Chicago
Serving educators, schools, and districts across the Chicagoland area since 1990.
For over 30 years, Facing History Chicago has brought teachers and students together to address difficult questions around race, membership, and identity through a social justice lens. In addition to a strong partnership with Chicago Public Schools, we have growing partnerships with suburban, religious, and charter schools that enable us to have critical and significant impact in the Chicagoland area.
The Chicago Alliance Schools collaborate with Facing History to transform whole school culture and climate through professional development and implementation of strategies to build a safe and inclusive school culture.
Our Impact
1200+
schools in the Chicagoland area with Facing History trained educators.
26,000+
area educators supported with Facing History guidance and resources.
Curriculum Project for Chicago Public Schools
We are transforming the ways educators teach humanities. Partnering with Chicago Public Schools, we infuse classrooms with deep learning and dialogue on key moments in history.
When I think about a city as segregated as Chicago, with so much opportunity, but plagued by some very real challenges, I think Facing History is exactly what our city needs.
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Principal, Chicago Public School
Confronting Chicago’s History of Racial Violence
In this on-demand webinar, Dr. Eve L. Ewing discusses the history and legacy of The Red Summer in Chicago.
Confronting Chicago’s History of Racial Violence
In this on-demand webinar, Dr. Eve L. Ewing discusses the history and legacy of The Red Summer in Chicago.
Chicago Racial History-Neighborhoods Project
Building on our work with CPS, our Chicago Racial History-Neighborhoods Project helps educators and students better understand how Chicago’s neighborhoods were formed, and how that racialized history contributes to patterns of inequity in the city today.
The Project is culturally responsive to the needs of students who yearn for—and deserve—honest dialogue about the racialized dynamics of this city. It helps dispel myths that patterns of inequality we see in the city today were unintentionally designed, and provides a means for students to explore the ways in which choices made in the past shape their neighborhoods today.
The Project also uncovers and celebrates the actions that people have taken to resist racialized policy and practice, and work towards justice and equality.
Our Leadership
Maureen Loughnane
Executive Director
Kristyn Friske
Advisory Board Chair
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Welcome to Our New Website
Get to know the redesigned FacingHistory.org. Building community has never been easier.
Empathy, Rigor, and Content: A Teacher’s Perspective
History teacher Jenny S. shares how Facing History's balance of content and strategy is her go-to for developing lessons that help students learn, engage, question, and discuss.
2022 Year in Review: How We’re Responding to the World Around Us
Take a look back at some of the defining Facing History moments from this past year.
Engaging with Text Selection in ELA Classrooms
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Virtual
Registration for this mini-course is now closed. View the key points section for related webinars. This mini-course provides educators with tools and practices to explore critical questions regarding text selection in the ELA classroom.
Bringing the “Beloved Community” Into The Classroom
In this article, our Chief Officer for Equity & Inclusion, Dr. Steven Becton suggests 5 key practices for bringing the “Beloved Community” into the classroom.
Begin 2023 by Exploring Identity and Belonging with Facing History
Join an upcoming community event and utilize our multi-part lesson plans to jump into the study of identity and belonging.
Honoring Survivor Testimony on Yom HaShoah: An Interview with Dr. Anna Ornstein
Dr. Anna Ornstein discusses relational skills essential in times of crisis, the capacity of young people to drive change, and the enduring power of survivor testimony.
We are Facing History: Personal Stories, Identities, and our Connected Past
On-Demand
Virtual
A conversation with Dr. Tiya Miles & Nicka Sewell-Smith exploring how personal histories inform individual and collective identities. Presented in partnership with Ancestry®.
Explorations: Building Learning Communities through SEL, Equity, and Civic Education
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Virtual
Registration has closed for this workshop. We have seats available for a December workshop that begins on December 1, 2022. Registration available in the December Workshop Details section below.
