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By integrating the study of history, literature, and human behaviour with ethical decision-making and innovative teaching strategies, our work enables teachers to promote students’ historical understanding, critical thinking, and social-emotional learning. As students explore the complexities of history, and make connections to current events, they reflect on the choices they confront today and consider how they can make a difference.

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This lesson contains strategies and activities for supporting your students in the aftermath of violent events in which people are targeted because of aspects of their identity.

Closeup of people holding candle vigil in darkness expressing and seeking hope

Guide

This back-to-school resource contains activities and routines to help you create a sense of community, build relationships, and nurture students’ social-emotional needs.

Students sitting in groups in a classroom

Lesson

Use this lesson to deepen students’ understanding of the concept of democracy, provide a framework for assessing a democracy’s health, and explore the strengths and weaknesses of the UK’s parliamentary democracy.

Unit

This unit is designed to help teachers in the UK have conversations about race with their students in a safe, sensitive, and constructive way.

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This unit is designed to help students in the UK reflect on how antisemitism manifests in contemporary society and what needs to be done to challenge it.

Picture of two uniformed students in a classroom.

Unit

Use this unit to transform how you teach J.B. Priestley's play and support your students in becoming effective writers, critical thinkers, and socially responsible citizens, who excel in their GCSEs.

Guide

Designed to support History, Citizenship, PSHE, RS and English, this resource offers a variety of classroom strategies to develop critical thinking and communication skills, model democracy in the classroom, and empower students to become active, responsible citizens.

Lesson

Use this lesson to help students process how they are feeling about the devastating war in Ukraine, develop media literacy in what news they consume and how, and explore the mounting refugee crisis.

Ukrainian Refugees crossing a fallen bridge.

Lesson

Help students understand the Chinese government’s violations of Uyghur people’s human rights, hear the voice of a young Uyghur woman, and consider the international community's response.

Two ethnic Uighur women pass Chinese paramilitary policemen

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Students learn about two millennia of LGBTQ history and reflect on how that history is represented in their textbooks and curricula.

Cropped LGTBQIA+ history and why it matters banner.

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This lesson provides students with an opportunity to reflect on violence against women and gender inequality in the UK.

Flowers and candles are seen at a memorial site in Clapham Common Bandstand, following the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard, in London, Britain March 13, 2021.

Lesson

This lesson prepares young people to be critical consumers of stories they are told about the UK’s past and encourages them to consider how unpicking historical narratives can be an act of justice and a catalyst for action.

Coins of Queen Victoria, King Edward and East India company.

Lesson

This lesson explores the reasons why young people are calling for action against climate change and strategies they can use to make a difference on this issue.

Unit

Lead your students through a detailed and challenging study of the Holocaust that asks what this history can teach us about the power and impact of choices.

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This lesson provides students with an opportunity to reflect on the relationship between statues and the UK’s colonial past.

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This lesson provides students with an opportunity to reflect on the murder of George Floyd, the anti-racist protests in the UK, and the origins of systemic racism.

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Designed for students in the United Kingdom, these lessons foster the critical thinking, mutual respect, and toleration necessary to bring about a more humane society.

The Battle of Cable Street mural depicts details from the confrontation between anti-Fascist demonstrators and Oswald Mosley and his Blackshirts in London's East End.

Guide

This guide provides strategies to help you navigate the challenging times and support your students to develop effective skills for active citizenship.

Collection

Learn how to incorporate civic education, ethical reflection and historical context into a literary exploration of Harper Lee's novel, To Kill A Mockingbird.

Collection

Explore South Africa’s tumultuous history from the early interactions between white European settlers and native African tribes to the implementation of apartheid and the long struggle for democracy.

Group of people waving South African flags in back lit.

Mini-Lesson

Created in partnership with Girl Rising, this lesson invites students to engage with the story of a young refugee and to consider the power of storytelling to spark empathy.

Lesson

Enable students to use their experiences as fans or members of a team to explore contemporary antisemitism in British football clubs.

Fans in a soccer stadium with a banner depicting a star of David and words "Yid Army."

Mini-Lesson

Use this mini-lesson to reflect with your students on what we can do to stop ongoing atrocities and prevent future genocides.

Family photographs of victims of the Rwandan Genocide

Guide

Video

Patience Agbabi, author, poet, and activist, discusses the impact of today’s choices on the future with Facing History UK’s Programme Associate Michelle Perkins. This event was made possible by Renaissance One.

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Featured Resource

by Aqsa Islam

Dec 13, 2022

Download our assembly PowerPoints for the month of January for use with Key Stage 3 and 4 students.

Woman educator of color reads to the classroom.

Insight

by Beki Martin

Dec 15, 2022

Thank you for your support this year - here are some of our highlights.

Featured Resource

by Aqsa Islam

Nov 22, 2022

Download our assembly PowerPoints for the month of December for use with Key Stage 3 and 4 students.

Student Emma Mead speaking at the London Benefit Dinner 2016

Perspective

by Aneira Roose-McClew

Mar 19, 2020

Learn about impressions of Nought and Crosses and how it connects to the personal experiences of Facing History UK team members.

A black and white hand on a red background.

In the News

by Sarah Boycott

Jan 11, 2023

The UK has been growing. Learn more about who we are and what we do.

Community Event

Mar 28, 2023 | 7:30 - 10:30pm BST

London, UK

Join us at a performance of George Takei’s Allegiance and hear directly from him afterwards about his story and why the musical is resonant today.

Photograph of George Takei in a uniform as part of Allegiance.

In the News

by Beki Martin

Dec 6, 2022

A recently published article by Facing History Executive Director, Beki Martin, looking at why Black history should be taught in British schools

"Stand Up to Racism" Demonstration in London.

Professional Learning

Nov 17, 2022 | 4:30 - 5:30pm GMT

Virtual

Help your students to discuss conflict by creating a supportive and reflective learning environment. This event is aimed at teachers in the UK.

Professional Learning

Aug 31, 2022 | 4:30 - 5:30pm BST

Virtual

Help support your students and their social-emotional needs as they begin the new school year. This event is aimed at teachers in the UK.

Photo of teacher working with two students.

Insight

by Aqsa Islam

Jan 17, 2023

Download our assembly PowerPoints for the month of February for use with Key Stage 3 and 4 students.

Professional Learning

Mar 7 - 21, 2023

Virtual

Join us to learn about Facing History’s approach to teaching the Holocaust, which supports students in developing as empathetic, critical thinkers, who understand their role in sustaining democracy and upholding democratic values.

Insight

by Michelle Perkins

Jan 23, 2023

Resources, activities and events to support you in commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day 2023: Ordinary People.

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The Targeting of Uyghur Muslims in China (UK)

LGBTQ+ History and Why It Matters (UK)

Responding to Violence Against Women and Gender Inequality in the UK

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Teaching Holocaust and Human Behaviour (UK)

Reflecting on Statues and the UK’s Colonial Past

Seeking Justice: George Floyd’s Death and Structural Racism in the UK

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Confronting Apartheid

Brave Girl Rising: A Refugee Story

Recognising Antisemitism in British Football

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Student Event with Author Patience Agbabi

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December Assemblies

Ready or Nought, it’s Time to Face Race in the UK

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‘Representation really matters’: Why Black history should be taught in British schools

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Back to School: Building Community and Connection

February Assemblies

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Commemorating UK Holocaust Memorial Day 2023

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