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Since 1990, the Chicago office has served more than 8,633 local educators with programs and resources reaching 622,800 middle and high school students.

 

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Our training enables students to deepen their knowledge of history, their understanding of the origins of hatred and violence, and their ability to relate history to their own lives. Our collection of resources helps educators address sensitive topics, like the 2016 election, in the classroom. A strong alliance with Chicago Public Schools and growing partnerships with suburban, religious, and charter schools enables us to have critical and significant impact. 

Provide students with a structured space to grapple with their thoughts and feelings in response to the Chicago police shooting of Laquan McDonald and the trial of Officer Van Dyke.

Learn About Our CPS Partnership

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) invited us to develop history and civics units along with complimentary professional development, especially for CPS educators.

See Which Schools We’re In

These schools range from in-depth Chicago Alliance Schools to single teachers incorporating Facing History content into their curriculum, units, or courses. 

Chicago Public Schools educators and administrators discuss how Facing History professional development has helped prepare them to address important topic with their students.

Upcoming Chicago Events

Professional Development

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Community Events

2019

April

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    2019 Chicago Benefit Lunch
    Illinois
    Benefit

    2019 Chicago Benefit Lunch

    This is the moment. Young people have always been -  and are today - at the forefront of social movements that have transformed societies around the world. Facing History and Ourselves gives young people, through our work with educators and in schools, the tools they need to be agents for change.

    Save the date of Thursday, April 11, 2019 for our Chicago Benefit Lunch celebrating the power of youth agency, voice, and civic engagement. Together we can help the next generation face history NOW.

    Hilton Chicago
    720 South Michigan Ave
    60605 Chicago
    April 11, 2019
    12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

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Videos to Inspire You

Get to know our work through stories told by teachers, students, scholars, and partnering organizations.

Educators Value Facing History Professional Development

Chicago Public Schools educators and administrators discuss how Facing History professional development has helped prepare them to address important topics with their students.
CPS Educators on Facing History and Student Connections

Chicago Public School Teacher, Marilen Corres, describes how the unique resources and voices from history in her Facing History classrooms gives voice to the voiceless.
Making History Personal

Facing History teacher Alayna Washington, describes how Facing History provides her students the tools they need to connect history to contemporary issues they are facing today.

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Facing History, Chicago Advisory Board

John Brooklier, Chair*

Eric Adelstein
Aaron Bianco
Gene Bindler
Ellen B. Carmell**
Steve Cohen
Linda Burns Coleman
Nicholas Colvin
Theresa Cothern
Lilly Farahnakian
Kristyn Friske
Jill Garling*
Karen G. Harrison*
Amy Kaplan
Kevin Keefe
Christopher D. Lueking
Richard Melcher**
Peter J. Miller
Linda K. Miner
Jo Ann Nathan
Stuart Nathan
Joanne Nemerovski
Bonnie Oberman
Kathy Richland Pick**
Michael Pucker**
Peggy Salamon, MD
Carole Segal
Gordon Segal
Stacy Sharpe*
Monica Swope
Trish Tullman
Dr. Manika Turnbull
Tom Wippman
Judy Wise*

*Board of Directors
**Leadership Council

Contact Us

2 North LaSalle Street
Suite 2300
Chicago, IL 60602

312-726-4500

[email protected]

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