Educators will be introduced to Facing History resources, including study guides for To Kill a Mockingbird, The Giver, and Red Scarf Girl, and our new guide for teaching Elie Wiesel’s Night. Participants will also learn ways to use the Facing History approach to teach any literary text. The workshop will equip teachers with practical and interactive literacy strategies and provide rich primary sources and historical background for teaching fiction and memoir.
Recommended for 6th-12th grade teachers.
In this workshop you will:
Discover new interdisciplinary teaching strategies that reinforce historical thinking and literacy skills.
Explore topics such as identity and belonging, membership, stereotype, and upstander behavior.
After this workshop you will:
Become part of the Facing History educator network, with access to a rich slate of educator resources, including downloadable unit and lesson plans, study guides, and multimedia.
Be able to borrow books and DVDs through our online lending library at no cost.