Los Angeles
Since the Los Angeles office opened in July 1994, more than 1500 local educators have participated in Facing History's professional development programs. These teachers annually reach over 150,000 middle and high school students in over 140 public, religious and independent schools throughout Southern California.
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Update from the LA Office
Community Conversation featuring Judy Shepard
Facing History and Ourselves and The Allstate Foundation were honored to host Judy Shepard for our 10th in the Community Conversation series in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Stories
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For me, each student's search for a response to the issues discussed in Facing History through the visual arts is, in itself, an amazing journey. I wait for the moment when the student sees that his or her creation stimulates questions, explores the...
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The Margot Stern Strom Teaching Award has had a lasting legacy for two teachers– one in Santa Monica, CA, the other in Russia. In 2007, Meredith Louria, who teaches Facing History in both her AP English course and yearlong Facing History seminar at...
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Gizelle C. Talks About Facing History's Immigration Project |
Gizelle C. from Carson High School speaks at the 2009 Los Angeles Benefit Dinner about participating in Facing History's student leadership project and about creating the photography exhibit "The Way We See It: L.A. Teens on Immigration." |
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The Way We See It |
At a Community Conversation presented in partnership with the Allstate Foundation, Facing History and Ourselves students discussed their photography exhibit on immigration that was on display at the Skirball Cultural Center from December 2008-January 2009. |
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Heschel School Students Interview Holocaust Survivors |
8th graders at Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School in
Northridge, CA, create a lasting legacy by keeping alive the stories of Holocaust
survivors.
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