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

20 Years Later, Educational Organization Spreads Wings

06/07/2010
A Chicago Community Conversation with Nicholas Kristof

04/07/2010


	Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa on the Power of Freedom	Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa chaired the TRC. In this video clip on the 1994 elections from A Force More Powerful: South Africa, Freedom in Our Lifetime, Tutu talks about the power of freedom.
	Don Mattera on the Collective Responsibility of White South Africans	In this video clip from Facing the Truth, with Bill Moyers, South African poet, journalist and peace activist Don Mattera discusses the collective attitude of avoiding responsibility he sees in white South Africans.
	TRC -- Victims Confronting Perpetrator	In this clip from Facing the Truth, with Bill Moyers, we watch an emotional dialogue between victims and the man who tortured them.

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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