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This website offers educators and students information about the Holodomor, including background information, primary documents, articles, excerpts from literature, and eyewitness accounts. This site also features lesson plans and suggested assignments for students grades 6-12 as well as a comprehensive list of resources and specific curriculum applications for courses in provincial curricula.

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Aug19

Teaching Activity: Bread and Butter: The Staff of Life – Activity

  • Activity - Elementary, Activity - Secondary, Learning Activities

Activity 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...

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Aug17

Historical Book Report – Activity

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Historical 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...

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Aug17

Short Story – Activity

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[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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Aug17

Daily Life – Activity

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Daily Life During the Ukrainian Genocide — Understanding through Literature [Excerpt From Holodomor in Ukraine, The Genocidal Famine 1932-­33: Teaching Materials for Teachers and Students – By Valentina Kuryliw] Appropriate for Students: Grades 7-12...

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Aug16

Survivors – Activity

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Working with eyewitness accounts — Videotaped View the DVD “Holodomor—Let Their Memory Be Eternal” by Canad Inns, a 15 minute production includes the accounts of 12 Holodomor survivors or research on websites: www.holodomorsurvivors.ca and/or www....

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Aug16

Newspaper Analysis – Marta Baziuk

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Activity 1 Behind Ukraine’s protest are memories of Moscow’s famine Marta Baziuk Dec.11 2013, Globe and Mail Appropriate for students: Grades 10 – 12 Curriculum Fit / Specific Expectations / Learning Outcomes: Please select outcomes you wish to ...

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Aug12

Newspaper Analysis – Ian Hunter

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Ian Hunter, “A Tale of Truth and Two Journalists”, March 27, 2000 IN REPORT MAGAZINE Appropriate for students: Grades 10 – 12 Curriculum Fit / Specific Expectations / Learning Outcomes: Please select outcomes you wish to cover from either social...

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Aug12

Survivors DVD – Activity

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Student Handout Working with survivors accounts — Videotaped View the DVD: “Holodomor—Let  Their  Memory  Be  Eternal”  by  CanadInns,  a  15 minute production includes the accounts of 12 Holodomor survivors or research on websites: www.ho...

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Aug12

Working with Eyewitness Accounts – Activity 2

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[Excerpt From Holodomor in Ukraine, The Genocidal Famine 1932-33: Teaching Materials for Teachers and Students – By Valentina Kuryliw] The class may form into 6 groups of students. Three groups will receive copies ofeyewitness account from Part 2 herein...

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Aug12

Working with Eyewitness Accounts – Activity

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[Excerpt From Holodomor in Ukraine, The Genocidal Famine 1932-­33: Teaching Materials for Teachers and Students – By Valentina Kuryliw]   Students will be divided into 6 groups. 3 groups will receive Eyewitness Account 1 and 3 groups will receive ...

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