Engaging students with current events is a crucial part of their development as informed and humane citizens in a democracy. It can also pose challenges. The news cycle moves quickly, stories are complex, and the issues can spark strong emotions.  How can we prepare students to have reflective and respectful discussion of current events, especially those that may be controversial or divisive? How can we use these discussions as a means to develop students' capacity to be aware of bias and injustice, to make meaningful connections to their own communities and relationships, and to begin to feel their own agency and voice?

Explore how we can engage with the history of armed conflict, reflecting on how and who we choose to remember, and how we can make the lessons of history feel relevant today.

Join Facing History and the Illinois Democracy School Network to explore design and teaching strategies that foster the practice of Constitutional Democracy and student agency across the disciplines.

Join Brooklyn Public Library’s Center for Brooklyn History and Facing History and Ourselves for Brooklyn Resists: A History of Abolition and Protest in Brooklyn where historian Brian Purnell will explore how education spurred action throughout Brooklyn’s history. Then, Facing History and Ourselves will lead a discussion on how educators today can create inclusive classrooms that elevate marginalized voices and question dominant narratives.

This event is for teachers in the New York City area.

Join us for a session in which we explore how to support your students engaging with the topic of race in a safe and constructive way.

This event is aimed at teachers in the UK.