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.
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LA Upstanders: A Digital Gallery
Read inspiring stories of students and educators from our Southern California Partner School Network who have exemplified what it means to be an upstander.
![Photograph of students gathered together.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/DSC_0821.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=1t4K5wnn)
Belonging, Connections and Growth: Reflections on an Exchange
Two teachers share how a school exchange trip had a lasting impact on staff and students alike, and how Facing History UK helped to make it happen.
![Carla March Ferrer and Sanum Khan are educators at Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School, in Aylesbury, U.K.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-05/2.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=Gf0w1bor)
May Assemblies
Download our assembly PowerPoints for the month of March for use with KS3-4 and S1-4 students.
![Pride flag at a pride parade.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-06/toni-reed-QNDe8pKvpbM-unsplash.jpg?h=4656bb00&itok=HdDGT1qf)
Celebrating Our Communities, Languages and Cultures on World Poetry Day (UK)
On World Poetry Day we are highlighting UK poets who use poetry to represent their communities, promote their cultures and respond to current events.
![A close up of a student writing on a piece of paper.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/LosAngeles_ClassroomImage_2012_FH116207.jpg?h=9a556404&itok=SXiHI4Fc)
April Assemblies
Download our assembly PowerPoints for the month of April for use with Key Stage 3 and 4 students.
![Facing History Students in a classroom having a discussion.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/DSC04311_Website.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=LnEmSh9t)
Literature and Identity: Our Team’s Book Recommendations on World Book Day
This World Book Day we spoke to the staff at Facing History to find out which books had a profound effect on them as young adults.
![House On Mango Street book cover.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-02/House_On_Mango_Street_FH2188156.jpg?h=a1bf1f1e&itok=yDhFk755)
2022 Annual Report - Facing History UK
We are delighted to share our Annual Report and our highlights from 2021/22.
March Assemblies
Download our assembly PowerPoints for the month of March for use with Key Stage 3 and 4 students.
![Picture of a student writing in class.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-02/DSC04219.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=MuRq53iV)
Conversations #BehindtheLens for LGBTQ+ History Month
To mark the month, we talked to three LGBTQ+ creatives working behind the lens about the ways that telling queer stories can cultivate acceptance and tolerance in young people.
![Photo of LGBTQIA+ Pride flags at London Pride 2019](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-02/daniel-james-Dhw68hz9KbA-unsplash.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=emNQZ3SK)
Why discussing contemporary antisemitism in UK classrooms matters
Find out more about the importance of discussing contemporary antisemitism in the UK in 2023.
![Group of people talking in a circle.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-02/IMG_4842.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=HWZxUeOz)
Commemorating UK Holocaust Memorial Day 2023
Resources, activities and events to support you in commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day 2023: Ordinary People.
![Berlin Holocaust Memorial](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-01/holocaust-memorial-3710509.jpg?h=b1301626&itok=seE0ziLH)