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Opportunities and Challenges: Teaching Current Events in Jewish Educational Settings

During this webinar, facilitators share classroom tips and tools that educators can use to engage students in productive and meaningful discussions about current world issues.

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English & Language Arts Social Studies

Democracy & Civic Engagement

Teaching current events can be challenging: The news cycle moves quickly, the issues can spark strong feelings, and classroom time is tight. Yet engaging with current events is an essential part of educating young people to be informed and humane participants in a democracy. How can educators create a space where students learn to exchange ideas and reflect on sometimes confusing or controversial current events as they happen? How does their Jewish identity help shape the ways students understand or engage with current events?

During this webinar, Facing History facilitators share tips and tools educators can use in the classroom to engage students in productive and meaningful discussions about current world issues. Participants will also practice strategies to navigate heightened emotions and a range of perspectives in diverse settings.

We are grateful to The Hammer Family for supporting the development of our on-demand learning and teaching resources.

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