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.
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)
February Assemblies
Download our assembly PowerPoints for the month of February for use with Key Stage 3 and 4 students.
![Picture of students in a classroom.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-01/DSC08450.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=JXxDFgND)
Facing History UK - 2022 in Review
Thank you for your support this year - here are some of our highlights.
![Speaker with her audience.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-12/UK_Speaker_and%20Audience_FH2186462.jpg?h=d08f423e&itok=7e3oXTlM)
Own Your Impact: A High School Senior’s Reflections
Mark S. discovered Facing History through his high school leadership initiative, and in the process discovered a lot about himself and how he wants to walk through the world.
Why We Remember Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) (UK)
Kristallnacht is a stark reminder of the violence that can occur when antisemitism is left unchallenged.
![Torn apart shelves and damage in the department store Uhlfelder in Munich during Kristallnacht.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-12/Bundesarchiv_Bild_119-2671-07%2C_Mu%CC%88nchen%2C_Kaufhaus_Uhlfelder%2C_Zersto%CC%88rungen.jpg?h=0429cc9e&itok=x4NOC_DW)
Student Reflections on Black History Month
Assistant Headteacher and Facing History Teacher Leader Sanum Khan shares an important conversation she had with students during Black History Month.
![Picture of students from Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-10/shfgs2_0.jpg?h=feb2fd08&itok=Dr4cPY9H)
How to Use Online Sources to Challenge Bias and Expand Perspectives
In this guest post, Nelson Graves, founder of News-Decoder, demonstrates how biases work and then provides educators with an exercise to help students challenge their own perceptions to better understand people and the world around them.
![Illustration for the fairy tale "The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids" depicting the wolf attacking the kids once he is let into their home.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-07/wolf_and_7_young_kids_karl_fahringer.jpg?h=03e3bc14&itok=FTnPY_t7)