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.
Headed to NCSS? Make Sure to Connect with Facing History!
Facing History has a booth and is offering three sessions at the 2023 NCSS Annual Conference—join us to learn more about our social studies work.
![People meeting in room](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-11/People%20meeting%20in%20room%2C%20FH2198564.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=VpIPV7Dm)
Meet Joe Nappi: Facing History Educator and New Jersey State Teacher of the Year
Award-winning teacher Joe Nappi talks about his unlikely journey into teaching and the Facing History workshop that changed the course of his career.
![Portrait of Joe Nappi](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-11/jnappi07_copy_2.jpg?h=016341e2&itok=2oAMXKMD)
Allyship in the Classroom: Trans Awareness Week
Trans Awareness Week and Trans Remembrance Day represent an opportunity for teachers to consider how to create an affirming classroom for trans students.
![Supporters at London Trans Pride 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-11/1.jpg?h=57024e64&itok=6nVg82dT)
5 Tips for Speaking across Difference over the Holidays
As social gatherings commence this holiday season, explore these suggestions to help keep dialogue around sensitive topics productive and meaningful.
![A group of friends and family of Indian ethnicity sit at a table set with traditional Indian food. A high angle view from overhead of the food, plates, and dishes at the dining table.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-11/iStock-1064762202.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=zd-9v8JG)
Connect with Facing History at the NCTE Convention
Facing History is sponsoring a booth and presenting two sessions at the 2023 NCTE Conexiones Convention—join us to learn more about our ELA work!
![Attentive people attend meeting.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-11/Attentive_businesspeople_attend_conference.jpg?h=a2226264&itok=hWakk6f1)
Reflections on Plymouth: "This is where our people are."
Cheryl Andrews-Maltais talks about feelings around the Mayflower landing, celebrating Indigenous survival, and how to teach true history.
![Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, Chairwoman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah, is seen on July 8, 2019 in Boston, Boston Herald](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-09/Cheryl%20Andrews-Maltais%2C%20Chairwoman%20of%20the%20Wampanoag%20Tribe%20of%20Gay%20Head%20Aquinnah%2C%20is%20seen%20on%20July%208%2C%202019%20in%20Boston%2C%20Boston%20Herald.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=IjjcaSu_)
Inclusive Leadership: Leverage Your Context
Facing History’s President and CEO offers advice on immersing with one’s community and meeting people where they are.
![Desmond Blackburn at the 2023 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BENEFIT.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-11/20230524FHOA_329.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=B2Voi_lv)
Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life
Facing History’s viewing guide will help you connect with key lessons and messages while watching this important documentary.
![Photograph of Pittsburgh, PA with " Repairing The World: Stories From The Tree Of Life" written](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-04/RepairingWorld_Title.jpg?h=f54bfa0f&itok=BFr1hcon)
8 Resources for Teaching Immigration
Explore resources designed to help educators address immigration in the classroom with curiosity and confidence.
![Illustration of people of different nationalities walking along the Earth.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-04/migration_illustration_iStock-506135132-1.jpeg?h=b440e51e&itok=tkHWZUvH)
The Long Struggle for Indigenous Peoples' Day
For generations the stories of Indigenous Peoples have been sidelined and misrepresented. Indigenous Peoples' Day makes space for this vital history.
![2017 Indigenous Peoples March](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-10/2017_Indigenous_Peoples_March.jpg?h=13cefaf9&itok=d0nPBDfj)
Reflect, Connect, and Take Care: Advice for Leaders
Facing History CEO and President Desmond K. Blackburn shares advice for school and district leaders.
![Facing History CEO Desmond Blackburn speaking at the 2023 South Bay Fundraiser](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/DSC_1303.jpg?h=43f56d19&itok=B0POijLF)