Ideas This Week

Ideas This Week is your hub for updates on all things Facing History—from announcements and featured press to expert interviews, impact stories, and essays on the ideas driving our work. Ideas This Week also provides easy access to the very best content from the archives of our US-based platforms, Facing Today and Learn + Teach + Share.

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by Facing History & Ourselves

Sep 21 2022

Every month, CREDO Mobile chooses three nonprofits to receive grant funds. This month, Facing History is in the running! Help us continue supporting educators in nurturing students’ analytical skills, empathy, and civic agency by voting for us before September 30.

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by Facing History & Ourselves

Sep 1 2022

Welcome! We've created a list to help you explore the best of what we have to offer. It covers topics including educator competencies, classroom resources, inspiring stories, and more.

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by Facing History & Ourselves

Sep 1 2022

Get to know the redesigned FacingHistory.org. Building community has never been easier.

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by Abby R. Weiss

Aug 31 2022

Entering a new school year, full of possibility.

Impact Story

by Eran DaSilva

Aug 31 2022

Veteran Facing History educator Eran DaSilva shares her story and talks about how Facing History transformed her teaching practice and sparks community and change.

A Facing History educator sits at a table speaking with their hand on their chin.

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by Facing History & Ourselves

Aug 29 2022

Roger Brooks has announced his plan to retire after a highly successful tenure at Facing History. We celebrate all he has accomplished with gratitude and launch our search for his successor.

Facing History CEO Rogers Brooks in classroom discussion.

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by Kaitlin Smith

Jul 11 2022

Learn about the play Common Ground Revisited, which explores various ways that key historical actors may have experienced the 1970s school desegregation in Boston and the different ways that contemporary Bostonians relate to these historical events.

Busing Information Phone Bank; City of Boston Mayor's Office in September 1974.

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by Facing History & Ourselves

Jun 17 2022

Studying the history of Reconstruction reveals that American history is lined with recurring cycles of social progress and backlash in which everyday people have surmounted immense barriers to drive powerful change.

Man representing the Freedman's Bureau stands between armed groups of Euro-Americans and Afro-Americans.

by Kaitlin Smith

Jun 10 2022

Facing History shares curricular and professional development resources for educators eager to explore the complexities of Asian and Pacific Islander American (AAPI) histories and contemporary experiences with students.

by Franklin Stebbins

Jun 9 2022

Facing History's Franklin Stebbins sits down with Nicole Chung as she recounts her experience growing up navigating anti-Asian racism as a transracial adoptee of Korean descent within a white family in small-town Oregon.

by Kaitlin Smith

Jun 9 2022

This article examines the rise of the Asian American movement through the leading voice of Helen Zia, a Chinese American author and activist working at the intersections of struggles for racial and LGBTQ justice, who helped provide a foundation for AAPI-led resistance against racism and violence.

by Kaitlin Smith

Jun 7 2022

Facing History shares ten titles released in the last year that bring important themes in LGBTQIA+ history and contemporary life to the fore, exploring the diverse ways in which this extensive topic is explored by educators, intellectuals, and thought leaders.

Book cover images of ten LGBTQIA+ novels.

by Kaitlin Smith

Jun 3 2022

Facing History offers a rich array of online exhibitions and primary resources to open and/or revitalize reflection in your classroom about the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people across space and time.

Female hand with megaphone isolated on LGBT flag background.

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by Kaitlin Smith

Jun 2 2022

With the commencement of Pride Month, Facing History provides a number of resources that help educators explore LGTBQIA+ histories and experiences to ensure these themes remain central beyond this celebratory month.

Cropped LGTBQIA+ history and why it matters banner.

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by Kaitlin Smith

May 31 2022

Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) thought leaders reveal their experiences with “single stories” to demonstrate what it can look like to push back against restrictive narratives that dominate American society.

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Facing Today

Vote for Facing History in CREDO’s Monthly Funding Challenge

Introducing Ideas This Week

Welcome to Our New Website

A Back to School Message for our Educators

How Facing History Helps Change the World

Roger Brooks to Retire as CEO of Facing History - Our Search for a Successor

Common Ground Revisited

Why Teach Reconstruction in 2022

Classroom Resources on AAPI History and Contemporary Life

Identity, Literature, and Possibility: A Conversation with Nicole Chung

Helen Zia on the Asian American Movement

10 New Books on LGBTQIA+ History and Contemporary Life

10 Resources for Teaching LGBTQIA+ History

LGBTQIA+ Resources from Facing History

How AAPI Thinkers are Redefining Asianness

Ideas This Week

Filter

Article Type

Article Topics

Educator Competency

Location

Facing Today

Vote for Facing History in CREDO’s Monthly Funding Challenge

Introducing Ideas This Week

Welcome to Our New Website

A Back to School Message for our Educators

How Facing History Helps Change the World

Roger Brooks to Retire as CEO of Facing History - Our Search for a Successor

Common Ground Revisited

Why Teach Reconstruction in 2022

Classroom Resources on AAPI History and Contemporary Life

Identity, Literature, and Possibility: A Conversation with Nicole Chung

Helen Zia on the Asian American Movement

10 New Books on LGBTQIA+ History and Contemporary Life

10 Resources for Teaching LGBTQIA+ History

LGBTQIA+ Resources from Facing History

How AAPI Thinkers are Redefining Asianness

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