Contents

Foreword…………………………………………………………………………………………v

Preface…………………………………………………………………………………………..vil

Human Rights and Genocide in the

History-Social Science Framework, A Model Curriculum………………………….1

Curriculum Resources……………………………………………………………………….6

Appendix A: Summary of Human Rights

and Genocide in the Curriculum……………………………………………………….13

Introduction……………………………………………………………………………..13

Goals and Curriculum Strands…………………………………………………….14

Course Descriptions…………………………………………………………………..15

Criteria for Evaluating Instructional Materials………………………………..24

Appendix B: Examples of Violations of Human Rights……………………………25

Introduction……………………………………………………………………………..26

Chapter 3, “Inhumanity: An Historical Overview”……………………………27

The Armenian Genocide………………………………………………………………31

The Ukrainian Genocide……………………………………………………………..39

Chapter 5, “Surplus People: The Final Solution”
(Retitled for California: “The Holocaust: Genocide Against

the Jews”)…………………………………………………………………………………45

Mass Murder and Genocide of Poles During World War II………………….53

Chapter 6, “Surplus People: The Pattern Continues”

(Retitled for California: “Totalitarian Violations

in Argentina, Kampuchea (Cambodia), and South Africa”)…………………55