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Civic Participation

A healthy democracy depends on the participation of its citizens. We have developed resources to help students think about their role as active members of local, national, and global communities: 

American Idealist Unit
Choosing To Participate Module
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Facing Today »

Bystander Behavior on the Philadelphia Subway
A brutal attack took place on a Philadelphia subway train and ten adults moved out of the way or witnessed the attack without intervening. 

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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Facing Today Themes Antisemitism Arts and Literature Bullying and Ostracism Bureaucracy Bystander Behavior Civic Participation Civil Rights Conformity and Obedience Economic Issues Education and Schools Eugenics Genocide Hate Crimes Homophobia Human Rights Identity Immigrants and Immigration Justice Legacy and Memory Membership in Society Nationalism Nonviolence Propaganda Racism Reconciliation and Reparation Refugees Religion Rescue and Resistance Science and Medical Ethics Stereotyping Terror and Terrorists Totalitarian Regimes Upstanders Violence and Violence Prevention War Women's History Youth and Adolescence

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Holocaust and Human Behavior
Our core work, Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior provides an interdisciplinary approach to citizenship education. Students move from thought to judgment to participation as they confront the moral questions inherent in a study of violence, racism, antisemitism and bigotry.

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Classroom Stories »

Character Education in Harrisburg School District

What happened to the nine African American students who integrated a high school in 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas, and how the community reacted, has made a profound impact district-wide in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.