New York Stories
- Executive Director and co-founder of "18 in 08," David Burstein exemplifies what he tells the thousands of young people he meets in his travels across the country.
- Gillian Smith is one of those educators whose enthusiasm is contagious and whose energy seems boundless. Good thing, because as the headmaster of the Facing History School, Smith is at the helm of an exciting andchallenging endeavor-providing an in-depth Facing History experience over four years to every student.
- Since attending a Holocaust and Human Behavior Institute in 1998, Nick Maraventano, a social studies and history teacher at a suburban public high school on Long Island, New York, has deeply infused Facing History into his classroom.
- Fairfield, Connecticut - David Burstein believes in the power of film to inspire social movements. "The style of documentary filmmaking is changing so much towards films that can create movements or call people to service.
- by Frank Costanzo and Joe Corsetti; New Haven Academy It's a teacher's dream come true: students arriving to class early and asking for permission to stay longer. Why? What accounts for such enthusiasm? Aren't high school history students supposed to be bored out of their minds? Not when they face history.
- This story describes the innovative approach two veteran Facing History teachers used to explore historical legacies and memorials. This part of the Facing History journey raises questions about how individuals and societies respond to and remember trauma, collective violence, and war.
