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Holocaust and Human Behavior
The events that led to the Holocaust raise profound moral questions about the consequences of our actions and our beliefs, and how we make distinctions between right and wrong, good and evil. Facing History’s principal resource book, Holocaust and Human Behavior, provides a rigorous encounter with this powerful history.
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Beliefnet Explores A Convenient Hatred: History of Antisemitism
Popular spirituality website Beliefnet features A Convenient Hatred in a slideshow that explores the stereotypes and myths at the heart of this hatred.
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The heroes we need today don't need super powers. They need to speak up in the face of injustice. Ask questions. Empathize. Combat bigotry. Nurture democracy. We call them upstanders.
Looking to share the Facing History and Ourselves story? Our latest video, "Who Is an Upstander?," packs our complex mission into just over two minutes of animated punch.
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Inspired Teaching: Margot Stern Strom Teaching Award Winners Share Their Stories
At the end of the month, Facing History and Ourselves will present $40,000 to educators around the world as part of its annual Margot Stern Strom Teaching Awards. In this series, we check in with winners from 2007. Profiled here is Josh Otlin, assistant principal at a Massachusetts high school.
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Students from Different Schools, Worlds Use Facing History to Craft Conversation about Social Justice
Eighth grade students at Massachusetts’ Cohen Hillel Academy in Marblehead and KIPP Academy Lynn live and study in very different communities. But a pilot program brings them together to discuss issues of tolerance, racism, and prejudice through the Facing History lens.
