On-Demand Learning
Brought to you by the Hammer Family Foundation, our on-demand webinars cover a wide range of topics including social studies, history, civics, ELA, equity and inclusion, and classroom culture. Many of our webinars qualify for professional development credit.
Culturally Responsive Texts with Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul
On-Demand
Virtual
In this webinar Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul discussed the necessity of culturally responsive texts in ELA classrooms.
![Facing History & Ourselves Students in the classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-05/221116-0593.jpg?h=f3a37c6e&itok=pSCLRA_z)
The Art of Listening – Video Testimony and the Study of History
On-Demand
Virtual
Join Facing History and the Fortunoff Video Archive to explore ways to use archival testimony to connect students to the lived experiences of survivors.
![Teacher and Students](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Facing-History_SJLA_033.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=6k0Syi0f)
Confronting Hate: Antisemitism Across Politics, Geography, and Demography
On-Demand
Virtual
In this webinar, panelists discussed how antisemitism manifests differently on the political left and right, as well as when antisemitism and racism intersect and diverge.
![Protestor holding "No Tolerance for Anti-Semitism" sign at demonstration](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-11/CAS_FullRes.jpg?h=ec041e41&itok=rXz9OoYS)
Echoes of the Holocaust: Eugenics and Disability in the Time of the Holocaust
On-Demand
Virtual
This webinar featured Dr. Patricia Heberer Rice, senior historian at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and explored how the Nazis used eugenics in their pursuit of “Aryan genetic purity”.
![Teacher and Students](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Facing-History_SJLA_033.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=6k0Syi0f)
Intersecting Histories: Wartime North Africa and the Holocaust
On-Demand
Virtual
Join UCLA professors Sarah Abrevaya Stein and Aomar Boum, as they discuss the experiences of North African Jews before World War II as well as the history of the Holocaust and North Africa.
![Picture of Sarah Abrevaya Stein and Aomar Boum](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-11/SARAAOMAR_0.jpg?h=e9b2bddf&itok=6_om1IRV)
Holocaust Memorial Day (UK): Moving Beyond the Curriculum to Explore Ordinary People
On-Demand
Virtual
This one-hour webinar provided ideas, inspiration, and resources for how to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
![Picture of Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin, Germany.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-11/Berlin-_German_Jewish_Holocaust_Memorial_-_3212.jpg?h=c4842d71&itok=hzfRcYQM)
Confronting Hate: When Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism Overlap
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Virtual
In this webinar, we explore the overlaps-and distinctions-between antisemitism and critical discussions about Israel.
![Protestor holding "No Tolerance for Anti-Semitism" sign at demonstration](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-11/CAS_FullRes.jpg?h=ec041e41&itok=rXz9OoYS)
Confronting Hate: Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life
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Virtual
This webinar featured Patrice O’Neill, the director of Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life. Patrice discussed the process of making the film and its implications in the fight against antisemitism and racism.
![Image of people gathered in interfaith vigil in response to the Tree of Life mass shooting in Pittsburgh](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-10/Houses_of_Worship_Attacks_AP_18301095223203.jpg?h=7fb2964e&itok=Dr5nbjHr)
Confronting Hate: The Perpetuation of Hate on Social Media
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Virtual
This webinar examined the ways that young people encounter antisemitism online and the impact of this consumption.
![High school student looking at their smart phone as they scroll.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Where_Do_We_Get_Our_News_iStock-1064105690_Medium_res.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=jdloUCuv)
All Community Read: Introducing Judy Heumann’s Being Heumann and Rolling Warrior
On-Demand
Virtual
In this webinar, we introduce educators to Judith Heumann’s 2021 memoir, Being Heumann, an Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist and the young adult version: Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution.
![A student speaks while another listens attentively.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-09/2019_classroomimage_nametagsremoved_FH2109026.jpeg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=xuOv2CjU)
The Presence and Absence of Asian America: What Truths Lie Beyond the Headlines
On-Demand
Virtual
This webinar with Asian American Studies scholar and Asian American and Pacific Islander(AAPI) Research Fellow Dr. Janelle Wong and Facing History & Ourselves’ Jasmine Wong covered data on, and responses to anti-Asian American discrimination and violence.
![Picture of Janelle Wong.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-09/Dr.%20Wong%20%282%29.png?h=18bfecaf&itok=OmcNS84X)
Critical Reflections about Equity in Education with Dr. John B. King and Dr. Janice K. Jackson
On-Demand
Virtual
Dr. John B. King Jr., CEO of The Education Trust and former US Secretary of Education, and Dr. Janice K. Jackson, CEO of Chicago Public Schools, discuss the role of education during moments of national reckoning and the importance of civic agency in our classrooms.
![Headshot of Dr. John B. King and Dr. Janice K. Jackson side by side.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-08/unnamed.png?h=6e7554c9&itok=04mnufHO)