Professor Paul Bookbinder describes the “noble experiment” of democracy in the Weimar Republic.
Tejwattie speaks about how Facing History helped her understand her identity.
Learn about Facing History and Ourselves from the students themselves.
There are many classes that teach science, math, and English. There’s only one that teaches us to be more human.
This video tells about the men who started the lunch counter sit-ins in Greensboro, NC.
Facing History and Ourselves alumna Clarinda Ofori-Annor gave an account of her experiences as an immigrant from Ghana and finding her voice in her Facing History class at the 2014 Chicago Benefit Dinner.
This video tells the story of the Mississippi Voter Registration Project in the 1960s.
Mohammed S. speaks about what he learned through Facing History.
Participants of 'The Great Migration' discuss their lives and their reasons for migrating.
History teacher Brittany Burns' class at Algonquin Regional High School in Northborough, Massachusetts, studies the fall of Weimar Germany.
Alfons Heck recalls how he became a high-ranking member of the Hitler Youth. He talks about the importance of peer pressure and propaganda to Hitler's ability to recruit eight million German children to participate in the "war effort."
Novelists and Southerners discuss Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and the bravery of the novel for addressing issues of segregation and racism in the South.