Chicago

Chicago office Since the Chicago regional office opened in 1990, more than 2,600 local educators have participated in Facing History's professional development programs. These teachers annually reach over 260,000 middle and high school students in over 675 public, religious, and independent schools in the Chicago metropolitan area.

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Chicago Benefit Dinner

2010 Benefit Dinner-Celebrating 20 Years in Chicago

Chicago Stories

Joe Janovjak

You never know what might come flying in your direction in Joe’s class. On one occasion it was a wiffle ball as students discussed their responses to Warriors Don’t Cry during their study of the history of the integration of Central High School in...
An Interview with Eve Shalen Krakowski

Eve Shalen, a high-school student, reflected on her need to belong. "Usually, people are made outcasts because they are in some way different from the larger group. But in my class, large differences did not exist. It was as if the outcasts were...

Events

Community Conversation with Dr. Paul Farmer

02/01/2010
Facing History Hosts Discussions on Urban Education with Local and National Education Leaders

11/07/2009


Barbara Eason-Watkins Discusses Facing History and the Chicago Public Schools	Barbara Eason-Watkins, Chief Education Officer at the Chicago Public Schools, discusses their ongoing partnership with Facing History and the positive impact Facing History has had in CPS classrooms.	Nov 10 2009
Eboo Patel Speaks at 2009 Chicago Facing History Dinner	Eboo Patel, featured speaker at the 2009 Facing History and Ourselves Chicago Benefit Dinner, speaks about the enormous demographic influence of young people in today's world. He stresses the importance of programs such as Facing History in shaping their thinking, so they will open their hands to others rather than make fists.	May 8 2009
Javier N. Speaks at 2009 Chicago Benefit Dinner	Javier N, a member of the Facing History and Ourselves Chicago Student Leadership Team, speaks about the impact of the team's work on his ability to relate to students from diverse backgrounds and understand that we all share a common label: the label of being human.	May 8 2009

Participating Schools

Facing History is actively used in history, literature, interdisciplinary, government and specially designed Facing History electives. In addition to being incorporated into K-12 schools, Facing History is also taught in colleges and universities.
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