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Zanetta King and Olivia McClendon are two seniors in the Facing History School's first graduating class. Their film "In My Shoes," which they directed and produced with the Urban Arts Partnership, is a powerful documentary about four teenagers...
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By Yael
Glick, Humanities Teacher, Satellite Academy, New York
For many years Satellite Academy High School, an alternative
school on the Lower East Side of Manhattan has used the Facing History and
Ourselves curriculum to inspire,...
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Executive Director and co-founder of "18 in 08," David Burstein exemplifies what he tells the thousands of young people he meets in his travels across the country. Executive Director and co-founder of "18 in 08," David Burstein exemplifies what he...
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Gillian Smith is one of those educators whose enthusiasm is contagious and whose energy seems boundless. Good thing, because as the headmaster of the Facing History School, Smith is at the helm of an exciting andchallenging endeavor-providing an in...
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Since attending a Holocaust and Human Behavior Institute in 1998, Nick Maraventano, a social studies and history teacher at a suburban public high school on Long Island, New York, has deeply infused Facing History into his classroom. Currently,...
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Fairfield, Connecticut - David Burstein believes in the power of film to inspire social movements. "The style of documentary filmmaking is changing so much towards films that can create movements or call people to service. You look at movies...
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by Frank Costanzo and Joe Corsetti; New Haven Academy
It's a teacher's dream come true: students arriving to class early and
asking for permission to stay longer. Why? What accounts for such
enthusiasm? Aren't high school history students...
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This story describes the innovative approach two veteran Facing History teachers used to explore historical legacies and memorials. This part of the Facing History journey raises questions about how individuals and societies respond to and remember...
