This resource book is a perfect way to get your class, your children, or yourself thinking about the Armenian Genocide, why it occurred, what damage it created, and how we've pressed on into today.

Through text, photos, poems, first-person accounts, and original document sources, this book contains a variety of connections and explorations of various topics surrounding the Armenian Genocide such as identity, the relation between Armenians and Ottoman Turks, and third-party relief efforts.

This comprehensive guide was created by the organization titled Facing History and Ourselves, an international educational and professional development organization whose mission is to engage middle and high school students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and anti-Semitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry. By studying the historical development and lessons of collective violence, students make the essential connection between history and the moral choices they confront in their own lives.

198 pages, soft cover

ISBN# 0975412507