Upcoming Professional Development

Using Facing History’s resource book Race and Membership in American History: The Eugenics Movement, this seminar will explore how ideas of race were developed and used to define degrees of citizenship and membership in American society. We will explore the emergence of eugenics early part of the 20th century and the echoes and legacies of this movement today. Additionally, this year’s seminar will explore the scientific advances that have occurred since the 2002 publishing of the resource book and the moral and ethical challenges presented by these scientific advance.

Graduate level professional development units available upon request.

This seminar explores the Reconstruction Era in the United States and the challenges of creating a just democracy in a time of deep division.

This seminar introduces educators to Facing History's resource, Teaching Mockingbird, which incorporates civic education, ethical reflection, and historical context into a literary exploration of Harper Lee's beloved novel.

CTLE hours available for New York State teachers

Studying the Holocaust using Facing History’s approach allows students to wrestle with profound moral questions while fostering their skills in ethical reasoning, critical thinking, empathy, and civic engagement—all of which are critical for sustaining democracy. This seminar is intended for middle and high school teachers.

About Blended Seminars:
Especially for educators who have demanding schedules! A week before the face-to-face event, participants begin their seminar work online in an interactive course. They then meet in person for three days. 

Online Modules:
7.10.18 - 7.16.18

In 1957, nine black teenagers faced the threats of angry mobs when they attempted to enter Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The desegregation of Central High following Brown v. Board of Education ignited a crisis historian Taylor Branch describes as “the most severe test of the Constitution since the Civil War.” Facing History’s unit explores civic choices—the decisions people, including young people, make as citizens in a democracy. Those decisions, both then and now, reveal  that democracy is not a product but a work in progress, a work that is shaped by the choices that we make about ourselves and others.

This workshop provides tools and strategies to help prepare your classroom, school community and students to practice civil discourse, an essential skill for effective civic participation.

Studying the Holocaust using Facing History’s approach allows students to wrestle with profound moral questions while fostering their skills in ethical reasoning, critical thinking, empathy, and civic engagement—all of which are critical for sustaining democracy. This seminar is intended for middle and high school teachers.

About Blended Seminars:
Especially for educators who have demanding schedules! A week before the face-to-face event, participants begin their seminar work online in an interactive course. They then meet in-person for three days. 

Online Modules:
7.17.18 - 7.23.18

How can educators create inclusive, student-centered spaces of belonging for adolescents who struggle with issues of trust, freedom, and responsibility?  Join us to explore lessons, strategies,and relationship-building opportunities using Facing History’s new resource, “My Part of the Story,” that can help you do just that.

This workshop is intended for middle and high school administrators, counselors, social studies, US History, English/Language Arts and humanities teachers.

 

In today’s world, questions of how to best build and maintain democratic societies that are pluralistic, open, and resilient to violence are more relevant than ever. Studying the Holocaust allows students to wrestle with profound moral questions raised by this history and fosters their skills in ethical reasoning, critical thinking, empathy, and civic engagement—all of which are critical for sustaining democracy.

In today’s world, questions of how to best build and maintain democratic societies that are pluralistic, open, and resilient to violence are more relevant than ever. Studying the Holocaust using Facing History’s approach allows students to wrestle with profound moral questions raised by this history and fosters their skills in ethical reasoning, critical thinking, empathy, and civic engagement—all of which are critical for sustaining democracy. This seminar features the fully revised, digital edition of Holocaust and Human Behavior and is intended for educators in a Jewish setting.

This seminar is at capacity. Please register to be placed on a waitlist.

In today’s world, questions of how to best build and maintain democratic societies that are pluralistic, open, and resilient to violence are more relevant than ever. Studying the Holocaust using Facing History’s approach allows students to wrestle with profound moral questions raised by this history and fosters their skills in ethical reasoning, critical thinking, empathy, and civic engagement—all of which are critical for sustaining democracy. This seminar features the fully revised, printed edition of Holocaust and Human Behavior and is intended for Recommended for 6-12th grade U.S. history, world history, humanities, or English language arts teachers committed to implementing a four-week (or more!) Facing History unit.

CTLE hours available for New York State teachers

Learn about Facing History’s new Canadian resource, Stolen Lives: The Indigenous Peoples of Canada and the Indian Residential Schools. This seminar will introduce educators to strategies and resources that will engage students in learning about this important history, while connecting to the devastating effects the residential schools have had on former students, their families, and entire indigenous communities.

The shooting of Michael Brown and the protests that followed became a flashpoint for the discussion about race, policing, and justice. Using the information aftermath of Ferguson and a new unit co-created by Facing History and Ourselves and the News Literacy Project, this workshop will examine how implicit biases shape our understanding of the world, and how news literacy skills and concepts can help students find reliable information to make decisions, take action, and become effective civic participants in today’s complex information landscape.

 

Explore questions of belonging and identity while considering the history and contemporary realities of immigration in the United States in this seminar.

CTLE hours available for New York State teachers