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This is the most highly anticipated change in our educational system for the past century.  We are beginning to put together schools from around the world actually talking to future leaders of the world about some of the greatest and darkest problems the world has ever seen.  

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AGBU Armenian Virtual College

AVC offers online learning opportunities to anyone interested in pursuing Armenian Education, regardless of their age, country of residence, or prior knowledge level. There are no prior requirements for eligibility. Their courses are offered in seven languages of instruction. They are designed to accommodate the students' busy schedules and are 100% online with maximum flexibility.  The interesting thing about these courses is that you find out a great deal more about the Armenian Genocide and the role that the Armenians played throughout history because of their position of being located at the crossroads of the world. 

Michael Cunningham, an AVC Armenian History Student, explained the importance of the AGBU AVC in this project by stating, " I have taken over fifty courses online through several major international universities this past decade. AGBU AVC has been by far the best, offered the most information, and provided me with the experience and knowledge to expand my research into Genocide Education and Educide Education.  

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Global Scholars Diploma Program

Introduces A New Inquiry Based And Project Based Learning System

Possessing the knowledge, skills, and mindset to thrive in our global society is no longer an optional component of responsible citizenship or successful employment. The Global Scholar Diploma is a "global education for all" program that thrives on inclusivity, equity, and access for all. The program develops globally competent students with the knowledge, skills, and mindset necessary for leadership, citizenship, and careers in an interconnected, global society. In partnership with schools all over the world, The World Affairs Council of Austin champions The Global Scholar Diploma program through innovative, interactive, and experiential approaches, global community partnerships, and collaborating business, governmental, NGO, and academic leaders. This project combines learning about Genocides on an inquiry-based level using critical thinking skills that have rarely been deployed at this level for this topic.  Join us in this change.  Join us in this adventure.  Join us to change the world for the better. 

Texas Alliance For Geographic Education

Texas Alliance for Geographic Education (TAGE)

Mission

"To support and advocate for geographic education in the Texas educational community."

The Texas Alliance for Geographic Education (TAGE) is part of the Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education in the Department of Geography at Texas State University. The Texas Alliance is a university-based, statewide resource that works with a network of geographers, scholars, and educators in support of K-12 geography education. We provide quality, free and low-cost resources that enhance understanding of geography content, concepts, and skills to Texas' K-12 educational community. The Texas Alliance is committed to providing Texas teachers with the knowledge and skills necessary to engage students in exploring and understanding their world.

Meeting On The Elbe- The Museum And The History

Meeting on the Elbe - an episode of the Second World War, when on April 25, 1945, near the city of Torgau on the Elbe River, the troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front of the USSR Army met with the troops of the 1st US Army.

From the memoirs of Alexander Silvashko:

The morning of April 25, 1945, turned out to be warm, sunny, and serene in a homely way. For us, accustomed to the endless roar of guns and shell explosions during the years of the war, the ensuing lull seemed somehow strange, and unnatural. Only yesterday there were stubborn battles for every house and even the floor of the old German town of Torgau, and suddenly - silence.

On the eve of the headquarters of the division came the strictest order: all units were to remain on their lines. No self-activity! On the other side of the Elbe - not afoot! Throughout the war, we only heard the command: "Forward!", And then unexpectedly: "Nowhere!". To tell the truth, at meetings, at political information, we were warned about the opening of a second front, that allies were operating in our neighborhood. At that time, I commanded a platoon of submachine gunners, whose task included reconnaissance. You can imagine my situation: on the one hand, I had to monitor the situation ahead of the offensive front of my battalion, and on the other hand, I had to sit, "not sticking out" anywhere. The situation is worse than you can imagine. Somewhere right after breakfast, we noticed a good dozen civilians on the left bank of the Elbe, who gestured to invite us to their place. Who are they? What do they want? Together with my deputy sergeant Andreev, I decided to go to the other side and find out the situation. Before we had time to advance fifty paces across the bridge, heavy fire was opened on us. Later it was possible to establish that in the crowd of civilians of Torgau, there were also disguised Nazis. They were dispersed by a retaliatory strike.

After a brief skirmish, the platoon resumed their normal activities. Someone was cleaning weapons, someone was putting himself in order. At about one o'clock in the afternoon above a high-rise building, we examined a strange panel. Never before, neither I nor my fighters have ever seen the star-striped American flag, and therefore the thought of another provocation by the Germans immediately appeared in my head. At my request, the commander of the artillery battery, Lieutenant Devyatkin, fired two forty-five-millimeter shells at the church. The flag vanished and silence fell over our positions again. She lasted 10-15 minutes.

Soon, on the opposite side, I saw people in an unfamiliar form. They waved their helmets at us and shouted something in incomprehensible language. The guess that these were Americans came only after a man in the clothes of a concentration camp prisoner appeared in the thick of the military. In a hoarse voice, he said that he himself was a Muscovite, a former prisoner of war and that he had recently been released by the Allies. Still not believing what I heard, I offered to meet with the senior of this group. On a dilapidated bridge, where crawling, where dashes, we got to meet each other. I am from the right bank of the Elbe, he is from the left. The meeting took place just in the middle of the river. There we met. My counterpart turned out to be the Second Lieutenant of the Intelligence Service of the 1st American Army, William Robertson. We explained ourselves with gestures, which, however, did not prevent us from understanding each other. We agreed as follows:

Robertson asked us to drive together to the location of the Americans. He was afraid that they would not believe him if he said that he had met with the Russians. I reported the request to the battalion commander. The deputy commander of our battalion, Ned, and the deputy commander of the regiment, Larionov, gave the order to go to the other side of the river. In the evening we set off in Robertson's jeep to the headquarters of the American division. There we were met with an enthusiastic meeting of allies, journalists, indescribable exclamations of joy, and endless handshakes. William Robertson and I, like old acquaintances, hugged each other tightly. At that moment, the shutter of the camera clicked ...

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