Now accepting applications for the 2025 GenEd Teacher Fellowship program
The Genocide Education Project held national conferences for English and social studies teachers in Boston and Texas. The National Social Studies Council and National Council of Teachers of English will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, from November 21st to 24th, and the Texas Social Studies Council will be held in Round Rock, Texas, from November 1st to 3rd. Ta.
Teachers from around the country attending two national conferences in Boston gathered for a day-long workshop on Armenian Genocide Education that featured numerous speakers, educational materials, and tours of the Armenian Museum of America and the National Association for Armenian Studies. It was done. . GenEd and GenEd Teacher Fellows also offered several conference sessions showcasing a variety of lesson plans, and GenEd’s exhibit booth received the highest level of interest ever.
On November 21, teachers from across the country gathered for a day-long workshop on Armenian Genocide Education. GenEd, AMA, and NAASR collaborated to lead a workshop as part of the National Conference for Social Studies and English Teachers (NCSS & NCTE) in Boston this week.
Morning sessions at the Armenian Museum of America in Watertown, Massachusetts, included GenEd Education Director Kelly Flynn and GenEd Teacher Fellows Jackie Kemper, Jessica Depamphilis, and Justin Bilton on the Armenian Genocide; It included a session about the recent genocide in Artsakh and its denial. We then provided lesson plans using memoirs, personal histories, and Armenian cultural features and artifacts. Houry Boyamian, a longtime educator, talked about his father’s memoir, “Goodbye, Antoula.” A tour of the museum was provided by AMA’s Bergu Chekijian, and Executive Director Jason Sohijian provided an overview of the museum’s history and educational services.
In the afternoon, participants visited the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research to hear from Dean of Academic Affairs Mark Mamigonian, Executive Director Silva Sedrakian, and Library Curator Ani Babaian about Armenian studies in the United States, the history of NAASR, and its history. I did. We browsed the archives, took a tour, and attended a session by Education Coordinator Sarah Kohan on “Denial of the Armenian and Artsakh Genocide on Open Source Sites and How to Do It.” It’s about giving young people agency by teaching them how to correct negative representations on Wikipedia. ”
GenEd provided workshops and resources to teachers across Texas from November 1-3 at the Texas Social Studies Council Annual Conference. GenEd Education Director Kelly Flynn led a workshop to introduce teachers to GenEd’s “Armenian Bird Letters” lesson, which uses art activities to encourage students to learn about Armenian culture and the Armenian Genocide. GenEd Teacher Fellow Marcy Ward led the workshop “Humanizing History: Reclaiming the Narrative of Difficult Historical Topics.”
GenEd announced that it is now accepting applications for the 2025 GenEd Teacher Fellowship Program. This program is a unique professional development leadership opportunity for 15 secondary school social studies and English language arts teachers in the United States. This includes a 10-day trip to Armenia in July. A workshop session at the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute and an afternoon field trip complementing the academic content. When GenEd Teacher Fellows return to their home states, they lead professional development workshops for other educators in the region.
Launched in 2022, GenEd currently has 45 active GenEd Teacher Fellows in 32 U.S. states. They have conducted 50 teacher training workshops, and thanks to the GenEd Teacher Fellowship Program, an estimated 189,000 students will receive lessons on the Armenian Genocide throughout this school year. As long as this program continues, that number will continue to grow exponentially every year. Through this program alone, an estimated 1 million students will be taught by 2030 through the efforts of GenEd Teacher Fellows and the people they train.
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