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.
Fannie Lou Hamer: Unsung Woman of the Civil Rights Movement
Black voter suppression in Mississippi became a national concern due to Fannie Lou Hamer’s leadership during 1964’s Freedom Summer.
![Fannie Lou Hamer black & white photo](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-04/Fannie_lou_hamer_photo.jpeg?h=af4cbb7e&itok=3arAYibL)
Dolores Huerta's Life of Indefatigable Resistance
Dolores Huerta helped advance civil rights and labor rights with her tireless advocacy, organizing a successful labor movement of US farm workers.
![Photo of Dolores Huerta](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-04/Dolores_Huerta_photo.png?h=444fc133&itok=DAgQWwRr)
Remembering Daisy Bates: Orator at the March on Washington
Daisy Bates boldly challenged racism in Arkansas during Jim Crow. She played a key part in the Little Rock Nine’s fight against school segregation.
![Daisy Bates black & white photo](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-04/daisy_bates_b%26w.png?h=a9338e04&itok=VUt-2h70)
Reckoning with Our Past: The Legacy of Migration and Belonging in US History
Learn about the United States’s immigration quota system and its history of discrimination.
![Picture of The Statue of Liberty.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-02/iStock-1163536198.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=gI7gk26C)
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)
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)
Racism: Historically-Informed Discussions in the Classroom
Facing History expands on how you can draw on history to both confront injustice and make space for nuance when discussing race in the classroom.
![Graphic image that reads "Ending racism."](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-01/Erasing_Racism_stock_FH2186930.jpg?h=d5d02efb&itok=-vj9wY7F)
All Community Read: A Spotlight on Disability Rights
Participating in our All Community Read? This list of recommended resources can support you and your school if you would like to join us on our disability rights learning journey.
![Photo of Judy Heumann with her two books](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-09/Judy%20Books.jpeg?h=a1e1a043&itok=7NWIp7lf)
Acclaimed Educator Frank Stebbins on Facing History and Human Rights Education
In this interview with educator Frank Stebbins, we discuss resources and strategies for teaching difficult lessons around the Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
![Picture of Frank Stebbins Receiving an Educator Award.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-12/StebbinsAward-1.jpeg?h=7a11922f&itok=aVV7PQBu)
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)