Genocide Education Project to present training workshops March 1, 2016 - 10:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Genocide Education Project (GenEd) will present two teacher training workshops and an exhibit booth at the 2016 California Council for the Social Studies Conference (CCSS), March 4-6, in Costa Mesa, CA, according to Asbarez. Social Studies educators from across California will converge at the Hilton Orange County to hear from education experts and receive training and teaching materials for K-12 social studies classes. CCSS is the largest state professional social studies education organization for teachers, administrators, and curriculum specialists in California. Its annual conference attracts up to 1000 attendees. “The Ten Stages of Genocide and the Armenian Case” conference will explore guidelines for teaching about genocide using the United Nations definition of genocide and the “Ten Stages of Genocide” by Dr. Gregory Stanton. “The Armenian Genocide: A Centennial Perspective” event will examine how this major crime against humanity was carried out and why it is considered by historians as the prototype genocide of the modern era.  Top stories Varti Ohanian is a social worker and the founder of Lebanon's Zvartnots special education center. French environmentalist and politician of Armenian descent Jeanne Barseghian is running for mayor of Strasbourg. The Hrant Dink Foundation -- founded after his murder -- turned the building into the 23.5 Hrant Dink Site of Memory. Acting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sees “certain progress” in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.   Partner news |  Latest news India planning to send a legless, "female" robot into space  The country's space agency – the Indian Space Research Organisation – showcased a prototype of "Vyommitra."Living near major roads "linked to risk of Parkinson's, Alzheimer's" Researchers from the University of British Columbia analyzed data for 678,000 adults in Metro Vancouver.Kim Kardashian being sued for "using photo without permission" A rep for Kardashian declined to comment on the lawsuit, which was filed in a New York federal court.Egyptian mummy's voice restored 3,000 years after death Nesyamun lived under the pharaoh Rameses XI, who reigned around the beginning of the 11th century BC. |
