Civic Education
Want to learn how Facing History can help you integrate civic education in your classrooms and schools? Download our 3-page Approach to Civic Education guide for free.
Want to learn how Facing History can help you integrate civic education in your classrooms and schools? Download our 3-page Approach to Civic Education guide for free.
Facing History’s civic education resources and professional learning opportunities support teachers to cultivate a strong sense of civic responsibility and engagement in their students.
Our civic education curriculum teaches students to discern facts from misinformation, connect history with the world around them, engage with others who differ from them and collaboratively explore solutions to complex civic problems.
Our Approach to Civic Education
Drawing on Facing History’s learning journey, our approach to civic education includes opportunities where students explore, learn, and participate and, ultimately, develop informed civic responsibility.
Explore: Facing History centers students’ identities, voices, and lived experiences as they develop civic agency and responsibility.
Learn: Facing History builds students’ civic knowledge and understanding by engaging them in inquiry and analysis of the complexities of history, human experience, and societal issues.
Participate: Facing History creates opportunities for students to learn how to share their perspectives, exercise their voice, and raise awareness in informed and ethical ways using a variety of formats and media.
Teaching Resources for the US Elections
Fostering Civil Discourse: How Do We Talk About Issues That Matter?
Teaching about the 2024 Election & Educating for Civic Participation
Join any or all of the six sessions in this learning series on the health of our democracy, voting and elections, and young people's civic participation.
Our Proven Impact
Our most important measures of success are meaningful academic and civic outcomes for students. In studies conducted over the past 20 years, students report the following as a result of their experiences with Facing History:
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Facing History alumni are more civically engaged than their peers; more likely to vote, to participate in a civic or community group, and to discuss current events. -
93% of Facing History students said Facing History's presence in their school has increased their capacity to understand and feel for people who are different from them. -
81% of Facing History students said Facing History's presence in their school has increased their capacity to think about the impact of their choices.
Featured Civic Resources
Facing History has many classroom-ready curricular resources and professional learning experiences designed to support civic education in your classroom and school contexts. Aligned to core Facing History practices, these resources provide civics lesson plan ideas, instructional strategies, and tools that prepare all students to participate as informed, ethical, and empowered civic actors in our democracy.
Civic Education in California
Civic Education in Massachusetts
