Ideas This Week
Ideas This Week is your hub for updates on all things Facing History—from announcements and featured press to expert interviews, impact stories, and essays on the ideas driving our work.
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Teaching the History of Human Rights
The visionary project at the heart of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is ripe for revisiting, reflection, and engagement. Educators can use these resources to bring the history and contemporary relevance of the UDHR into their classrooms.
![Mary McLeod Bethune, Eleanor Roosevelt, and others at the opening of Midway Hall, one of two residence halls built by the Public Buildings Administration of Federal Works Agency (FWA) for Negro government girls.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-12/Mary_McLeod_Bethune_Eleanor_Roosevelt_NARA_1943_FH2121581.jpg?h=2f15d1b2&itok=DjG2X0i_)
December Assemblies
Download our assembly PowerPoints for the month of December for use with Key Stage 3 and 4 students.
![Student Emma Mead speaking at the London Benefit Dinner 2016](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-11/ARP160607_FHAO_Print95_Website.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=M4FLa4AC)
November Assemblies
Download our assembly PowerPoints for the month of November for use with Key Stage 3 and 4 students.
![Teacher working with student in classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-11/DSC08323.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=8MZMTgcM)
5 Native-Led Podcasts for Media Literacy
The world of podcasting offers a platform for marginalized peoples to share their stories that would otherwise go unheard. Facing History provides five podcasts produced by Native American individuals dedicated to fostering healing within their own communities through the process of telling their stories and sharing their insights.
![Zoomed in photo of woman recording podcast.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/podcasting2.jpeg?h=2bf4480e&itok=RPLdwPTU)
10 New Books on LGBTQIA+ History and Contemporary Life
Facing History shares ten titles released in the last year that bring important themes in LGBTQIA+ history and contemporary life to the fore, exploring the diverse ways in which this extensive topic is explored by educators, intellectuals, and thought leaders.
![Book cover images of ten LGBTQIA+ novels.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/queerbooklist2.jpeg?h=ca04aa64&itok=H0KONV_z)
10 Resources for Teaching LGBTQIA+ History
Facing History offers a rich array of online exhibitions and primary resources to open and/or revitalize reflection in your classroom about the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people across space and time.
![Female hand with megaphone isolated on LGBT flag background.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/iStock-1291738876.jpeg?h=436b82d4&itok=6C172Kzu)
11 Resources for Teaching About AAPI Experiences
Facing History invites educators to take advantage of the resources we've gathered from a host of cultural institutions to expand what the classroom has to offer on the historical and contemporary experiences of AAPI peoples.
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3 Reads for Teacher Appreciation Week
Facing History provides three essays that speak to just a few of the countless unique roles that educators play in strengthening our communities, as well as some of the stressors teachers face and how schools and communities can better support them.
![Smiling female educator working with students in the classroom.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Untitled%20design%20%2835%29-png.png?h=a6c55029&itok=weFWEHAX)
8 New Books on AAPI Histories and Experiences
Facing History shares eight novels that center important themes in Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) history and contemporary life.
![Collage of eight AAPI book covers.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/AAPIbooks3.jpeg?h=c71fa88c&itok=o2x4-EFN)
4 Tools for Teaching with Poetry
Facing History invites educators to weave poetry into classroom instruction using four of our teaching resources to shed light on historical and contemporary experiences and to help students process their own identities and emotions.
![Wood lettered poetry graphic.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Untitled%20design%20%2834%29.png?h=a6c55029&itok=ynpvxtcP)
5 Timely Reads on Genocide
In response to the outpouring of discussion and debate following President Biden’s statement that Russia’s ongoing assault on Ukraine constitutes genocide, Facing History provides five reads to address crucial questions educators and their students may be asking.
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