News Literacy in a Digital Age
On-Demand
Virtual
This webinar explores ways teachers can help their students to become informed and effective civic participants in today’s digital landscape.
School Closures and Online Learning: Creating Community, Centering Students
On-Demand
Virtual
Explore strategies and approaches to creating community and sustaining student-centered learning in a digital environment. We consider the challenges of creating an equitable digital experience, share strategies for nurturing your classroom learning community, and consider promising practices to engage students in inquiry, reflection and discussion both online and off-screen.
Teaching Standing up for Democracy in PSHE and Citizenship Lessons
On-Demand
Virtual
Explore our new resource, Standing Up for Democracy, which is suitable for Citizenship, History, PSHE, and Tutor time.
Confronting a Violent Past: Red Summer in Chicago
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Chicago, IL
Join us for an interactive workshop to engage in discussions about Red Summer in Chicago and how to bring this history to high school classrooms. This event will be hosted in-person.
How Do We Restore, Repair, Reconstruct, and Redress?
On-Demand
Virtual
Scholars ask why a multifaceted approach for societal repair is needed, create space with poetry, and examine German efforts to atone for Nazi atrocities. This is a recording of session one of the 2021 Global Summit.
What Possibilities Do Truth Commissions Offer for Redress and Reconstruction?
On-Demand
Virtual
Speakers discuss South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, including its strengths, limitations, and legacies. This is a recording of session two of the 2021 Global Summit.
Facing the Past, Building a Shared Future
On-Demand
Virtual
Scholar Karlos K. Hill discusses the 1921 Tulsa race massacre and the lessons this history offers. This is a recording of session three of the 2021 Global Summit.
The Problems and Potentials of Poetry as Witness
On-Demand
Virtual
Poet Pádraig Ó Tuama leads a discussion about the role of poetry in offering public language. This is a recording of session four of the 2021 Global Summit.
Current Events in Your Classroom: Fostering Dialogue in Divisive Times
On-Demand
Virtual
Learn tips, strategies, and tools you can use in your classroom to help engage students in productive and meaningful discussions about current world issues.
Fostering Civil Discourse in Our Students
On-Demand
Virtual
Learn effective strategies to share with your students so that during the summer they can better listen, empathize and engage in the world around them.
Students as Changemakers: A Conversation with Mary Beth Tinker
On-Demand
Virtual
Explore how educators can support students as changemakers today. This webinar will feature a conversation with activist Mary Beth Tinker, insights from educators, and a new teaching unit designed to promote civic skills in your students.
An Introduction to Facing History's Approach to Teaching 'An Inspector Calls'
On-Demand
Virtual
Learn about our Teaching An Inspector Calls Unit, which provides all of the resources and strategies for you to deliver this titan of texts in an academically rigorous, thought-provoking, and compassionate way.