Lesson Plans

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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

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 Project: http://www.genocideeducation.org

Facing History and Ourselves : http://www.facinghistory.org/campus/reslib.nsf

Teaching Tolerance : http://www.tolerance.org