'Massacres', 'Tragedies, ‘Genocide:’ a Critical Analysis of Differing Perspectives on the Armenian Genocide

Authors

Samuel Hugo Willner, Bard College

Degree

Master of Arts in Teaching in History

Files

Publication Date

Spring 2020

Table of Contents

I. Synthesis Essay………………………………4

II. Bibliography…………………………………..31

III. Primary Documents and Headnotes………33

IV. Textbook Critique…………………………….43

V. New Textbook Entry…………………………..46

Keywords

Secondary Education Social Studies, Genocide, Armenia, Historiography, Armenian Genocide

Disciplines

Curriculum and Instruction | Holocaust and Genocide Studies | Islamic World and Near East History | Military History | Near and Middle Eastern Studies | Near Eastern Languages and Societies | Other International and Area Studies | Secondary Education

Comments

Updated Links to Primary Documents:

Internal Memo from Talat Pasha, August 29, 1915: https://www.bl.uk/world-war-one/articles/refugees-europe-on-the-move#

An account from mercenary Rafael de Nogales: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_de_Nogales#:~:text=At%20dawn%20I%20was%20awakened,Armenians%20had%20attacked%20the%20town.&text=He%20astounded%20me%20by%20replying,years%20of%20age%20and%20over

Column of Armenian deportees guarded by Ottoman soldiers, 1915: https://www.publicbooks.org/the-armenian-genocide-and-the-politics-of-knowledge/

The Burning of 40,000 Armenians: http://www.genocide-museum.am/eng/Martiros-Ashekian-eng.php

Recommended Citation

Willner, Samuel Hugo, "'Massacres', 'Tragedies, ‘Genocide:’ a Critical Analysis of Differing Perspectives on the Armenian Genocide" (2020). History - Master of Arts in Teaching. 12.
https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/history_mat/12