Teaching About Genocide: Issues, Approaches, and Resources Edited by Samuel Totten

Teaching About Genocide: Issues, Approaches, and Resources, which is comprised of essays by some of the most noted scholars working in the field of genocide studies today, addresses a host of issues, including but not limited to the following: the significance of establishing strong rationales prior to teaching about a specific aspect of genocide; a broad overview of the history of genocide; issues surrounding the definition of genocide and ways to address them in the classroom; case histories of major genocides perpetrated un the twentieth century (along with a listing of key antecedents of each); instructional strategies useful for teaching about genocide; and an examination of the complexities surrounding the issue of the intervention and prevention of genocide, along with the definition of strategies for addressing the latter in the classroom.