[hr-education-na] First web class on the Armenian genocide launched

FIRST WEB CLASS ON THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE LAUNCHED: WWW.LEARNGENOCIDE.COM

The Genocide Education Project has launched Genocide and the Human Voice:
Nicole's Journey, the first online classroom about the Armenian Genocide.

Genocide and the Human Voice: Nicole's Journey uses contemporary learning
technology and methodologies to provide a stand-alone lesson students
attend online. Recognizing the limited amount of class-time school
teachers have compared to the many important and required topics they must
address, The Genocide Education Project created an opportunity for high
school teachers to introduce their students to the history of the Armenian
Genocide, without having to devote full class time to it.  This Internet
lesson fulfills the World History curriculum requirements of the 11 U.S.
states which currently require instruction on this important history. The
online class is also designed to be used as supplemental coursework for
curriculum on Armenian Genocide.

"This online lesson brings the first genocide of the 20th century into the
education system of the 21st century," stated Sara Cohan, Education
Director with The Genocide Education Project. "We believe that the more we
make up-to-date, quality educational options available to teachers, the
more they will choose to include the Armenian Genocide in their course
curriculum."

Through the voice of Dr. Nicole Vartanian, Genocide and the Human Voice:  
Nicole's Journey provides a background to the history of the Armenian
Genocide and the effects genocide denial on subsequent generations.

Based on Nicole's real life journey to her grandmother's village in
Eastern Turkey, the lesson illustrates the continued pain that genocide
brings and the fortitude of those searching for truth. After an
introduction to the history of the Armenian Genocide and Nicole's
grandmother's moving story of survival, the lesson walks students through
a series of emails that Nicole sent her mother describing her many
observations and thoughts as she undertook her journey.

The plan concludes with "The Eight Stages of Genocide," created by Dr.
Gregory Stanton, president of Genocide Watch, a non-profit organization
committed to predict, prevent, stop, and punish genocide and other forms
of mass murder. Using the events of the Armenian Genocide as a case study,
students learn the common stages of all genocides, providing a global
perspective on the subject.

Teachers use the website www.learngenocide.com to create an online
classroom, assigning students a private log-in name and password to access
the lesson plan section of the site. Once students have completed the
assignments, they are stored online for teachers to access at a later
date.

The readings and assignments are geared toward high school students and
mature middle school students. Each section includes an assignment
composed of short answer questions and a writing component. Students read
and listen to historical text, survivor testimony and a variety of other
material, giving them a better understanding of genocide and its impact on
a nation of people and its future.

Created by the award-winning web design company, Infivia Communication
Visuelle, of Montreal, Canada, the lesson employs the latest interactive
web features, including segments in which Nicole is heard reading her
emails to her mother, cell phone conversations, and other material,
engaging and suitable for high school students.

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.

Sara Cohan 





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