Europe & Russia
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Belgium, Brussels
In 2007, we held our first ever summer seminar
for Belgian educators, in partnership with Lecon d'Histoire Et Nous (LH&N). LH&N is a non-profit
organization based in Belgium that conducts outreach to schools and teachers
throughout Belgium and France. |
Page | April 15, 2008 |
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Confronting the "Troubles" in Northern Ireland Classrooms
The Northern Ireland
Department of Education has recognized that investigating the history
and consequences of the "troubles" (the period of conflict in 1969-1994
between the Catholics and Protestants) is necessary to teach young
people about the historic fragility of civic life, and the potential
for violence when it is disrupted. |
Profile | February 23, 2008 |
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Facing History Seminar Highlighted in Swedish Newspaper Facing History and Ourselves was recently highlighted in the Swedish newspaper, Dagens Nyheter. For the article, reporter Henrik Berggren, attend a portion of the week-long Facing History seminar held for educators in Sweden, in partnership with the Living History Forum. |
News | November 17, 2009 |
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Hitler's Helpers
Der Spiegel magazine, Germany's chief weekly, published
an article exploring "Hitler's European Helpers." Challenging conventional
understanding, the article quotes German Historian Götz Aly who asks "was the
so-called Final Solution in fact a ‘European project"? The article explores the
stories of thousands of non-Germans many scholars believe assisted the Nazi's
as willing accomplices to mass murder. |
Facing Today | May 27, 2009 |
| Literature Circles Lesson 1: Preparing for Literature Circles through a Fishbowl Discussion | Lesson Plan | June 25, 2008 |
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Margot Stern Strom Teaching Award 2009 International Recipients The following is a list of the Margot Stern Strom Teaching Award 2009 Recipients from around the world. These educators each creatively incorporated Facing History resources and philosophies into their individual projects. |
News | March 20, 2009 |
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Some Things We Know about Genocide - 10 Years, 10 Lessons Gerald Caplan, a scholar, activist, and journalist who authored the report Rwanda: The Preventable Genocide (2000), shares his ideas about genocide in the article "Some things we know about genocide - 10 years, 10 lessons. |
Facing Today | May 8, 2009 |
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Turkey and Armenia to Establish Diplomatic Ties On August 31st, 2009, Turkey and Armenia announced that they “have agreed to establish diplomatic relations,” as reported by Sebnem Arsu of the New York Times. |
Facing Today | September 3, 2009 |
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Win a Trip with Nicholas Kristof In his New York Times column, Nicholas Kristof recently announced that he is taking applications for his fourth annual 2010 “win-a-trip” contest. |
Facing Today | December 14, 2009 |
