477 Results
Ideas This Week
Teaching in the Wake of Recent Mass Shootings
In response to recent mass shootings involving perpetrators targeting innocent people for no other reason than their identities or group membership, Facing History provides teachers with a newly updated resource, Teaching in the Wake of Violence, for guidance on effectively addressing these tragic events with students.
Remembering Grace Lee Boggs
The story of Chinese American activist and philosopher, Grace Lee Boggs, provides an inspiring example of the effectiveness of cross-racial organizing work between Black and Asian communities in pursuing racial justice by discovering shared stakes, committing to collective action, and nurturing ongoing resistance.
5 New YA Books on Latinx Life
Facing History lists five young adult books capturing Latinx experiences that educators can consider sharing with their students.
Complicating "Asian Americans"
Facing History explores the complex story surrounding this term to broaden educators' understanding of and ability to teach about AAPI and API histories and contemporary life.
11 Resources for Teaching About AAPI Experiences
Facing History invites educators to take advantage of the resources we've gathered from a host of cultural institutions to expand what the classroom has to offer on the historical and contemporary experiences of AAPI peoples.
Centering AAPI Students in the Classroom: An Expert Interview
Dr. Guofang Li and Dr. Nicholas D. Hartlep, leading scholars in the field of Asian-American Education, discuss obstacles to delivering quality education to Asian and Pacific Islander American (AAPI) students, the emergence and pervasiveness of the “model minority myth” (or “stereotype”), and how educators can actively center the needs and experiences of their AAPI students.
3 Reads for Teacher Appreciation Week
Facing History provides three essays that speak to just a few of the countless unique roles that educators play in strengthening our communities, as well as some of the stressors teachers face and how schools and communities can better support them.
8 New Books on AAPI Histories and Experiences
Facing History shares eight novels that center important themes in Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) history and contemporary life.
Disrupting the Legacies of Eugenics
Facing History shares on the history of eugenics and encourages educators to bring this important history into the classroom.
Classroom Resources on AAPI History and Contemporary Life
These resources can help you explore the complexities of Asian and Pacific Islander American histories and contemporary experiences with students.
4 Tools for Teaching with Poetry
Facing History invites educators to weave poetry into classroom instruction using four of our teaching resources to shed light on historical and contemporary experiences and to help students process their own identities and emotions.