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.
Literacy with a Social Studies Lens: Reading, Speaking and Listening for Deeper Learning
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Learn teaching strategies that help students interrogate text, think critically, and discuss controversial issues respectfully.
Legacies of the Reconstruction Era
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Watch this webinar to learn how you can explore the legacies of the Reconstruction Era with your students.
Jewish Identity and the Complexities of Multiple Belongings
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Learn practical tools and strategies to encourage students to explore their Jewish identities and consider how they coexist with their identities as Americans.
George Takei: Standing Up to Racism, Then and Now
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Actor and activist George Takei discusses his family’s wrongful incarceration during WWII, and the anti-Asian racism on the rise today.
A Facing History Approach to PSHE/SMSC
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This webinar explores Standing Up for Democracy, a Facing History & Ourselves resource which is suitable for Citizenship, History, PSHE, and Tutor time.
Remembering Past Conflicts: Whose Experiences Do We Honour?
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Explore how we can engage with the history of armed conflict, reflecting on how and who we choose to remember, and how we can make the lessons of history feel relevant today.
Reexamining Reconstruction: A Conversation with Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries
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Examine how the Reconstruction Era is remembered and the impact of its legacy on contemporary society with Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Associate Professor of History at The Ohio State University and scholar of African American history and contemporary Black politics.
Student Agency After Parkland
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This webinar explores the many questions faced by educators in the wake of the events in Parkland, Florida.
The Struggle for Racial Justice and Voting with Dr. Carol Anderson
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Free and fair elections are the foundation of all democracies. The US Voting Rights Act of 1965 established protections for all Americans, especially for Black Americans. However the 2013 Supreme Court decision Shelby County v Holder dismantled key elements of the Voting Rights Act and voter suppression efforts are ongoing across the country.
Responding to Hate in Your School
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During this webinar, we discussed the challenges schools face when confronting the persistence of racism and antisemitism and provided resources to help you respond to hatred in your schools.
Race, Equity, and the State of Education: A Conversation with Dr. Pedro Noguera
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The global pandemic has magnified deep structural and historical inequities. Listen to a conversation with Dr. Pedro Noguera, national educational leader and Dean of the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education, where we hear his reflections on the state of education today and what it means to support social justice and be an anti-racist educator.