Facing Today
Facing Today helps educators connect the study of history to issues in our world today. We select current websites, articles, films and blogs that reflect universal themes, such as identity, membership and participation, represented in our scope and sequence. Each media resource is linked to related Facing History materials, including study guides, videos and lessons. A Feature provides an in-depth exploration of a current event. View a list of our Features.
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- Short postJune 23, 2008The Southern Poverty Law Center just released a report "State of Denial: Turkey Spends Millions to Cover Up Armenian Genocide." This report documents the close relationship between Turkey and several American scholars who promote the idea that the murder of over one million Turkish Armenians during WWI was not a genocide.
- Short postJune 23, 2008The PBS program Frontline recently updated their coverage of the genocide in Darfur. Frontline's website allows viewers to watch the television program "On Our Watch" online. The website also includes interviews with politicians and journalists, analysis of events in Darfur, and links to other resources, such as maps.
- Short postJune 6, 2008In the research article, "Imaging Race" (American Psychologist , Feb-Mar 2005), Stanford University psychologist Jennifer L. Eberhardt describes how brain imaging reveals "the neurobiological effects of people's racial beliefs, attitudes, and knowledge in a manner that appears to highlight (both to scientists and to laypeople) the socially constructed nature of race.
- FeatureJune 6, 2008Recent violence against immigrants in South Africa highlights how the treatment of immigrants is an issue that affects nations around the globe. The Economist article, "Give them a better life" describes the current situation in South Africa.
- FeatureJune 6, 2008On June 5, 2008, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, issued a statement to the United Nations Security Council accusing the Sudanese government of contributing to acts of genocide.
- Short postJune 4, 2008(NPR, May 13, 2008) Charla Bear reports on schooling and American Indians in a two part series. The first report, "American Indian Boarding Schools Haunt Many," looks at the history of boarding schools the US government created in the 1800s to assimilate American Indian children.
- FeatureJune 2, 2008(May 29, 2008) The Boston Globe article,"Turkish historian to study genocide," announces the appointment of Taner Akcam as chairman of Armenian Genocide studies at Clark University. Akcam is the author of A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility (2006).
- Short postMay 14, 2008(PBS) Understanding Auschwitz Today is an edited collection of interviews with scholars, writers and students about topics such as "The origins of genocide" and "Why is it crucial to understand.
- Short postMay 14, 2008(Holocaust Studies) "Remembering the Holocaust: Six Key Lessons" is a speech presented by Professor Irwin Cotler at the United Nations headquarters in Europe. In this address, Professor Cotler connects the Holocaust to contemporary genocides, including the current genocide in Darfur, and makes a case for studying the Holocaust in order to prevent future atrocities.
- Short postMay 14, 2008(Christian Science Monitor, May 7, 2008) The article, "American and German students take cross-ocean class on the Holocaust" describes the experiences of Vassar and University of Potsdam students enrolled in a joint course on the Holocaust.
