Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Holocaust

In commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day, we have highlighted resources that help us understand how the Holocaust was humanly possible.

Night Study Guide
Raphael Lemkin Guide
Survivor Sonia Weitz Speaks

Spotlight

Arn podcast

"Preventing Genocide, Promoting Peace: A Podcast Conversation with Arn Chorn Pond" is now available! To listen or download, go to Facing History's Be the Change website.
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Students protesting Darfur Genocide
In April, as Armenians, Rwandans and Cambodians commemorate the horrible loss of life of their people to genocide, it is a particularly relevant time to reflect on the history, as well as the current efforts, to stop and prevent genocide.

Facing Today helps educators connect history to current issues in our world today through the lens of universal themes including identity, membership, judgment, and participation.

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Stitching Truth Stitching Truth: Women's Protest Art in Pinochet's Chile

The story of the sisters, wives, and mothers who made up the women’s protest movement in Chile during Pinochet’s dictatorship (1973–1990) is an incredible story of courage and resistance.
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  • The Struggle for a Good Education

    The Struggle for a Good Education is a student-produced video that highlights issues in education in the greater Boston area during the civil rights movement through an interview with Jean McGuire, the Executive Director of the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, Inc. (METCO), and reflections from the METCO students, Sophia and Teeyana, who produced the film.

Classroom Stories »

A visit with a Memphis Facing History Elective Teacher

Hardy Thames has been teaching the Facing History elective at Central High School for three years. He is a gifted teacher that helps Facing History and Ourselves to spill into the hallways and the community at-large.

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Gillian Smith Gillian Smith, Facing History School Principal

"Our job is not only to give students this rich academic foundation, but also to encourage them to do something good with what they've learned."