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2008 Chicago Benefit Dinner

rachel — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:05:36 -0500

Facing History and Ourselves and Benefit Chairs Lester Coney and Paul Meister invite you to the 17th Annual Chicago Benefit Dinner. Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Time: Reception 5:30pm, Dinner and Program 6:30pm Location: Hilton Chicago Hotel, International Ballroom, 720 South Michigan Avenue Dress: Business attire requested Join us in honoring Dr. Leon Bass, one of the first soldiers to enter the Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its liberation in 1945.

2008 Margot Stern Strom Teaching Award Honorees

rachel — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:18:50 -0500

Robert Wood Mitchell Elementary School, Chicago Robert Wood, who teaches 8th grade at Mitchell Elementary School, is working with Facing History's Choices in Little Rock unit for the second year.

A Problem from Hell: A Conversation with Samantha Power, Part 1

eva — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:28:29 -0500

A Problem from Hell: A Conversation with Samantha Power, Part 2

eva — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:24:48 -0500

A Problem from Hell: A Conversation with Samantha Power, Part 3

eva — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:30:25 -0500

A Problem from Hell: A Conversation with Samantha Power, Part 4

eva — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:16:32 -0500

Albie Sachs, Freedom Fighter

eva — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:11:58 -0500

Author James Fallows Discusses War and Civil Society

admin — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:24:58 -0500

Chicago, Illinois - On April 4th, over 300 people attended a Community Conversation with Atlantic Monthly correspondent James Fallows at the Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center as part of the One Book, One Chicago initiative.

Building Community in a Chicago Classroom

admin — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:31:28 -0600

"The excitement in the room was palpable . . . .There are kids who have never once raised their hand to volunteer to speak. Today, virtually every hand was in the air . . ." Facing History helps teachers master important skills in classroom pedagogy, including how to conduct a discussion in which students truly talk and listen to one another and how to establish a classroom atmosphere of trust.

Changing School Culture in a Chicago Middle School

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:10:42 -0600

It has been a time of monumental change at Ames Middle School in the heart of Chicago. When Principal Lorraine Cruz arrived at the school in July 2004, she was the fourth principal in the school's six years and as she says, the school was in turmoil.