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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Equity & Inclusion
How Two Teenagers Created a Textbook for Racial Literacy
Activist and author Winona Guo discusses the importance of personal narratives in fostering racial literacy and promoting democracy.
![Winona Guo And Priya Vulchi At TED Talk](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-08/24270063028_4e8fb648da_o%20%281%29.jpg?h=b69e0e0e&itok=-tjt-JsC)
5 Ways to Ground Your Teaching in Equity and Justice
Consider these ideas to incorporate or expand your approach to equity and justice curriculum.
![Multicolored Hands Raised.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-07/Multicolored_Hands_Raised_FH2187409.jpg?h=e4f8c841&itok=UYqkzmWR)
Honoring Harry Belafonte by Teaching Civil Rights
Build on Harry Belafonte's work toward realizing the full promise of our democracy with these civil rights resources.
![Marchers with signs at the March on Washington, 1963](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Resistance_1963_MarchOnWashington_%20FH21262.jpg?h=9c99f020&itok=1rJhfCQU)
Standing up for Disability Rights: A Day of Reflection & Action
In honor of disability awareness & disability rights activist Judy Heumann, Facing History is hosting a day of reflection & action on March 30, 2023.
![Graphic of US Flag and Multi-Colored Figures Including the Disability Access Symbol](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/US_Flag_And_Multi_Colored_Figures_Including_The_Disability_Access_Symbol_Graphic_FH2189035.png?h=e9403ca4&itok=gBPt-Bez)
6 Essays on Women's History
Women’s History Month each year provides teachers a chance to take a deeper dive into the histories and experiences of women around the globe in work with their students.
![Young Women Reading A Small Book](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/iStock-1127066336.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=Td9uTdcc)
Fannie Lou Hamer: Unsung Woman of the Civil Rights Movement
Black voter suppression in Mississippi became a national concern due to Fannie Lou Hamer’s leadership during 1964’s Freedom Summer.
![Fannie Lou Hamer black & white photo](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-04/Fannie_lou_hamer_photo.jpeg?h=af4cbb7e&itok=3arAYibL)
Remembering Judy Heumann and Honoring Her Legacy
Facing History’s David Levy recalls learning about Judy Heumann and how she inspired his own advocacy for disability rights.
![A headshot of Judy Heumann, a white woman with shoulder-length brown hair wearing red glasses, a blue v-neck shirt, and a gold necklace. She is smiling warmly.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/Judy_Headshot_0.jpg?h=38f9b4ca&itok=IxgQlFzi)
Stories Defined and Told by Women
Since recorded history, women have always found memorable ways to share their narratives and ensure that their stories do not go untold.
![Picture of four women wearing colorful clothing embracing.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/vonecia-carswell-0aMMMUjiiEQ-unsplash.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=wZCCXyVd)
Reckoning with Our Past: The Legacy of Migration and Belonging in US History
Learn about the United States’s immigration quota system and its history of discrimination.
![Picture of The Statue of Liberty.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-02/iStock-1163536198.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=gI7gk26C)
March Assemblies
Download our assembly PowerPoints for the month of March for use with Key Stage 3 and 4 students.
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Conversations #BehindtheLens for LGBTQ+ History Month
To mark the month, we talked to three LGBTQ+ creatives working behind the lens about the ways that telling queer stories can cultivate acceptance and tolerance in young people.
![Photo of LGBTQIA+ Pride flags at London Pride 2019](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-02/daniel-james-Dhw68hz9KbA-unsplash.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=emNQZ3SK)