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.
Exploring Multiple Visions for DEI Work: A Reading List
Facing History shares on books that captures various perspectives from a group of thought leaders interested in disrupting patterns that disempower and marginalize.
![A collage of DEI-related book covers by authors Bonilla-Silva, Kendi, Manji, Schulman, and Singleton.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-04/DEI_book_covers_collage_graphic.png?h=4be160bb&itok=ExpcjlwO)
Haiti in Historical Context
Facing History shares on Haiti’s often erased and obscured, yet extraordinary history of resistance.
![A woman holds a Haitian flag and roses at a church service following the earthquake of January 24, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-04/Haiti_flag_roses.jpeg?h=199d8c1f&itok=_xeHZ3uV)
Essential Teacher Habits for Driving Educational Equity
Facing History colleagues share tips for creating more educationally equitable school communities.
![A male teacher of Asian descent instructs a group of students.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-04/male_asian_teacher_with_students_in_classroom.png?h=16ec4b77&itok=Qx3TcvgN)
Teaching Coming-of-Age Literature
Facing History explores examples of coming-of-age literature and its connection to our resources.
![Close up of male hand open book and reading.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-04/finger_points_book_reading.jpeg?h=140710cd&itok=Tq3cNmxF)
A Conversation with Dr. Kimberly Parker on Movements to Create More Readers
Facing History speaks with Dr. Kimberly Parker, co-founder of #DisruptTexts.
![Dr. Kimberly Parker sits in front of a bookshelf during an interview.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-04/kimberly_parker.jpeg?h=08f15304&itok=Sz9d-TXz)
Embrace SEL and Trauma Informed Teaching This Year
Facing History explores the meaning and mechanics of trauma-informed teaching.
![Five stick figures stand together with one thought bubble filled with hearts.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-04/community_love_iStock-504237291.jpeg?h=140710cd&itok=zcowQa5B)
Reflections on the State of Democracy in South Africa
Facing History partners share the key lessons learned after the events that preceded Mandela Day in July 2021.
![South Africa flag waving during the sunrise with mist fog.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-04/South_Africa_flag_sun_iStock-1060045112.jpeg?h=140710cd&itok=hv6bvGp9)
5 Summer Audiobooks for Teachers
Enrich and enliven your practice with audiobooks concerning core issues in K-12 education today.
![A person relaxes in the grass while listening to music.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-04/person_relaxing_grass_music_iStock-639794882.jpeg?h=2cbf0951&itok=IFpRfzf9)
Exploring Audre Lorde’s Intersectionality
Audre Lorde was a Black lesbian scholar, feminist, mother, and poet who challenged us to think about the intersectionality of politics and identity.
![A headshot of Audre Lorde taken in 1980; her finger rests on her chin, and she is looking down](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-09/Audre%20Lorde.jpg?h=e9403ca4&itok=ckSP80ub)
Afrofuturism and Black Joy
Incorporate Black joy into your teachings by highlighting the resilience, creativity, and humanity of the black community through the rich world of afrofuturism.
![African Woman Wearing Futuristic Face Mask and gold crown](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-09/iStock-1278418527.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=n-z7yrpi)
New Books on Native American History and Life
Facing History shares the scholarly work and personal insights of Native scholars and memoirists.
![A colorful graphic that reads "Native American Heritage Month."](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-04/Native_American_Heritage_Month_graphic.jpeg?h=97a06f33&itok=pvWHSQV6)