for middle and high school classrooms. It can be used independently or
in conjunction with other activities regarding Genocide and Human Rights
curriculum.
The lesson plan can be obtained with the CD-ROM of the interactive map,
made possible by Ms. Artinian. For more information please visit
or contact The Genocide Education Project directly
at [email protected].
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The Genocide Education Project 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: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
