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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Give Bigotry No Sanction Readings
Facing History and Ourselves has curated a collection of readings, written by staff members and scholars, that touch on the echoes of the letter exchange between George Washington and the Hebrew congregation of Newport. These readings address issues of religion, difference, and identity, and suggest that reflecting on these issues is just as important today as it was in 1790.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
How Can We Evaluate If an Election Is Free and Fair?
This Teaching Ideas uses our Free and Fair Elections Explainer to help students reflect on the importance of elections, define the phrase “free and fair elections,” and learn about electoral systems in their region.
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Race in US History
In a Hate Crime Against Jussie Smollett, Echoes of History
Because new information has emerged that calls into question the occurrence of the alleged attack on Jussie Smollett, we have removed this teaching idea. Regardless of the facts surrounding this particular incident, Facing History affirms the importance of helping students confront and understand the reality of hate crimes and the legacy of the violent past in the United States and around the world.
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Race in US History
Justice & Human Rights
Indigenous Rights and Controversy over Hawaii’s Maunakea Telescope
Provide students with historical context for understanding the protests against the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea and help them explore the reasons why many Native Hawaiians oppose its construction.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Race in US History
Kamala Harris, Shirley Chisholm, and the Power of Representation
Use this Teaching Idea to help students learn about Shirley Chisholm’s ground-breaking career and the significance of Vice President Kamala Harris’s election.
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The Reconstruction Era
Legacies of the Reconstruction Era
Watch this webinar to learn how you can explore the legacies of the Reconstruction Era with your students.
On-Demand Webinar
The Reconstruction Era
Memory, Legacy and the Reconstruction Era: A Conversation with Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries
Watch to examine the way the Reconstruction Era is remembered and the impact of its various legacies in contemporary society.
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Civil Rights Movement
Memphis 1968: Lessons for Today
Learn interdisciplinary teaching strategies to examine the events that brought Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to Memphis in 1968 through a critical lens.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
Photography from Surviving Wounded Knee
View photos by Danny Wilcox Frazier examining how the Wounded Knee massacre of 1890 is remembered in present-day South Dakota.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
Photography from Too Young To Die
View a series of photographs by Carlos Javier Ortiz. The photos collection, “Too Young to Die”, is a long-term documentary photography project now in its fifth year that seeks to enlighten the public about the effects of youth violence on young victims, their families, and society as a whole.
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Race in US History
Policing, Public Safety, and Bias
This Teaching Idea asks students to wrestle with the complexity of policing, public safety, and bias by exploring a variety of contemporary sources on policing.
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