For Educators
* Past Event* The Bosnian American Genocide Institute and Education Center (BAGI) and The Bosnian American Cultural Association (BACA)
Invited you to:
The 17th Annual Commemoration of the Genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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One of the most important ways to remember the genocide in Srebrenica and all of Bosnia from 1992 to 1995 is to commemorate the atrocities every July 11, and to pay deepest tribute to the innocent lives who were victims of genocide.
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In Recognition of Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month & In Remembrance of 20 years since the Beginning of the Siege of Sarajevo
In remembrance of 20 years since the beginning of the siege of Sarajevo, we invite you to the opening of the BAGI exhibition: “Traveling Memorials: Crimes Against Children During Aggression Against B&H and Genocide Against Bosniaks 1992-1995”
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Illinois Holocaust and Genocide Education Mandate, Enacted in 2005
In 2005, the leadership of the new Illinois Holocaust Museum played a key role in the expansion of the existing Mandate House Bill 3, which mandates the teaching of the Holocaust, to include the study of other modern genocides, underscoring a universal lesson of the Holocaust that national, ethnic, racial, or religious hatred can overtake any nation or society, leading to calamitous consequences.
(To read more, please download attachment)
(To read more, please download attachment)
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Educating About PrejudiceSomething that is particularly current and socially dangerous is the development of a theory about the conflict of civilizations, a thesis that should replace the world division that was overcome during the Cold War, into communist and capitalist countries. The goal and motivation of these kinds of theories is the intensification of prejudices among the nations, races and religions which originate foremost as a result of ignorance and without a wish to learn about different cultures, as a justification for the economic, territorial and political pretensions and conflicts between the countries and nations in the present age.
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Eight Stages of Genocide Genocide is a process that develops in eight stages that are predictable but not inexorable. At each stage, preventive measures can stop it. The process is not linear. Logically, later stages must be preceded by earlier stages. But all stages continue to operate throughout the process.
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Genocide Information & Resources
These document outline many great resources for the teaching of genocide. One is specifically online resources.
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(To read more, please download attachments)
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