Curated OER
From Korea to Vietnam: America Changes Her View on War
Eleventh graders identify and analyze the differences between the Korean and the Vietnam Wars. In small groups they conduct research and create a scene from a movie that focuses on the Korean or Vietnam War. Students view and evaluate...
Curated OER
America's Heartland
Fifth graders investigate imports and exports to discover its importance to America as a world power. In this Imports and exports lesson, 5th graders discuss how climate and natural resources aid a country in becoming a world...
Curated OER
Investigating Human Behavior
Students explore the Holocaust and themes such as prejudice and discrimination.
History of American Wars
History of American Wars: Holocaust Timeline: Shoah
An extensive timeline showing the events between 1933 and 1945 that occurred during the progression of the Jewish Holocaust. It begins with several paragraphs describing the nature of the Holocaust.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Dark History of Rwanda's Genocide
A learning module that begins with "Dark History of Rwanda's Genocide," accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Rwanda: History
Rwanda has suffered the horror of genocide. Read how this has affected the country and how the country is recovering from its recent history. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch: Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda
This site has the complete report from March 1999 that explains the history of the Rwandan genocide. This is an extensive resource and an excellent source of information.
The History Place
The History Place: The Nazi Holocaust 1938 1945
Article depicting the Nazi Holocaust from the beginning in 1938 with a simple boycott to the end in 1945 with the liberation of the death camps.
Other
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
This site is dedicated to the German memorial of the murdered Jewish people from the Holocaust. This site also offers information on other memorials dedicated to other persecuted groups throughout German history.
United Nations
Referral of Lra to the International Criminal Court
The press release describing a letter from the president of Uganda to the international court in January 2004. In it, he asks the court to take action against the LRA and provides documentation on the use of genocide by the LRA.
PBS
Pbs Frontline: Ghosts of Rwanda
Frontline provides a great teacher resource for educating learners about Rwandan genocide. Features firsthand accounts, Rwandan history, and facts about genocide in World War II.
BBC
Bbc: World Wars: Genocide Under the Nazis: A View of the Holocaust
A nice survey of the major events of the Holocaust from its origins in Nazi Germany during the 1930s to the death camps and what happened afterward.
Other
Armenian History
A very comprehensive look at Armenian history written by an Armenian so expect some partiality. Use the table of contents to navigate the site. Pictures illustrate every section and a glossary is included.
Yale University
Yale University: Cambodian Genocide Program
A massive database of thousands of photos, records, biographical data, maps and documents pertaining to the genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge. A heartbreaking record of this period of Cambodia's history.
Other
Armenian History
A very comprehensive look at Armenian history written by an Armenian so expect some partiality. Use the table of contents to navigate the site. Pictures illustrate every section and a glossary is included.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Cambodia 1978
Personal accounts by Francois Ponchard about the reign of Khmer Rounge genocide of his own people in Cambodia.
The History Place
The History Place: Statistics of the Holocaust
This page from The History Place has a chart with the number of Jewish people killed in the Holocaust. Nearly 6 million Jewish people were murdered. This site is disturbing its apparent accuracy of the Jewish slaughter.
The History Place
The History Place: Auschwitz Today
The History Place provides a virtual slide show of photos taken from a walking tour of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp.
Hartford Web Publishing
World History Archives: Hartford Web Pub.: Pre Columbian Hispaniola
This site describes the Arawak and Taino Indians on the island of Hispaniola. Read about their lifestyle, housing, dress, food, and religion.
Other
Facing History and Ourselves
Official website for Facing History and Ourselves, an international educational and professional development organization whose mission is to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism...
Hartford Web Publishing
World History Archives: The Retrospective History of Guatemala
A review of Guatemala's history that covers the chronology of Guatemala's 36-Year Civil War to topics like the genocidal war in Colombia that paralleled Guatemalan atrocities.
The History Place
The History Place: Bosnia Herzegovina 1992 1995
An intricate and detailed history of Bosnia-Herzegovina beginning with World War II. War atrocities, ethnic cleansing, and genocidal activities of the militants are examined.
The History Place
The History Place: Armenians in Turkey 1915 1918
The first genocide of the 20th Century occurred when two million Armenians living in Turkey were eliminated from their historic homeland through forced deportations and massacres.
A&E Television
History.com: 10 Things You May Not Know About the Nuremberg Trials
The post-World War II trials marked the first-ever prosecutions for genocide and crimes against humanity. Held directly after World War II, the Nuremberg Trials were a series of 13 military tribunals in which nearly 200 German...