Facing Today
Facing Today helps educators connect the study of history to issues in our world today. We select current websites, articles, films and blogs that reflect universal themes, such as identity, membership and participation, represented in our scope and sequence. Each media resource is linked to related Facing History materials, including study guides, videos and lessons. A Feature provides an in-depth exploration of a current event. View a list of our Features.
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- Short postMay 14, 2008(PBS) Understanding Auschwitz Today is an edited collection of interviews with scholars, writers and students about topics such as "The origins of genocide" and "Why is it crucial to understand.
- Short postMay 14, 2008(Holocaust Studies) "Remembering the Holocaust: Six Key Lessons" is a speech presented by Professor Irwin Cotler at the United Nations headquarters in Europe. In this address, Professor Cotler connects the Holocaust to contemporary genocides, including the current genocide in Darfur, and makes a case for studying the Holocaust in order to prevent future atrocities.
- Short postMay 14, 2008(Christian Science Monitor, May 7, 2008) The article, "American and German students take cross-ocean class on the Holocaust" describes the experiences of Vassar and University of Potsdam students enrolled in a joint course on the Holocaust.
- Short postMay 14, 2008(The New York Times, January 6, 2008) "Sixty Years Removed from War, but Some Hardships Remain" explores the efforts of Dr. Robert Ivker on behalf of Holocaust survivors living in poverty. Besides trying to get them a "reparations" pension from Germany, he is also raising money for them from private donors in the New York area.
- Short postMay 14, 2008(Der Speigel, April 14, 2008) The article, "86-Year-Old SS Killer Faces Murder Charges," reports on what could be the last war crimes trial to take place in Germany. In this case, an elderly SS soldier might be put on trial for shooting three unarmed Dutch civilians in 1944.
- FeatureMay 14, 2008While we mark 63 years since concentration camps were liberated, we also note that the study and commemoration of the Holocaust is a contemporary phenomenon. Our understanding of the Holocaust continues to deepen as we discover new documents and artifacts.
- Short postMay 14, 2008(Christian Science Monitor, May 14, 2008) The article, "A Protestant Town's Conspiracy of Good in Vichy France," tells the story of a Protestant community that saved thousands, most of them Jews, from persecution by the Nazis.
- Short postMay 14, 2008(Der Speigel, March 18, 2008) The article "Nazi Atrocities, Committed by Ordinary People" explains research that shows how Germans and Austrians from all walks of life helped the Nazis carry out the atrocities committed during the Holocaust.
- Short postMay 14, 2008(International Herald Tribune, March 28, 2008) The article "Gay student's slaying in California sparks outcry, demands for better tolerance programs," tells the story of fifteen-year-old Lawrence King, who was shot by another student on February 12, 2008 in Oxnard.
- Short postMay 14, 2008(American Anthropological Association) The American Anthropological Association has created the exhibit, "Race-Are We So Different?" as a way to challenge the way people think about race.
