Core Resources on Issues of Identity: A Facing History and Ourselves Podcast

In this Facing History and Ourselves podcast, Peter Nelson, the Director of Facing History  and Ourselves’ New York office who is responsible for delivering our programs throughout the region, talks about two key Facing History resources, The Bear that Wasn't and Little Things are Big. Both explore issues of identity and the relationship between the individual and society.

How do we define ourselves? How do others define us?  These questions resonate with a young person whose emerging sense of self is being shaped by peers, by school and family—by the world at large. Our identities inform the choices we make, and so an exploration of identity is where the journey of a Facing History classroom begins.

Click on the audio controls at the bottom of this page to hear the 10 min., 27 sec.  podcast.

Related Facing History and Ourselves Resources:

• The Bear That Wasn't. No two people are exactly alike. Each is an individual with unique talents, interests, and values. Written by Frank Tashlin, this children's parable introduces themes and concepts central to the Facing History journey.

• Little Things are Big. Produced for the Facing History and Ourselves traveling exhibition Choosing to Participate, and based on the story by Jesus Colon, this video explores a man's dilemma as to whether to help a woman on a late-night New York train.
  
   

This podcast was produced by Stacy Abramson and narrated by John Englander.