Lessons, Units and Outlines

These lessons and units demonstrate how our resources and our Scope and Sequence can be applied within a classroom setting. Since every learning context is unique, we expect educators to adapt these ideas to their own students' needs. Lessons typically include activities that run between one and two hours. Units are a series of lessons that address the same resource or theme.

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Lessons » Raphael Lemkin: Exploring Lemkin's Actions: The Invention of the Word "Genocide" Lemkin took it upon himself to invent a new word-genocide-to represent acts committed with the intent to destroy a group of people. In this lesson, students will begin to understand Lemkin's notion of what genocide is, as they also consider their own definitions of crimes against humanity and civilization. More Lessons

Units » Darfur Now This unit includes four lessons that provide an introduction to the genocide in Darfur, help students identify how activists have responded to violence in the region, encourage students to think about the complexity of activism and lastly, ask students to connect this material to their own experiences and ideas about activism, genocide, and conflict resolution. More Units

Curriculum Outlines »

Grades 11 & 12 Elective World History
The course draws from the content and methodology of Facing History and Ourselves. Facing History is an international education foundation focusing on curriculum and teacher

Holocaust and Human Behavior Unit Plan for Jewish Day Schools
This course is designed with middle and high school students in mind. The unit outline can and should be adapted to suit the needs of your class. The extent

Unit Plan for Supplementary Jewish Schools
The Facing History and Ourselves Jewish Education Project provides teachers in Jewish educational settings with training, support

United States History / World History - 11th Grade This unit will highlight the dramatically different ways Germany responded to the economic crisis. Students are encouraged to reflect throughout their