Ideas This Week

Facing History offers some how-tos—for in and outside the classroom—on how to encourage storytelling and ways to engage with meaningful oral histories.

Teachers and others can use these resources to learn about Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20.

Below are 18 resources that middle and high school teachers can turn to when developing lesson plans related to the roles of Native American peoples in American history and contemporary life. These resources include online exhibitions at the Smithsonian; the Smithsonian’s Native Knowledge 360° Educational Initiative; the work of the Mitchell and Hood Museums; and the growing work of Facing History in these thematic areas.

Engage students in important themes raised in these books that center and speak to the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people.

Use these media literacy and digital citizenship lesson plans to foster students’ digital literacy and spur healthy habits around media and technology use.

Our list of Facing History readings offer unique insight into little known stories and unsung heroes from the LGBTQIA+ community.

Explore resources designed to help educators address immigration in the classroom with curiosity and confidence.

For generations the stories of Indigenous Peoples have been sidelined and misrepresented. Indigenous Peoples' Day makes space for this vital history.

Use our classroom posters to help foster a thoughtful and reflective learning environment.

Use this list of recommended resources to join in our All Community Read of George Takei's graphic memoir, They Called Us Enemy.

From losing the Iran they knew to revolution in 1979 to watching the current revolution from afar, a friend of Facing History shares her family's story.

Explore these lauded books centered on Hispanic American peoples and their experiences to celebrate Hispanic American Heritage Month.