Use this strategy to improve students’ reading skills and help them connect ideas in a text to their own lives, current events, and history.
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Think, Pair, Share
Facilitate thoughtful group discussions by having students first share their ideas in writing and with a partner.
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Town Hall Circle
Students mimic a town hall meeting as they share their perspectives on a topic.
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Two-Column Note-Taking
Use this teaching strategy to help students learn how to take notes by identifying "key ideas" in one column and their "responses" in another column.
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Two-Minute Interview
Students interview classmates to gather evidence and ideas about a topic as they practice being active listeners.
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Word Wall
Support students’ tracking of new or important vocabulary by displaying these words in a shared space in the classroom.
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Wraparound
Encourage all students to share their quick reactions to a question, topic, or text.
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Wraparound (Remote Learning)
Use this strategy in remote settings to invite all students to share brief responses during a synchronous session or asynchronously.
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The Armenian Genocide
"Never Again" in Action: Armenians Remember Genocide
Today is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day—an annual, international observance of the genocide of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire between the years of 1915 and 1923. Despite the denialist rhetoric and political coercion of leaders in Turkey, nations around the world are beginning to tell the truth about the genocide perpetrated against Armenians, and witness the Armenian community’s immense resilience and humanity.
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The Reconstruction Era
"Reconstruction Never Ended": A Review of Eric Foner's Second Founding
Guest writer Thomas Simpson offers a review of historian Eric Foner's towering new book, The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution. Thomas holds a master's degree in History from Georgetown University and is a core member of Facing History's Marketing and Communications team.
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"She saw a world of neighbours..." A Remembrance of Labour MP Jo Cox
Remembering British Labor MP, Jo Cox, after she was assassinated.
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