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Responding to the 2020 US Presidential Election

Use these activities to help students process their emotional response to the election, find accurate information, and consider the impact of the outcome.

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Free and Fair Elections

Help students reflect on the importance of elections, define “free and fair elections,” and learn about the strengths and weaknesses of electoral systems.

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Fostering Civil Discourse

Now more than ever classrooms must be a place where students can speak openly, listen empathically, reflect, and learn from each other.

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People make choices. Choices make history.

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What We Do

We Support Educators

Teachers can increase student engagement and achievement through Facing History’s innovative approach to civics, social studies, humanities, and language arts education.

We Transform Schools

Our approach to whole-staff professional development, school-wide programming, curriculum sequencing, and more creates school communities committed to issues of ethics, social responsibility, and justice.

We Gather Communities

Facing History convenes community members for meaningful dialogue about today’s most profound and challenging issues. Speakers and topics address what it means to be a citizen in a democratic society and inspire positive change in the world.

How We Do It