Teaching the Unthinkable: Counter-Narratives, Pedagogy, and Genocide

Abstract

This study focuses on the pedagogy of teaching about the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust by using alternate texts to create a counter-narrative. By using different genres, teachers can encourage students to question the dominant historical narratives about the Armenian Genocide and Holocaust. Alternate texts include poetry, graphic novels, plays, and films. Each of these genres invites the reader or viewer to actively engage in history by examining the viewpoint of the victims of genocide. School curriculums must change so that future generations will have a more complete understanding of genocide. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]