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Find resources and support to help you implement Facing History in your classroom

Facing History’s unique approach to teaching academics with the explicit goal of developing civic agency in adolescents has proven outcomes in the classroom and beyond. Our resources will help you add dimension to your practice by amplifying equity and justice, social-emotional learning, and civic education.

Implement Facing History in your Classroom

From standalone activities to complete collections, our best-in-class curricular resources help educators promote students’ analytical thinking skills, empathy, and engagement with key civic and social issues.

We also offer professional learning opportunities focused on equity, civics, social-emotional learning, and school leadership to help you get the most out of Facing History’s resources.

Collection

Explore classroom resources for making connections between current events and your curriculum, including activities and discussion strategies for high school and middle school students.

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Professional Learning

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Learn effective strategies to share with your students so that during the summer they can better listen, empathize and engage in the world around them.

Toolkit

These back-to-school activities and teacher resources will help you lay a foundation for a reflective and caring community at the start of the school year.

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Toolkit

This toolkit provides the framework and classroom resources to help you design a coming-of-age literature unit for middle or high school students using a book of your choosing.

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Collection

Learn how to incorporate civic education, ethical reflection and historical context into a literary exploration of Harper Lee's novel, To Kill A Mockingbird.

Text Set

Designed for students in grades 8-10, this text set includes lesson plans and multi-genre texts for a 1–2 week unit exploring the essential question, "What makes me, me?"

Unit

Teach a 3-week study of the Reconstruction era guided by the essential question "What can we learn from the history of Reconstruction as we work to strengthen democracy today?"

Inquiry

This 5-7 day C3-aligned inquiry explores the compelling question “How does the history of the Angel Island Immigration Station help us understand how borders are erected, enforced, and challenged?”

Collection

Draw from this flexible curriculum collection featuring units, lesson plans, and C3-style inquiries to teach middle or high school US history.

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Mini-Lesson

This mini-lesson provides students with an opportunity to deepen their understanding of democracy and a framework for making meaning of news stories about the tensions and conflicts in democracies today.

Collection

Use these resources on voting, media literacy, polarization, and bias to talk about US elections with your high school and middle school students.

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Collection

Our advisory curriculum for grades 8–10 contains a year’s worth of activities, handouts, and best practices for establishing inclusive communities where students can engage in honest discussions and build their voices.

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Collection

These opening and closing classroom routines will set a welcoming tone, allow students to connect with one another, and encourage goal setting.

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Professional Learning

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Issues of equity and education have long existed in our country and continue to manifest today. How can writing and the power of one's voice help us respond to these disparities? Listen to writer and educator, Dr. Clint Smith, where we hear his poetry and reflections on working for justice, equity, and civic agency in our schools.

We Succeed Together.

Teachers and Facing History share a mission and values. We want to use our history, social studies, English language arts, and other classroom content to prepare students to recognize and stand up to bigotry and hate when they witness it. Our students work together to create space in their classrooms that encourage empathy, kindness, respect, and curiosity.

Facing History works toward this shared mission and values every day, and has found measurable, positive results. You can learn more about the impact of this work in our impact report.

Whenever I try to figure out how to make sense of this world for my students, my touchstone is always Facing History.

— Tracy Garrison-Feinberg, Teacher, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School (Brooklyn, NY)

Empowering Students in the Classroom and Beyond

Educators know that what their students learn in the classroom affects how they view contemporary issues. Facing History helps educators connect history to what’s happening in the world today. After participating in a Facing History classroom, many of our students are inspired to put the values they have developed into practice in their communities.

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Professional Learning

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Watch this conversation with journalist and author Eli Saslow to learn how white-supremacist ideas migrated from the far-right fringe to the streets of Charlottesville and beyond.

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Insight

by Kaitlin Smith

Oct 15, 2021

Learn about the history and debate surrounding how we describe Latinx and Hispanic peoples, and consider the relationship between language and identity.

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Insight

by Kaitlin Smith

Nov 10, 2021

Members of our staff are exploring these five new books published written by a group of Indigenous authors across North America for readers ages 12 and up and we invite you to explore them alongside us. These texts address themes including Indigenous youth navigating adolescent identity, community, and resistance.

Insight

by Kaitlin Smith

May 10, 2022

Learn about the history behind Gay-Straight alliance student groups and GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network.

Insight

by Kaitlin Smith

Oct 28, 2021

Learn about the risks new technologies pose to adults and adolescents and view resources available to help teach teenage students about media literacy, responsible use of social media, and surveillance capitalism.

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Impact Story

by Kaitlin Smith

Sep 30, 2021

New Haven Academy is an innovative public high school that serves a diverse student population. In this interview, the school's founders discuss the vital role that Facing History has played in shaping their distinctive school culture, curriculum, and pedagogy.

Perspective

by Kaitlin Smith

Oct 25, 2021

Archives play a central role in shaping our perceptions of the past. It is vital that we ask critical questions about what a given archive may exclude, for what purposes it was assembled, and what this means about the stories it enables historians to tell.

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Professional Learning

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Learn effective strategies to share with your students so that during the summer they can better listen, empathize and engage in the world around them.

Professional Learning

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In this webinar, we shared how Facing History works at the intersection of social-emotional learning and academics, informed by civic engagement and equity and justice. We provided resources and strategies for you to consider integrating these four elements in your school or classroom.

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Conspiracy theories provide simple and misleading explanations for complex human dilemmas. We must learn to recognize the antisemitism that fuels some of today’s most destructive conspiracy theories so we can help our students stand up against these pervasive and dangerous messages.

Thousands of people participate in No Hate, No Fear Jewish Solidarity March in response to anti-semitic attacks in and around city across Brooklyn Bridge

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Explore questions of identity and belonging in literature and life and learn how you can center students' identities and experiences through literature and dialogue.

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Explore ways to critically examine your identity as an educator, examine teaching strategies to build community and trust, and share methods to facilitate reflective conversations.

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Current Events in the Classroom

Fostering Civil Discourse in Our Students

Back to School: Building Community for Connection and Learning

English Language Arts

Coming-of-Age Unit Planning Toolkit

Teaching Mockingbird

Identity and Storytelling

History & Social Studies

The Reconstruction Era 3-Week Unit

Angel Island Immigration Station: Exploring Borders and Belonging in US History

US History Curriculum Collection: Democracy & Freedom

Civics & Civic Education

Assessing the Strength of Democracy

Teaching Resources for the US Elections

Advisory

Community Matters: A Facing History & Ourselves Approach to Advisory

Establishing Opening and Closing Routines

Working for Justice, Equity and Civic Agency in Our Schools: A Conversation with Clint Smith

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You might also be interested in…

After Charlottesville: How Uncomfortable Conversations Can Overcome Hate

Latinx vs. Hispanic: A History of Terms

5 New YA Books on Native American Lives

Learning from GLSEN

A New Type of Media Literacy

Facing History From Day One: An Interview with New Haven Academy

The Problem of Archival Silences

Fostering Civil Discourse in Our Students

Educating Adolescents at the Intersection of Social-Emotional Learning, Civics, Equity, and Academics

Facing Hate: A Global Conspiracy with Local Manifestations

Coming of Age in Literature and Life: A Webinar Featuring Young Adult Author Jennifer De Leon

Fostering Civil Discourse in the (Remote) Classroom

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