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January 2017

Genocide Education Project: GenEd & Glendale School District Host 2-Day Teacher-Training Workshop

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Glendale, CA – The Glendale Unified School District and The Genocide Education Project (GenEd) hosted a 2-day teacher-training workshop on Genocide education, using the Armenian Genocide as a case study. “In my 20 years of teaching in this district, this workshop was by far the best, most informative, and most beneficial workshop of my career,” wrote Angelina Dawson, a history teacher at Rosemont Middle School. In an email after the workshop, Dawson thanked the district for “providing outstanding speakers, short films, and plentiful resources for us to use in the classroom. They were organized, efficient, knowledgeable, and so kind.” Held at Glendale High School, January 17-18, the workshop provided teachers foundational training and exposure to multiple aspects of genocide teaching methodology and strategies. The new…

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ANCA-WR to Honor K-12 Instructors at Armenian Genocide Education Luncheon

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LOS ANGELES — The Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region (ANCA-WR) Education Committee is proud to announce its first Armenian Genocide Education Award Luncheon to be held on Saturday, February 25, 2017, 11am at Dream Palace Banquet Hall in Glendale, California. The Luncheon will celebrate and honor K-12 instructors in public schools who have gone above their call of duty to teach their students about the Armenian Genocide. “It is with great pride that the ANCA-WR Education Committee has decided to celebrate public school educators who have and continue to go the extra mile to make certain their students understand the important role of the Armenian Genocide in history, because genocide not taught will be repeated, and continues right before our very eyes…

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