Valletta, Malta The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, issued the following statement today on Holodomor Memorial Day: “One of the darkest chapters of human history, the Holodomor, occurred over eighty years ago between 1932 and 1933. The Holodomor was the...
Continue Reading Statement By The Prime Minister Of Canada On Holodomor Memorial DayToday is , when all over the world we remember the millions of Ukrainians who were starved to death in 1932 and 33. Holodomor means murder by starvation. This means that it was not caused by drought or poor crops but by human intervention. Communist ...
Continue Reading Holodomor Memorial Day AnnouncementYesterday at Queen’s Park I had the pleasure of joining Minister of Education Liz Sandals for a commemoration of Holodomor Awareness Week and for the launch of the Holodomor Mobile Classroom. A big thank you to the members of the community who joine...
Continue Reading Minister Liz Sandals joins MPP Yvan Baker for Holodomor Mobile Classroom LaunchProject Description The project is an one-day art workshop, which applies the perspective of art theory, art education principles and art production to explore and learn about the subject of the Famine-Genocide in Ukraine. It provides a learning opportu...
Continue Reading Art Project by Halia Dmytryshyn| Through the Eyes of a Child: The Genocidal – Famine of Ukraine 1932-1933Activity to follow Halia Dmytryshyn’s poem “Through the Eye’s of a Child” Appropriate for Students: Junior Kindergarten to grade 12 (The lesson is geared toward elementary students, but may be used with high school students and even adults as we...
Continue Reading Teaching Activity: Bread and Butter: The Staff of Life – ActivityAnalysis of a Historical Document [Excerpt From Holodomor in Ukraine, The Genocidal Famine 1932-33: Teaching Materials for Teachers and Students – By Valentina Kuryliw] In analyzing a historical document, students develop critical thinking skills. The...
Continue Reading Historical Document Analysis Assign – ActivityHistorical Novel Assignment [Excerpt From Holodomor in Ukraine, The Genocidal Famine 1932-33: Teaching Materials for Teachers and Students – By Valentina Kuryliw] This historical novel assignment encourages students to think critically about his...
Continue Reading Historical Book Report – ActivityRAFT Activity on the Holodomor Tamara Mischena [Excerpt From Holodomor in Ukraine, The Genocidal Famine 1932-33: Teaching Materials for Teachers and Students – By Valentina Kuryliw] RAFT is an acronym for Role, Audience, Format, and To...
Continue Reading RAFT ActWorking with Quotations about the Holodomor Paraphrasing [Excerpt From Holodomor in Ukraine, The Genocidal Famine 1932-33: Teaching Materials for Teachers and Students – By Valentina Kuryliw] Appropriate for students: Grades 8-12 Curriculum Fit / Spec...
Continue Reading Paraphrasing Assign – Activity[Excerpt From Holodomor in Ukraine, The Genocidal Famine 1932-33: Teaching Materials for Teachers and Students – By Valentina Kuryliw] Reading a short story about the Holodomor: Response to Literature Chart (2) Appropriate for Students: Grades 9-12 ...
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