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.
Top Five ELA Resources for Teachers
Discover our most popular ELA resources of the year and get inspired as you plan for 2024.
Who are we without our values?
The values that lead Facing History extend beyond the classroom. Our entire community are participants in the work we do.
Shine A Light: Standing Together against Antisemitism
Facing History partners with Shine A Light to combat antisemitism, and explore how antisemitism shows up in classrooms, communities, and digital spaces.
December Assemblies (UK)
Download our assembly PowerPoints for the month of December for use with S1-S4 and KS3-KS4 students.
Headed to NCSS? Make Sure to Connect with Facing History!
Facing History has a booth and is offering three sessions at the 2023 NCSS Annual Conference—join us to learn more about our social studies work.
Storytelling with Friends and Family
Facing History offers some how-tos—for in and outside the classroom—on how to encourage storytelling and ways to engage with meaningful oral histories.
Honoring Transgender Day of Remembrance
Teachers and others can use these resources to learn about Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20.
Meet Joe Nappi: Facing History Educator and New Jersey State Teacher of the Year
Award-winning teacher Joe Nappi talks about his unlikely journey into teaching and the Facing History workshop that changed the course of his career.
5 Tips for Speaking across Difference over the Holidays
As social gatherings commence this holiday season, explore these suggestions to help keep dialogue around sensitive topics productive and meaningful.
Connect with Facing History at the NCTE Convention
Facing History is sponsoring a booth and presenting two sessions at the 2023 NCTE Conexiones Convention—join us to learn more about our ELA work!
Reflections on Plymouth: "This is where our people are."
Cheryl Andrews-Maltais talks about feelings around the Mayflower landing, celebrating Indigenous survival, and how to teach true history.