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Teaching and Learning About Human Rights Atrocities and Genocide: The Holodomor in Ukraine |
Developed in collaboration with the Holodomor Research and Education Consortium (HREC), a project of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta and supported financially by the Temerty Foundation, Teaching and Learning About Human Rights Atrocities and Genocide: The Holodomor in Ukraine was created to support educators and learners in developing an in-depth understanding of a dark chapter in twentieth-century history using critical inquiry.
This collection contains an array of resources that critically explores human rights atrocities through the examination of the Holodomor, a genocide that took place between 1932-33 in Ukraine. Three lesson plans for grades 6-9, seven high school lessons, and a curated collection of source documents accompanied by teacher notes and student tasks provides students the opportunity to learn about this largely untold tragedy. With a focus on using critical thinking and historical thinking to deepen conceptual and subject-area understanding, this collection has been designed to support learners as they explore complex issues such as human rights atrocities and genocide.
Developed to be used individually or as a set, each fully-developed lesson includes teaching notes, briefing sheets, image sets, activity sheets, and assessment materials to support student thinking and learning about human rights atrocities and the Holodomor.
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Lessons Grades 6-9 |
In the grades 6-9 lessons, students are invited to think critically about the following questions:
- What important lessons can we learn from studying the causes of human rights atrocities?
- How did the 1932–1933 Holodomor affect individuals and communities in Ukraine?
- What’s the most effective way to describe the relationships between historical human rights atrocities and contemporary events?
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Lessons Grades 10-12 |
The high school lessons invite students to think critically about the following questions:
- What were the causes of the Holodomor?
- What were the consequences of the Holodomor for individuals and families?
- How did the Holodomor change communities?
- What should all people in Canada understand about the Holodomor?
- What information and evidence are the most useful for describing why the Holodomor is a human rights atrocity and genocide?
- What are the patterns used by governments, organizations, and people who attempt to deny that the Holodomor was genocide?
- How strong are the connections between the Holodomor and Russian aggression against Ukraine?
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Source Documents Collection |
The curated source documents collection and supporting teacher notes and student tasks can complement the lessons of the resources, be an entire unit of study, or can be used to examine specific aspects of the Holodomor including:
This Holodomor education project was made possible through the generous support of Eugene Yakovitch, whose designated legacy is gratefully acknowledged. It is a project of the Education branch of the Holodomor Research and Education Consortium (HREC) in partnership with The Critical Thinking Consortium, with additional assistance from the Ukrainian Canadian Research and Documentation Centre.
HREC is a project of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta, supported financially by the Temerty Foundation.
