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.
Top 5 Teaching Strategies + Simple Classroom Examples
Refresh your go-to list of effective ways to engage students with Facing History’s top five trending teaching strategies.
!["TOP 5" written on a notebook](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-07/TOP_5_written_on_a_notbook_graphic_FH2194234.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=pYEZdg5m)
Preparing For The Future: Upcoming Professional Development For School Leaders
Learn how Facing History’s professional development offerings can help support school leaders in meeting your school’s goals.
![Three educators in a school hallway](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-07/Educators_in_Hallway_FH2194336.jpg?h=0347b892&itok=cGSrmMt5)
How Anti-LGBTQIA+ Legislation is Affecting Students and Teachers in 2023
Legislation targeting queer youth is at an all-time high. Learn more about this troubling trend and get tools to help you foster inclusion and support for all students.
![A group of people walking down a street holding signs that read "Equality" and "Defend LGBTQ+ Youth".](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/aiden-craver-jQJiN9ukkuE-unsplash.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=-WACzMlc)
New Partnership to Combat Bullying & Bias
Our new collaboration with Making Caring Common and The Choose Kindness Project aims to help educators and parents support teenagers’ social-emotional wellbeing.
![Mom and son working on a project](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/pexels-rodnae-productions-7605833.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=LLXsi0Dn)
Corporate Sponsor Spotlight: KLA
Inspired by Facing History’s unique approach, KLA has helped bring our curriculum to hundreds of educators and classrooms across the country.
![KLA Corporation Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/KLA_Logo_header_500x393.jpg?h=85360e16&itok=IzwPIFtk)
Why I Am the Educator I Dreamed of Becoming
Facing History Educator Hannah Nguyen describes how her transformative experiences as a student inspired the way she teaches.
![Hannah Nguyen Classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/031219_OMC10267_Hannah_Nguyen_26.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=2exkSmtK)
July Assemblies
Download our assembly PowerPoints for the month of July for use with KS3 - KS4 and S1-4 students.
![Poetry Graffiti](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/Poetry_Graffiti_StockPhoto_FH2190020_0.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=SkP_lAOH)
Celebrating Our Southern California Community of Upstanders
In our annual Southern California Partner School Network Upstander Celebration, we highlight the actions of upstanders within this community.
![Photograph of the Upstander convening in Los Angeles in 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-05/DSC_0840.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=LkTeIVv6)
LA Upstanders: A Digital Gallery
Read inspiring stories of students and educators from our Southern California Partner School Network who have exemplified what it means to be an upstander.
![Photograph of students gathered together.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/DSC_0821.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=1t4K5wnn)
Revisiting “The Hill We Climb”
Amanda Gorman's poem speaks to a shared American experience that resonates with youth and inspires hope.
![National youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman recites her inaugural poem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-05/AP_21020703530611_fullres.jpg?h=68813a66&itok=-3PF1h0C)
Belonging, Connections and Growth: Reflections on an Exchange
Two teachers share how a school exchange trip had a lasting impact on staff and students alike, and how Facing History UK helped to make it happen.
![Carla March Ferrer and Sanum Khan are educators at Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School, in Aylesbury, U.K.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-05/2.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=Gf0w1bor)