San Francisco Bay Area
Since the San Francisco Bay area office opened in 1997, more than 1,400 local educators have participated in Facing History's professional development programs. These teachers annually reach over 145,000 middle and high school students each year in over 300 public, independent, and religious schools throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Changing School Culture
“I have never experienced a course that so thoroughly changed my perspective on society and on myself as an individual. I am learning to ask myself important questions about my role, my decisions, and my responsibilities.”
Raquel R.
Notre Dame High School, San Jose, California
San Francisco Bay Area Stories
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"If everyone has a story, how do history, society, and culture function in silencing some voices and amplifying others?"' -Cliff Mayotte, Educational Director of Voice of Witness “Everyone has a story.” It’s an expression that has taken...
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With her children’s book “One,” award-winning author and illustrator Kathryn Otoshi has managed to fit a lifetime of important lessons onto just 32 sparsely illustrated pages.“I describe it as a number, color and counting book,” Kathryn said by...
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Sonali T. is a tenth grader at Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, California. Inspired by a Facing History class and the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi, she crafted an award-winning poem out of her encounter with Holocaust survivor testimony. This...
San Francisco Bay Area Videos
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Voice of Witness Student Project: "No One Hears Me" As part of a joint project between Facing History and Ourselves and the Voice of Witness project, students in San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose, California, crafted their own oral history media projects, interviewing community members, school peers, and family. |
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Voice of Witness Student Project: Daniel Cheng's Story of Survival As part of a joint project between Facing History and Ourselves and the Voice of Witness project, students in San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose, California, crafted their own oral history media projects, interviewing community members and family. |
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Student Veronica G. Speaks at the 2009 San Francisco Benefit Dinner Veronica G, a 12th grade student at Lighthouse Community Charter High School in Oakland, CA, speaks about her Facing History class at the 2009 San Francisco Benefit Dinner.
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Participating Schools
Facing History and Ourselves is actively used in history, literature, interdisciplinary, government and specially designed Facing History electives all over Northern California. In addition to being incorporated into K-12 schools, Facing History is also taught in colleges and universities.
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Location
San Francisco Office
24301 Southland Dr. Suite 318
Hayward, 94545United States
Office Phone: 510-786-2500
