Exploring the Impact of Social Media
Students explore how social media has changed the way people consume information and reflect on their social media use.
Understanding the News
Students develop as critical consumers of news content by thinking about the purpose of the news, whether or not it is impartial and independent, and about their own consumption of news media
Examining Bias and Representation in the Media
Students understand how biases can manifest in media content before considering the impact of media representation.
Introducing Media Literacy
Students explore the importance of media literacy and of being critical consumers of the media. They also begin to consider how the media people consume impacts them and society.
Recap: Digging Deeper at Facing History's Immigration Summit
Facing History reflects on Identity, Membership, and Belonging: A Summit on Teaching Immigration.
8 Resources for Teaching Immigration
Explore resources designed to help educators address immigration in the classroom with curiosity and confidence.
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.
Disrupting the Legacies of Eugenics
Facing History shares on the history of eugenics and encourages educators to bring this important history into the classroom.
10 Questions for the Past: The 1963 Chicago Public Schools Boycott
Students explore the strategies, risks, and historical significance of the 1963 Chicago school boycott, while also considering bigger-picture questions about social progress.
Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries on Teaching Reconstruction
Facing History shares highlights from Dr. Jeffries’ remarks during his engaging presentation concerning the significance and legacy of the Reconstruction Era.
Haiti in Historical Context
Facing History shares on Haiti’s often erased and obscured, yet extraordinary history of resistance.