New Downloadable Classroom Posters | Facing History & Ourselves
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New Downloadable Classroom Posters

Inspire and engage students with motivational classroom posters designed to foster a thoughtful and reflective learning environment.

Facing History & Ourselves shares your commitment to generating a thoughtful learning atmosphere with images, quotes, and student work. We are excited to share six new classroom poster designs available for download and self-printing. 

Our colorful 19 in. x 27 in. posters include historical and contemporary upstanders such as Rosa Parks, Mahatma Gandhi, Malala Yousafzai, Elie Weisel, and Harvey Milk, and Facing History alum upstanders, plus representation of our highly requested Scope & Sequence journey. These motivational classroom posters are perfect for history, civics, and social studies classrooms. They would also make a great addition to an English language arts classroom.

Preview New Classroom Posters

The Facing History Journey Poster

An illustration of a component of our pedagogy which describes the journey of discovery about oneself and others and includes the following phases: 

The Individual & Society: What has shaped my identity and how does my identity influence my choices and actions?

We & They - How does my identity connect me to or disconnect me from others?

Case Study - How do the choices people make shape history?

Memory, Judgement & Legacy - How does the past affect me today and what parts of history are important for me to remember?

Choosing to Participate - What can I do, large or small, to make a positive difference in the world?.

People Make Choices. Choices Make History Poster

Facing History’s tagline “People make choices. Choices make history” and prominent contemporary and historical upstanders: Judy Heumann, Sylvia Mendez, Harvey Milk, Malala Yousafzai, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Mahatma Gandhi, Marsha P. Johnson, Benjamin Ferencz, Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, César Chávez, Elie Wiesel, and Rosa Parks.

Durias D. Student Upstander Poster

A quote from Facing History alum Durias: "To change the narrative, first I needed to find my voice."

Amal A. Motivational Quote Poster

A quote from Facing History alum Amal: "Youth are strong. If we believe in our strength, we can change and improve our world."

Elizabeth Eckford Historical Upstander Poster

A quote from Elizabeth Eckford, civil rights activist and one of the Little Rock Nine: “Real change is incremental and doesn't proceed in a straight line."

George Takei Historical Upstander Poster

A quote from George Takei, actor, LGBTQIA+ activist, and Japanese-American internment camp survivor: "It seems important for a nation to know about its glorious achievements, but also to know where its ideals failed in order to keep that from happening again."

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