Revised in 2018, this one-week curriculum introduces students to the history of the Holocaust and the choices of individuals, groups, and nations that contributed to genocide.
This teaching idea contains strategies and activities for supporting your students in the aftermath of a mass shooting, terrorist attack, or other violent event.
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
See more resources from photographer Danny Wilcox Frazier.
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.
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.
Learn about the teacing units created by three educators using the Literacy Design Collaborative‘s task templates and Facing History content.