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.
Student Essay: Talking with Water Balloons
This award-winning student essay captures a Chinese-American student’s experience of building community across linguistic barriers.
Student Essay: Wrong in My Own Skin
This student essay captures a Muslim student’s journey of creating space of transformative dialogue in the aftermath of an Anti-Muslim hate crime at school.
Student Essay: Finding My Center
This award-winning student essay describes a queer student’s journey of stepping into leadership and making an impact as an intern at the LGBTQIA+ Center in Greenwich Village.
Upstander Story: 5 Questions for Pulitzer-Winner Sonia Nazario
In this interview, author Sonia Nozario discusses immigration, reporting during times of conflict, and the power young people have to shape our world for the better.
When Is Fake News Propaganda?
Facebook admits social media can be bad for democracy with the rise of fake news used to sway the 2016 presidential election. But when is fake news propaganda?
My Facing History Journey
A student shares their experience with Facing History & Ourselves' seminal resource, Holocaust and Human Behavior and the class' journey through Scope and Sequence.
Student Essay: Why I No Longer Hide My Rainbow
This student essay captures a gay student’s experience navigating the challenges inherent in being visible as a gay person, as well as the responsibility to honor the sacrifices of movement leaders past by being visible today.
Why Teach About Migration? Because It's the Story of Humankind
Studying the history of migration reveals insight into who we are today and provides context for today's current conversations about migration and immigration.
Summer Learning Happens at Home
New research suggests that home-based activities and family involvement keeps kids primed for learning all summer.
The Myth of a Post-Racial Society After the Obama Presidency
Barack Obama's legacy as the first Black president of the US was shaped in part by the politics, race relations, and legacy of the Reconstruction era.
How To Assess the Strength of a Democracy
Create a checklist to assess what makes a healthy democracy, especially in times of divisiveness.