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.
Summer PD from Facing History is a Game Changer
We create professional learning opportunities that kindle a spark in teachers. We show teachers how to make that spark ignite for their students.
New
![Attendees at 2023 Holocaust and Human Behaviour Summer Seminar](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-07/Attendees%20at%202023%20Holocaust%20and%20Human%20Behaviour%20Summer%20Seminar%20%28FH2195818%29.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=_h0FX8fp)
To Teach or Not to Teach To Kill a Mockingbird
Facing History offers tools that can help you navigate the decision of whether—and how—to teach To Kill a Mockingbird responsibly.
New
![Assigned homework to read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-07/Assigned%20homework%20to%20read%20To%20Kill%20a%20Mockingbird%20by%20Harper%20Lee%20-%20AdobeStock_500334726%20%28FH2208575%29.jpeg?h=b39c5fef&itok=Goj_w_7M)
Paragraph 175 & the Origins of the Pink Triangle
Learn about Paragraph 175 and the origins of the pink triangle, now a reclaimed source of pride and remembrance in LGBTQIA+ communities.
![Marchers carrying a pink triangle with the words: 'Never Forget' at the Lesbian and Gay Pride event, London, 18th June 1994.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-06/GettyImages-1438232625.jpg?h=3fd7e85e&itok=uz7zt64N)
Understanding Our Past and Shaping Our Future During Civic Season
Learn more about Civic Season in this interview with upstander Alex Edgar, Youth Engagement Manager of Made By Us.
![Volunteers plant a tree](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-06/Volunteers%20Planting%20a%20Tree%20%28FH2207952%29.png?h=93522f88&itok=TpyRhe1-)
A Brief History of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 was not always widely known, but that has changed. The lessons of this moment in history remain deeply relevant today.
![Greenwood’s Gurley Hotel After The 1921 Tulsa Massacre](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-06/Greenwood%E2%80%99s%20Gurley%20Hotel%20After%20The%201921%20Tulsa%20Massacre%20%28FH2207953%29.jpg?h=f6328600&itok=8fiV2mPn)
“Learning should never be stagnant.”
Lori Zaimi credits Facing History training for fostering an inclusive and responsive culture among her staff and students.
![Lori Zaimi headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-06/Zaimi_Lori_Photo%20%28FH2207833%29.jpg?h=df78a772&itok=ynJxbs9M)
Donor and Board Member Spotlight: Lamont Jones
Chair of Facing History Chicago’s Membership Committee, Lamont Jones, shares how he honors the lessons of history.
![Lamont Jones at a book signing cropped](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-06/Lamont%20Jones%20at%20a%20book%20signing%20cropped.jpeg?h=f8519acb&itok=OihHQC6d)
YA Books on The LGBTQIA+ Experience
Engage students in important themes raised in these books that center and speak to the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people.
![Illustration of people representing the LGBTQIA+ community](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-10/iStock-1221240434.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=iaemwm_G)
Pride Month: Celebration, Education, and Setbacks
In June we make space to connect with and lift up the history and contemporary experiences of LGBTQIA+ upstanders.
![Photograph of people walking under rainbow flag during Pride parade.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/mercedes-mehling-7J7x8HLXQKA-unsplash.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=-BIyWycg)
Using Poetry to Teach US History
Poetry can connect students to the emotions and decisions of experiences of people throughout US history.
![Examining Passengers Aboard Ships, Vessel Is The Shimyo Maru, Angel Island, California](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-05/00482-2011-001-ac.jpg?h=53deb655&itok=Raq0eT62)
How Palm Beach County, Florida Adopted Facing History Curriculum
Kim Coombs details the process of bringing Facing History into her school district and the value add for teachers.
![Kim Coombs headshot cropped](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-05/22.%205x7Headshot-26.jpg?h=08aa62cc&itok=MFnmBoEl)