During this webinar, you will be introduced to teaching about the Reconstruction era using an approach that helps students connect this history to their own lives and the choices they make today.
During this webinar, you will be introduced to teaching about the Reconstruction era using an approach that helps students connect this history to their own lives and the choices they make today.
While young people have a huge stake in US elections, historically they don’t show up when it comes time to vote. These teaching ideas allow students to explore youth voter turnout trends and how young people are trying to change them.
View photos by Rodrigo Abd depicting the aftermath of the Guatemalan Civil war.
Presented by Facing History and Ourselves in partnership with the George Washington Institute for Religious Freedom, the Give Bigotry No Sanction project, is anchored in George Washington’s 1790 Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island—a foundational document of religious tolerance. The project inspires thoughtful conversations about matters of religious freedom in our increasingly diverse society.
Photographer Carlos J. Ortiz: Too Young to Die Interview with WBEZ
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See more resources on The Armenian Genocide.
See more resources on the Guatemalan Civil War and its aftermath.
See more resources on the civil war in Sierra Leone that took place from 1991 to 2002.
See more resources on the 1992–1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Interested in learning more about issues of religion in America and issues of faith, identity, and belonging? Check out these additional resources from other organizations.
In this Teaching Idea, students learn about the power of art as a tool for social change and explore how Black Lives Matter activists are using art in the fight for racial justice.