Ideas This Week
Ideas This Week is your hub for updates on all things Facing History—from announcements and featured press to expert interviews, impact stories, and essays on the ideas driving our work.
YA Books on The LGBTQIA+ Experience
Engage students in important themes raised in these books that center and speak to the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people.
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Pride Month: Celebration, Education, and Setbacks
In June we make space to connect with and lift up the history and contemporary experiences of LGBTQIA+ upstanders.
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Using Poetry to Teach US History
Poetry can connect students to the emotions and decisions of experiences of people throughout US history.
![Examining Passengers Aboard Ships, Vessel Is The Shimyo Maru, Angel Island, California](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-05/00482-2011-001-ac.jpg?h=53deb655&itok=Raq0eT62)
Overcoming Polarization: The Importance of Civil Discourse in a Divided World
Facing History offers tools that can help navigate conversations on polarizing topics with empathy, self-awareness, and critical thinking.
![Male professional talking to group around a table](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-05/FH2201156.jpg?h=62ea6fdc&itok=AnExRegn)
Teachers Say Teaching for Equity and Justice Makes a Difference
Teaching for Equity and Justice fosters equity awareness in order to build more inclusive classrooms and improve school culture.
![Woman Leading Meeting In An Office System](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-05/FH2205364.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=ZpF6p0Bj)
How to Choose the Right Images When Teaching about Genocide
Consider this helpful criteria when using challenging imagery as part of genocide education in your classroom.
![Turk Soldiers Are Convoying Armenian People For Execution, April 1915](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-04/Marcharmenians%20%281%29%20%281%29.jpg?h=0f74feae&itok=ic14Akbb)
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.
![Jacqueline Murekatete speaking into a microphone](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-04/JM4.jpg?h=76931a7c&itok=eh4h25ma)
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.
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Women's Power in the Struggle for Freedom and Equal Rights
Throughout history, women have shaped and advanced human rights and democratic ideals by challenging societal norms and championing gender equality and civic freedom.
![Woman protesting for women's rights in Iran](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-03/Woman%20protesting%20for%20women%27s%20rights%20in%20Iran.png?h=81b0ed00&itok=WZ9tuLuT)
Nothing about Us without Us: Promoting Disability History and Awareness in Classrooms
Explore resources to bring disability education into your classroom and support progress towards an inclusive and equitable society.
![Graphic image of disability pride flag](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-03/Disability_Pride_ITW_Header.jpg?h=c9a3a702&itok=V-MHz74-)
The Resilience and Leadership of Women
The stories and achievements of women past and present offer lessons on how each of us can work as upstanders and advocate for true gender equality.
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