Resources for Civic Education in Massachusetts
Explore resources that meet the Massachusetts History and Social Science Framework.
Developing Student Agency through History and Literature: Middle School Curriculum
Lead middle school students in an 18-week study of identity, membership and belonging, and civic participation through analysis of historical case studies and literature.
Do You Take the Oath?
Students consider the choices and reasoning of individual Germans who stayed quiet or spoke up during the first few years of Nazi rule.
Exploring Borders and Belonging in Young Adult Literature
On-Demand
Virtual
In this webinar, Malaka Gharib and Randy Ribay discussed the complexity of belonging, and the tangible and intangible borders that can shape it.
Literature and Identity: Our Team’s Book Recommendations on World Book Day
This World Book Day we spoke to the staff at Facing History to find out which books had a profound effect on them as young adults.
Echoes of the Holocaust: Eugenics and Disability in the Time of the Holocaust
On-Demand
Virtual
This webinar featured Dr. Patricia Heberer Rice, senior historian at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and explored how the Nazis used eugenics in their pursuit of “Aryan genetic purity”.
Celebrating Our Communities, Languages and Cultures on World Poetry Day (UK)
On World Poetry Day we are highlighting UK poets who use poetry to represent their communities, promote their cultures and respond to current events.
Borders and Belonging in U.S. History: The Angel Island Immigration Station
On-Demand
Virtual
In this webinar, Dr. Erika Lee & Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation staff explored the history of Asian exclusion and our new C-3 style inquiry on Angel Island.
Begin 2023 by Exploring Identity and Belonging with Facing History
Join an upcoming community event and utilize our multi-part lesson plans to jump into the study of identity and belonging.
Staging the Compelling Question
Students are introduced to the themes of the compelling question by exploring the concept of borders and learning about the Chinese Exclusion Act.
How One Lesbian Couple Defied the Nazis: An Interview with Dr. Jeffrey Jackson
Meet Lucy Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe (better known as Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore), a French lesbian couple who defied the Nazis with art.