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A Principal in Virginia Recalls the Impact of Facing HistoryElizabeth Lodal believed that if she, the principal of McLean High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, taught an elective course about morality and the responsibility of citizenship it would send a powerful message. | Profile | 02/22/2008 - 15:07 |
A Teacher from Virginia takes the Facing History JourneyIndia Meissel is one of the 2004 Esther Goldman Teacher Award winners for Excellence in Holocaust Education. As part of her award, the Holocaust Commission of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, Virginia sponsored her attendance at the Facing History and Ourselves Summer Institute in Brookline, Massachusetts. | Profile | 02/22/2008 - 15:30 |
Arizona Teacher Awarded Outstanding EducatorTuscon, Arizona - Jessica Issaharov, a Facing History teacher since 2001, was recently recognized as the Outstanding Judaic Educator of the Year from the Jewish Federation of Tucson, Arizona. The Federation honored Issaharov for her work in teaching Holocaust studies and motivating students to make a difference within their own communities. | Profile | 02/23/2008 - 10:07 |
Bringing Holocaust Studies to South Carolina TeachersSelden Smith has been on a journey to explore the lessons from the Holocaust and bring that scholarship to teachers in South Carolina for nearly two decades. But when he started his career as a history professor in 1960, the Holocaust as a subject of study didn't factor into his teaching. | Profile | 02/23/2008 - 10:38 |
Character Education in Harrisburg School District: A Partnership with Facing History and OurselvesWhat happened to the nine African American students who integrated a high school in 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas, and how the community reacted, has made a profound impact district-wide in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. | Profile | 08/27/2008 - 11:31 |
Facing History and Ourselves Announces Small Schools NetworkBROOKLINE, MA - Facing History and Ourselves and the Einhorn Family Charitable Trust are excited to announce the creation of the Small Schools Network, a collection of 12 schools from across the country that will receive Facing History's classroom materials, support and professional development services to further their work to promote tolerance, active citizenship and critical thinking. | News | 10/10/2008 - 10:31 |
Facing History Represented at Yad Vashem's Conference on Holocaust EducationFrom July 7-10, 2008, the Yad Vashem International School for Holocaust Studies held its 6th International Conference on Holocaust Education with the focus on Teaching the Shoah, Fighting Racism and Prejudice. | News | 07/24/2008 - 11:05 |
Holocaust Survivor Connects with Students at a Florida High SchoolThis classroom story is about Abbe Snyder's class at Lake Worth High School, a diverse school with 3000 students in Palm Beach County, Florida. A partnership between the Palm Beach County School District Office of Holocaust Studies and the Palm Beach Fellowship of Christians and Jews has brought Facing History in-depth across the curriculum to the school. | Profile | 02/22/2008 - 15:49 |
Partnership Impacts School Culture in Palm Beach, FloridaWhat if you had the chance to change the culture of a school in a way that greatly improved student motivation to learn and created a more caring and compassionate environment? What if you could help teachers create a community with a common framework and guiding philosophy? What if you could provide concerned citizens in the community with real ways to make a difference in the lives of the teachers and students in a school? And what if you could do all of this with a very effective program that provides the tools and resources to accomplish these goals for hundreds of students, year after year? A partnership between Facing History and Ourselves, the Palm Beach County School District Office of Holocaust Studies and the Palm Beach Fellowship of Christians and Jews (PBFCJ) has made these goals possible for Lake Worth High School in Lake Worth, Florida. | Profile | 02/22/2008 - 15:40 |
Student Forum with Samantha Power & Facing HistoryHouston, Texas - How can we equip students to work toward a better world? Last October, the Holocaust Museum Houston hosted a student forum exploring this question with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, professor and human rights activist Samantha Power and Facing History and Ourselves Senior Historian Dr. Mary Johnson. | News | 02/22/2008 - 14:03 |
