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Downtown Chicago, IL
Single Session
Our single professional learning sessions are designed to easily fit into your day. Typically one hour or less, these sessions explore timely and relevant topics including teaching strategies, current events, and more.
Instructor-Led
This professional learning event will be led by Facing History staff. When you register, you will receive instructions for how to attend the event.
This event qualifies for ISBE (Illinois).
Up to 6 professional development hours will be offered for participation in this workshop for Illinois educators.
Apply Facing History’s unique methodology to in order to explore history and literature through themes of identity, choices, justice, and civic participation
Learn a range of teaching strategies for helping students process emotionally powerful histories
Learn a new way of structuring curriculum to help students connect history to their own lives
This workshop will be held in-person.
Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) have a far-reaching and enduring presence in the United States and are an integral part of U.S. history. Despite this history that stretches back over more than four hundred years, the history and experiences of AAPI people is still often overlooked, forgotten, and misunderstood. Teachers will learn how Facing History & Ourselves’ approach and resources can support educators engaging students in questions about identity, membership and in bringing AAPI voices into their classrooms.
This interactive workshop will engage participants in learning about the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. We will examine the choices individuals and groups make in the midst of war, confront justice and injustice, and consider how the issues raised are just as important now as they were in 1942.
After this workshop you will:
- Become a part of the Facing History educator network, with access to a rich slate of educator resources, including units and lesson plans, study guides and multimedia
This workshop is recommended for: 6th-12th grade U.S. History, U.S. Literature, Asian American History, Asian American Literature, Ethnic Studies, and U.S. Government teachers.
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