Teaching Geography, Conflict, and Human Rights Through Photos, Maps, and Narrative

Teaching Geography, Conflict, and Human Rights Through Photos, Maps, and Narrative:

Co-taught by a veteran ELA educator, veteran geography educator/Instructional Coach, and the

Director of UNI’s Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education, this workshop employs various

texts (maps, testimonials, photos, traditional narrative, etc.) to enhance teachers’ ability to teach

about geographic aspects of conflict and human rights. The workshop links directly with

geography/social studies and the Common Core E/LA. Specific focus areas in this workshop

include the Rwandan Genocide, Sudan, The Holocaust, and Syria. Each participant receives two

free books.