Students will launch the investigation by examining how different memorial forms communicate history, suffering, resistance, and remembrance, then generate initial evidence-based questions about a genocide or oppression case they may study.

Students will investigate a memorial mystery through dialogue, source analysis, and trauma-informed reflection, then develop and peer-review a focused research question, hypothesis, and methodology plan for their genocide or oppression case study.

Students will synthesize research into visual evidence displays, test their interpretations through structured peer critique, and produce a graded symposium product plan that explains patterns, contradictions, resistance, and memorialization choices.

Students will present their memorialization projects to an authentic audience, explain and defend their evidence-based interpretation of oppression, resistance, and remembrance, and complete a brief written reflection connecting their learning to present-day bias and action.