Listen to Dr. Eve L. Ewing discuss the history and legacy of The Red Summer in Chicago, a week-long episode of racial violence in 1919.
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Race in US History
Confronting Chicago’s History of Racial Violence: A Conversation with Dr. Eve L. Ewing
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Race in US History
Confronting History, Transforming Monuments
This Teaching Idea uses the story of the Robert E. Lee monument to help students consider the power of symbols and explore the summer's protests through the lens of voice, agency, and solidarity.
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Race in US History
Confronting Racist Imagery in the Memphis Mayoral Race
This Teaching Idea contains suggestions for having conversations with your students in response to Memphis Magazine’s use of a racist caricature of mayoral candidate Tami Sawyer on its cover.
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Race in US History
Creating a Society That Ensures Safety for All
This Teaching Idea examines how bias in policing operates at the individual, community, city, and societal levels, and then invites students to use this framework to begin a discussion about creating solutions to the issue of biased policing.
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Race in US History
Crisis in Little Rock
In the early 1900s, "race" was the lens through which many Americans viewed the world. It was a lens that shaped ideas about who belonged and who did not. These were years when only a few people resisted "Jim Crow" laws.
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Justice & Human Rights
Different Perspectives on Migrant Detention
Deepen students’ understanding of the issue of migrant detention by having them consider the diverse perspectives of detained migrants, an immigration lawyer, a border guard, and an immigration judge.
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The Reconstruction Era
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The documents compiled in this collection are suggested for use within the lessons on our Reconstruction era website. Here you will find primary source historical documents and images that can be used as handouts in your classroom. For additional primary source material, you can see our complete unit on this history, The Reconstruction Era and the Fragility of Democracy.
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
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Facing History and Ourselves has created a suite of resources for our educator audience that focuses on the letter exchange between George Washington and the Hebrew congregation of Newport, RI. Lesson plans, videos, and much more will help teachers bring a study of the letter exchange and the issues surrounding it into their classrooms.
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Fostering Civil Discourse
Effective Teaching Strategies
Watch this webinar to hear three classroom teachers discuss teaching strategies and reflect on classroom successes and challenges.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Media Literacy
Elections, Debates, and Cognitive Bias
Use this Teaching Idea to introduce the 2020 presidential debates and reflect on factors that shape our political judgments.
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Justice & Human Rights
Explore Facing History’s Educator Resources on Japanese American Incarceration
Facing History has a range of resources on Japanese and Japanese American incarceration (often referred to as "Japanese internment") during World War II that you can use to accompany the Righting a Wrong poster exhibition.
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Civil Rights Movement
Eyes on the Prize in the Classroom: Voices from the Civil Rights Movement
Watch this webinar to hear Mr. Charles Mauldin, Selma March youth leader, reflect on his experiences as a student activist and the power of young people to spark social change, both during the civil rights movement and today.
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