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Teaching About
Genocide: Issues, Approaches, and Resources Edited by Samuel Totten |
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Teaching About
Genocide: Issues, Approaches, and Resources, which is comprised of
essays by some of the most noted scholars working in the field of genocide
studies today, addresses a host of issues, including but not limited to the
following: the significance of establishing strong rationales prior to
teaching about a specific aspect of genocide; a broad overview of the history
of genocide; issues surrounding the definition of genocide and ways to
address them in the classroom; case histories of major genocides perpetrated
un the twentieth century (along with a listing of key antecedents of each);
instructional strategies useful for teaching about genocide; and an examination
of the complexities surrounding the issue of the intervention and prevention
of genocide, along with the definition of strategies for addressing the
latter in the classroom. |
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