School Leaders Institute: Creating an Equitable School Culture and Climate
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Virtual
Join our summer institute for leaders and administrators to discover how to create caring, inclusive school communities, drive better outcomes for students, and connect with other leaders.
Teaching Democracy and Freedom: Facing History’s Approach to US History
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Boston, MA
Explore Facing History's new US History Curriculum Collection, which focuses on themes of Democracy and Freedom and provides resources for historical inquiry-based learning while developing students' civic agency. This event will be hosted in-person.
The Complexity of Jewish Identity: A Minority Identity in a Dominant Culture
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Virtual
This webinar will explore new Facing History lessons on how the core narratives of Jewish holidays can frame an exploration of the complexity of Jewish identity.
California Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education: Summer Institute
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Los Angeles, CA
Registration for this event is now closed. Join Facing History - and 13 educational organizations - for the second annual California Teachers Collaborative Summer Institute. This three-day institute is for California high school and middle school educators who seek to enhance their teaching of the Holocaust and genocide. This event will occur in person.
Teach with Facing History ELA Learning Experiences
Each of our learning experiences provides activities and resources to explore a core Facing History concept or theme while building key literacy skills.
Coming of Age in a Complex World: A Mini-Course for ELA Educators
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Explore hands-on strategies to teach coming-of-age texts and literature, centering students’ identities and lived experiences as young adults.
28 Social-Emotional Learning Activities for the Classroom
Use these simple social-emotional learning activities to incorporate SEL in your lesson plans and classroom routines.
Teaching Strategies
Use our student-centered teaching strategies to strengthen your students’ literacy skills, nurture critical thinking, and build a respectful and collaborative classroom community.
Eight Recommended YA Books That Celebrate Immigrants
Facing History staff share engaging and insightful YA books in commemoration of Immigrant Heritage Month
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Borders & Belonging
This modular ELA collection for grades 7–12 invites students to explore the complicated world of belonging and the tangible and intangible borders that shape it.
Interview with Rwandan Genocide Survivor Jacqueline Murekatete
Jacqueline Murekatete details her unlikely survival during the Rwandan genocide, and why sharing survivor testimony is critical to genocide prevention.