Lesson Plans
For Institute delivered lesson plans please click below: (Coming Soon)
Websites Pertinent to the Institute
The Human Rights Watch offers a discussion on a wide variety of human rights issues broken down by geographical location.
http://www.hrw.org
The UN's human rights page outlines policies and treaties regarding human rights.
http://www.un.org/rights/
National Museum of the American Indian discusses the traditional American Indian worldview as well as contemporary American Indian identity.
http://www.nmai.si.edu/
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum provides historical information on the Holocaust, upcoming exhibitions, and advice on teaching the Holocaust.
http://www.ushmm.org/
The following site contains Roger Smith's essay
“American Self-Interest and the Response to Genocide.”
http://www.16beavergroup.org/mtarchive/archives/001160.php
An interview and brief summary of Roger Smith's work
http://www.zoryaninstitute.org/Announcements/announcement_Interview_Roger_Smith.htm
The following links provide information on the recent bill mandating instruction
on genocide in public schools.
Public Act 094-0478
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?name=094-0478&GA=094
An article on Public Act 094-0478 http://www.nwherald.com/MainSection/local/309111817010612.php
General Genocide Websites
This site is an online genocide documentation center. In addition to documents regarding particular genocides, it also provides information on legal statutes and laws on genocide.
http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide.htm
This page from Genocide Watch provides an overview of various genocides since 1945.
http://www.genocidewatch.org/genocidetable2005.htm
Prevent Genocide International, beyond information on current and past genocides, also suggests forms of activism in the struggle to end genocide.
http://www.preventgenocide.org/
Center for world Indigenous Studies : http://www.cwis.org/index.htm
Genocide Intervention : http://www.genocideintervention.net/index.php
Websites on Individual Genocides and Human Rights Cases
Holocaust: http://www.holocaust-history.org/
Armenia: http://www.armenian-genocide.org/ or http://www.teachgenocide.org
Ukraine: http://www.infoukes.com/history/famine/index.html
Cambodia: http://www.yale.edu/cgp
Bosnia: http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~bosnia/
Rwanda: http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/rwanda/
Sudan: http://www.darfurgenocide.org/
East Timor: http://www.yale.edu/gsp/east_timor/
Cyprus: http://www.cyprus-conflict.net/intro%20page.htm
Hawaii: http://www.hawaii-nation.org/
Teaching Genocide Websites
The Genocide Education Projecti: http://www.genocideeducation.org
Facing History and Ourselves : http://www.facinghistory.org/campus/reslib.nsf
Teaching Tolerance : http://www.tolerance.org
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