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We Are Facing History: Civics & 21st Century Democracy

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All Community Read: Introducing Judy Heumann’s Being Heumann and Rolling Warrior

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Roger Brooks to Retire as CEO of Facing History - Our Search for a Successor

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Teaching Resources for the US Elections

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Explorations: Building Learning Communities through SEL, Equity, and Civic Education

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Community Matters: Facing History's Approach to Advisory

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Old Hatred, New Paradigms: Combating Antisemitism in the Twenty-First Century

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Teaching Current Events: Educator Guide

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Curriculum Planning Begins with Self-Reflection

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Coming of Age in a Complex World

Facing History & Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate.

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We are Facing History

Facing History & Ourselves isn’t only our name, it is our core belief and our guiding mandate. To build a more just and equitable future, we are each called to face our history in all its complexity and to face ourselves.

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Facing History & Ourselves isn’t only our name, it is our core belief and our guiding mandate. To build a more just and equitable future, we are each called to face our history in all its complexity and to face ourselves.

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Civil Rights Leader and Congressman Get Inspired by John Lewis’ Legacy

Dolores Huerta

Facing History & Ourselves isn’t only our name, it is our core belief and our guiding mandate. To build a more just and equitable future, we are each called to face our history in all its complexity and to face ourselves.

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Dolores Huerta

Activist and Upstander Learn How to Stand Up from Dolores Huerta

Elie Wiesel

Facing History & Ourselves isn’t only our name, it is our core belief and our guiding mandate. To build a more just and equitable future, we are each called to face our history in all its complexity and to face ourselves.

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Elie Wiesel

Holocaust Survivor and Author Teach “Night”, Elie Wiesel’s story of survival

George Takei

Facing History & Ourselves isn’t only our name, it is our core belief and our guiding mandate. To build a more just and equitable future, we are each called to face our history in all its complexity and to face ourselves.

Learn how you can experience Facing History

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Japanese American Incarceration Survivor and Entertainer Examine Difficult History with George Takei

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Facing History has thousands of researched-based resources, trainings, and ideas on topics, from the Holocaust to the US Reconstruction Era to To Kill a Mockingbird. And that's just the beginning.
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And hopefully, they will always remember what happened to us and make sure that it won't happen again.

Sonia Weitz, Holocaust survivor and poet

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We Are Facing History: Civics & 21st Century Democracy

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Join us along with Dr. Danielle Allen & Dr. Peter Levine on September 29 to explore the necessity of fostering active civic participation and ways we can work across differences and break down polarization to build a stronger democracy.
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Southeast Benefit Dinner

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Co-Chairs Myra & Reggie Crenshaw, Amy & Thomas Grow, and Dale & Marty Kelman invite you to join us as we celebrate 30 years in Memphis and the Southeast.
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Our offerings introduce educators to innovative teaching strategies, resources, and the scholarship that make teachers more effective and lead to increased student engagement and learning.
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Using Facing History in a Canadian History Course

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This interactive self-guided course will support you in teaching your Canadian history course with a methodology and accompanying resources that encourage an honest and complex approach to the content.
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Choices in Little Rock: An Approach to Teaching the Civil Rights Movement

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This self-paced online workshop will introduce you to the Choices in Little Rock unit and help prepare you to teach this unit in your classroom.
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Professional Learning

Teaching Red Scarf Girl

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This interactive self-paced workshop helps teachers develop a customized plan for teaching Red Scarf Girl informed by Facing History’s approach.
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Professional Learning

Getting Started with Holocaust and Human Behavior

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This interactive self-paced workshop will support you in teaching a short unit of study of Holocaust and Human Behavior.
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Teaching for Equity and Justice in the Context of Jewish Education

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This self-paced online workshop has been tailored specifically for educators in Jewish settings as they move to more equitable practices that enable all students to find their voice and civic agency, become critical thinkers, and be fully engaged in their education.
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The Reconstruction Era and the Fragility of Democracy

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This one day workshop explores the Reconstruction era in the United States and the construction of American identity.
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Discussing Race in the Classroom

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Support your students in engaging with the topic of race in a safe and constructive way.
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Bringing Current Events Into The Classroom

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Engaging with current events is an essential part of educating young people to be informed and humane citizens in a democracy. Join us virtually for a workshop where we will explore how to bring unfolding events into the classroom, and model adaptable strategies that foster thoughtful classroom conversations.
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Confronting a Violent Past: Red Summer in Chicago

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Red Summer was part of a nationwide wave of racist violence against African Americans that occurred from April to November of 1919. This watershed event is part of our shared American past and informs both Chicago and our national identity today.  Join Facing History for an interactive virtual workshop to engage in discussions about Red Summer in Chicago and how to bring the history to high school classrooms.
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Exposing Racism in Curriculum

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Join us in conversation with author and education professor, Dr. Bree Picower, as we explore possibilities for transforming how teachers think and teach about race and racism in their classrooms.
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Explorations: Building Learning Communities through SEL, Equity, and Civic Education

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Join us for this exciting professional learning experience designed for school teams who are looking to integrate social-emotional learning, equity, and civic education. Your school design team will learn how Facing History's approach to SEL, equity, and civics can transform your school’s culture, engage students, and allow educators throughout your school to adopt equity mindsets and practices. This workshop is directed towards design teams of educators from a school or district.
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Teaching the History and Legacies of Canada’s Residential Schools

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In this facilitated online course, we will explore the history and legacies of Canada’s Residential Schools using primary source texts, survivors’ personal testimonies and live online learning classes that will equip educators to better understand the devastating history and the long-lasting impact of the Residential School system, and how to teach about it.
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    Facing History students are 94% more likely than their peers to report that their class motivated them to learn.
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    92% of Facing History teachers agree that Facing History helps their students stand up for what they believe even when others disagree.
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    91% of elective teachers agree or strongly agree that their Facing History course promoted their students’ abilities to ground reading, writing, and speaking in evidence from text.
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