The University of Michigan team works with The Reckoning Project, an international NGO dedicated to collecting fact-based, legally admissible testimonies from witnesses and victims of human rights violations, war crimes, and atrocities in Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion.
What We Do
WCEE analyzes the testimonies and prepares them for legal, archival, commemorative, and educational purposes. To ensure objectivity, our team is trained in translation standards, research ethics, and qualitative methods.
The Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia together with the Center for Education Design, Evaluation, and Research at the University of Michigan developed comprehensive materials for educators to teach about the war in Ukraine and build knowledge about complex issues such as war crimes, genocide, human rights, and sovereignty. The package also includes practical exercises and assignments that use the online archive and interactive map for students to develop a variety of analytical skills.
All teaching materials are provided free of charge.
Areas: Social Studies, World History, US History, Government
The package includes:
• Unit overview & 4 lesson plans
• Student assignments & handouts
• Additional project options
• Vicarious Trauma Training
Interactive Maps
Archive of Testimonies
Users can find details of incidents marked on the interactive maps in the archive.
Featured Incidents
Below is a selection of incidents that include a variety of relevant media materials from The Reckoning Project and other vetted media outlets.
- 2. Three teenagers shot by tank. Mokhnatyn (Chernihiv)
- 13. Shelling of train station. Kramatorsk (Donetsk)
- 47. Forced relocation and illegal adoption of Ukrainian children. Mariupol (Donetsk)
- 55. Shelling of shopping mall. Kremenchuk (Poltava)
- 74. Mass captivity in school basement. Yahidne (Chernihiv)
- 113. Occupation of local hospital. Snihurivka (Mykolaiv)