San Francisco Bay Area Stories
- In schools where in-depth Facing History courses exist, and teachers "go long and go deep" on issues such as Holocaust and Human Behavior, Race and Membership in American History, Transitional Justice, and other topics, Facing History is often able to bring in a speaker as a culminating aspect of a unit of study.
- Can one class in high school influence someone's career path? In Jemma McPherson's life, this seems to be the case. She was profoundly influenced by a theology class she took her junior year at Convent of the Sacred Heart in San Francisco.
- A Facing History course introduced in the 2004-2005 school year at St. Francis High School in Mountain View, California inspired students to see how they could make a difference in their community. Teacher Heather Washington's course on Holocaust and Human Behavior was an eye-opening experience for many students.
- "Facing History educates me to educate my students toward an understanding of the issues that matter to them. Facing History revolutionizes my teaching . . . almost daily!" -Mark Davis, Sacred Heart Preparatory School Mark Davis has been a teacher since 1986.
- Teaching the history of Weimar Germany has taken on new depth in several Facing History classrooms in the San Francisco Bay Area. At Arroyo High School in San Lorenzo, Regina Ellis was introduced to Facing History's Weimar Module during her participation in a 2003 Summer Institute.
