Resources

Our goal is to empower educators and learners and each of these resources was created with this in mind. All of our lesson plans are available through the California Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education.

Lesson Plans

Cambodian Genocide: Recipes for Survival

In this lesson, students explore how food, memory, and cultural preservation intersect in the aftermath of genocide. Using excerpts and recipes from Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes by Chantha Nguon, students examine how traditional cooking can serve as both a form of personal healing and cultural resistance to erasure. Through readings, discussions, and creative activities, students reflect on the role food plays in shaping identity, particularly for refugees and genocide survivors. The lesson contextualizes the Cambodian Genocide and encourages students to think critically about resilience, trauma, and storytelling through everyday practices like cooking.

The Cambodian Genocide Through Testimony (1 Unit, 3 Lessons)

This unit includes a historical overview of the Cambodian Genocide followed by three lesson plans, "Setting the Scene for Genocide"; "Cambodian Genocide and the Destruction of Family Life under the Khmer Rouge"; and "Cambodian Genocide: A Communist Genocide". The lessons are inspired by the memoir of Cambodian Genocide survivor, Channy Chhi Laux, and her hope that her story might one day empower students to fight oppression.

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