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Why Genocide Recognition Matters
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Jen Langley
Facing History Sr. Director of Marketing & Analytics Jen Langley reflects on her personal connection to the Armenian Genocide.

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Today is the #WeNeedBlackTeachers Day of Action
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Kaitlin Smith
Facing History shares on the importance of having Black teachers in the classroom.

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Youth Activism and Grief on Earth Day
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Kaitlin Smith
Earth Day grants educators the opportunity to consider the ecological issues facing the planet and the unique ways that they are impacting the young people in their classrooms, which both elevates youth activism surrounding the issue and provides a healthy environment to process "ecological grief."

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How to Build an Affirming Classroom in the Face of Anti-Trans Legislation
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Julie Halterman
In response to the rise of legislation targeting transgender people, Facing History provides resources for educators to build an affirming, welcoming class community for your students, especially trans and non-binary students.

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Remembering Rip Patton
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Kaitlin Smith
Facing History commemorates the life of activist and Freedom Rider Ernest "Rip" Patton, Jr.

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10 Women Who Made History
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Kaitlin Smith
Facing History invites teachers to take a deeper dive into the histories and experiences of women around the nation in work with their students.

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5 Classroom Resources on Women's History
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Kaitlin Smith
Facing History invites educators to check out the following 5 classroom resources that offer a look at women making history in various contexts and/or contemporary experiences and contributions within various domains.

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Competing Visions of Black Civic Participation
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Kaitlin Smith
The approaches that Black leaders have embraced across space and time are numerous and have encompassed assimilationist and integrationist conceptions of social change, alongside contrasting approaches rooted in Black self-determination and nationalism.

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Remembering Sidney Poitier
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Kaitlin Smith
In January, the nation stood still as we learned that renowned actor Sidney Poitier passed away at 94 years old. Poitier was both an actor and an activist—and despite a mixed array of perspectives over the years on the ways that he represented Black people in film—he undoubtedly played a leading role in African Americans’ fight for civil rights and more positive media representations from the silver screen to the streets.

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5 New YA Books on Women's History
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Kaitlin Smith
Facing History provides a list of five YA titles that have been released in the last year that make important themes in women’s history and contemporary life accessible to young readers.

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5 New Books on Women's History for 2022
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Kaitlin Smith
Facing History shares five books that have been released in the last year that address important themes in women’s history.

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4 Resources on Refugee Crises in Global Context
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Facing History & Ourselves
Explore resources that offer additional points of entry that educators can use to situate the Ukrainian refugee crisis in broader global histories of displacement and highlight its connections to other refugee crises unfolding around the globe.
