Facing History and Ourselves

May is AAPI Heritage Month

This month we honor Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Click to find resources that will help you learn, teach, and explore some of the vital histories, civic contributions, and contemporary life experiences of AAPI people and communities

Activities to End the School Year

The end of the school year is an important time to reflect, connect, and celebrate. Click to find six activities designed to help you and your students look back on the challenges and successes of this year, as well as look ahead to what comes next.

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Summer Professional Development

This summer we’re offering a dynamic set of virtual professional learning experiences for educators including seminars, workshops, webinars, and online courses. Registration is now open — click to get all the details:

Teaching About US Elections

With primary elections happening across the country & national mid-term elections coming this fall, use this newly curated set of resources to incorporate lessons on Free & Fair Elections, Political Polarization, Voting Rights, and more into your social studies or civics classes.

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People make choices. Choices make history.

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What We Do

We Support Educators

Teachers can increase student engagement and achievement through Facing History’s innovative approach to civics, social studies, humanities, and language arts education.

We Transform Schools

Our approach to whole-staff professional development, school-wide programming, curriculum sequencing, and more creates school communities committed to issues of ethics, social responsibility, and justice.

We Gather Communities

Facing History convenes community members for meaningful dialogue about today’s most profound and challenging issues. Speakers and topics address what it means to be a citizen in a democratic society and inspire positive change in the world.

How We Do It