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

Since 2022, WCEE analyzed testimonies from over 300 incidents and prepared them for legal, archival, commemorative, and educational purposes. To ensure objectivity, our team was 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 broader issues such as war crimes, genocide, human rights, and sovereignty. The resources include a detailed teaching guide with classroom activities and discussion prompts, and a student textbook with assignments and projects. Both are meant to be used in conjunction with WCEE’s interactive maps and archive of witness testimonies of war crimes collected by TRP.

All teaching materials are provided free of charge.

Areas: Social Studies, World History, US History, Government

Lesson Sequence:

• The War in Ukraine: Historical Context
• What are War Crimes? What Does Justice Look Like?
• Looking for Patterns of War Crimes
• Incident Case Studies

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Interactive Maps

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Archive of Testimonies

Users can find details of incidents marked on the interactive maps in the archive.

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