Pedagogy Research and Development
Facing History engages in a range of research and development to deepen our understanding of history, human behavior, and instructional methods. Our National Board of Scholars enriches our thinking and keeps our work connected to the latest developments in our fields of study. Board members-intellectual leaders such as Martha Minow, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Lawrence Langer, Howard Gardner, Michael Berenbaum, and Carol Gilligan-help to guide the development of our curricular materials.
Those materials are then piloted in classrooms and refined through conversations with students and teachers. New materials are introduced at workshops and seminars, where scholars share their insights and research, and on our Educator Resources section.
In addition to our Board of Scholars, partnerships with variety of historians, artists, law experts, filmmakers, community leaders, and practitioners continually inform our work through joint speaking events, public forums, conferences, and other initiatives.
The Harvard Law School/Facing History and Ourselves Program is
a particularly close partnership. The Program provides for the study of
legal and political resistance to racism, prejudice, and antisemitism
with the purpose of using these historical examples to highlight,
inform, and guide the present and the future. The initiative includes
work to map the levers of power in human rights, civil rights,
international law, terrorism, poverty law and legal history. In
November 2005, we co-hosted "Pursuing Human Dignity: The Legacies of
Nuremberg for International Law, Human Rights, and Education," a
groundbreaking two-day conference exploring the legacy of Nuremberg for
an international community and the hope it exemplifies in continuing to
inspire and call for broader education about the pursuit of human
dignity.
