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.
July Assemblies
Download our assembly PowerPoints for the month of July for use with KS3 - KS4 and S1-4 students.
Classroom Resources on AAPI History and Contemporary Life
These resources can help you explore the complexities of Asian and Pacific Islander American histories and contemporary experiences with students.
Poetry and Identity
Bringing poetry into the classroom introduces a model for creative expression and self-reflection that can help students find their voice.
A Life Dedicated to Ending Genocide
Benjamin Ferencz helped convict 22 Nazis at the Nuremberg trials and advocated tirelessly to end crimes against humanity.
Celebrating Our Communities, Languages and Cultures on World Poetry Day (UK)
On World Poetry Day we are highlighting UK poets who use poetry to represent their communities, promote their cultures and respond to current events.
The Long Journey to Establish a Women’s History Museum
As the National Women's History Museum launches its first physical exhibit, we consider what it means to make space for underrepresented stories.
Literature and Identity: Our Team’s Book Recommendations on World Book Day
This World Book Day we spoke to the staff at Facing History to find out which books had a profound effect on them as young adults.
Facing History Is a Family Value
Brian Chancellor shares his family’s Facing History story, from his father’s experience as an educator to his sons’ experiences in classrooms today.
Conversations #BehindtheLens for LGBTQ+ History Month
To mark the month, we talked to three LGBTQ+ creatives working behind the lens about the ways that telling queer stories can cultivate acceptance and tolerance in young people.
Begin 2023 by Exploring Identity and Belonging with Facing History
Join an upcoming community event and utilize our multi-part lesson plans to jump into the study of identity and belonging.
Disrupting Public Memory: The Story of the National Day of Mourning
Breaking down the historically one-sided narrative about Thanksgiving in the US has been a decades-long effort, led by historians and Indigenous communities.