Confronting a Violent Past: Red Summer in Chicago
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Chicago, IL
Join us for an interactive workshop to engage in discussions about Red Summer in Chicago and how to bring this history to high school classrooms. This event will be hosted in-person.
The Importance of a Free Press
Students review the First Amendment, understand the importance of a free press, and consider how that freedom can conflict with other societal needs through journalists’ experiences in Ferguson.
Confronting Hate: Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life
On-Demand
Virtual
This webinar featured Patrice O’Neill, the director of Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life. Patrice discussed the process of making the film and its implications in the fight against antisemitism and racism.
The Presence and Absence of Asian America: What Truths Lie Beyond the Headlines
On-Demand
Virtual
This webinar with Asian American Studies scholar and Asian American and Pacific Islander(AAPI) Research Fellow Dr. Janelle Wong and Facing History & Ourselves’ Jasmine Wong covered data on, and responses to anti-Asian American discrimination and violence.
Echoes of the Holocaust: Eugenics and Disability in the Time of the Holocaust
On-Demand
Virtual
This webinar featured Dr. Patricia Heberer Rice, senior historian at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and explored how the Nazis used eugenics in their pursuit of “Aryan genetic purity”.
Honoring Yom HaShoah: We Remember
Learn about and observe Yom HaShoah, also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day, and reflect on its meaning.
Preparing to Teach in Black History Month: Celebrating Our Sisters
On-Demand
Virtual
This one-hour webinar presented approaches and ideas that can complement and strengthen your teaching of 2023’s Black History Month throughout the school year.
Teaching with Current Events Self-Paced Workshop
Self-Paced Course
Virtual
This workshop introduces Facing History’s approach to teaching with current events, which includes reflection, pedagogy, and teaching strategies.
The Afterdeath of the Holocaust: A Conversation with Dr. Lawrence L. Langer
Eminent Holocaust scholar Lawrence L. Langer raises critical questions about the narratives and languages used to characterize the Holocaust.
Lilian Baylis Technology School: An Upstanders Journey
Programme Associate Aqsa Islam spent an engaging day with students taking part in our Upstanders: Choosing to Act drop down day.
Bringing Proximity and Perspective to the Emmett Till Story
Prof. Chris Benson helped develop Facing History’s unit about Emmett Till's murder. He discusses the project and the profound lessons still left to learn.