What are the most powerful steps we can take in selecting and teaching diverse texts for our classrooms?  How can we employ an equity lens in both the selection process and the teaching of texts? Please join us for a workshop in which we will provide tools and resources for enhancing the quality of the ecosystem of books in your classrooms and the learning opportunities you create for your students.

This workshop is for Canadian Elementary and Middle School educators (K-8).

For U.S. west coast educators, we invite you to join us for an online workshop Teaching Race and Membership in American History. Drawing from Facing History and Ourselves’ case study Race and Membership in American History: The Eugenics Movement along with new resources and approaches developed over the past two years, we will explore how ideas about race became institutionalized in economic and social policies.

Help students wrestle with the profound moral questions raised by the study of the Holocaust and foster their skills in civic engagement, ethical reasoning, critical thinking, and empathy — all of which are necessary for sustaining democracy.

This online seminar features Facing History’s seminal resource Holocaust and Human Behavior and is intended for 6-12th grade world history, U.S. history, humanities, or English language arts educators.

In this online course, we will explore the history of Canada’s Residential Schools through primary source texts and survivors’ personal testimonies to better understand the devastating history and long-lasting impact on former students, their families, and entire Indigenous communities.  We will also look at their historical roots and the legacies that followed while examining the apologies given by government and churches, the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the charge of genocide.  This course is designed principally for Canadian educators.

Stories have the power to transform the way young people see themselves and others. Experience our approach to teaching coming-of-age literature, designed to increase student agency, empathy, critical thinking and literacy skills, and belief they can make a difference in the world..

In this summit, we’ll explore the history and contemporary realities of immigration in the United States. We’ll consider how the choices and actions of immigrants have shaped ideas about freedom and democracy and influenced what it means to be American.

How does society rebuild after extraordinary division and trauma, when the ideals and values of democracy are most vulnerable? Join us as we examine the Reconstruction era and learn to teach about this significant period in US history using an approach that helps students connect this history to their own lives and the choices they make today.