May Assemblies
Download our assembly PowerPoints for the month of March for use with KS3-4 and S1-4 students.
![Pride flag at a pride parade.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-06/toni-reed-QNDe8pKvpbM-unsplash.jpg?h=4656bb00&itok=HdDGT1qf)
Why Our Work Together Matters
A Message from Facing History’s New President and CEO Desmond K. Blackburn, PhD
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A Life Dedicated to Ending Genocide
Benjamin Ferencz helped convict 22 Nazis at the Nuremberg trials and advocated tirelessly to end crimes against humanity.
![Former Chief Prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-04/Former_Chief_Prosecutor_Benjamin_Ferencz_FH131067.jpg?h=81894d79&itok=_kgjDHVn)
Honoring Yom HaShoah: We Remember
Learn about and observe Yom HaShoah, also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day, and reflect on its meaning.
![Sixty pairs of shoes mark the site in Budapest, Hungary, where fascist Arrow Cross militiamen shot Jews and threw their bodies into the river in 1944 and 1945. The memorial opened in 2005.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-04/Shoes_On_The_Danube_Bank_Memorial_FH229489.jpg?h=8ed7bdd6&itok=hik9xZai)
Beyond the Founding Fathers: A More Inclusive Way to Teaching the Founding Era
Facing History’s Ambria Reed discusses the limitations of traditional US history education on the founding era, and offers a more diverse and critical approach.
![Image of the Preamble to the United States Constitution](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-06/WethePeople_FH2187950.jpg?h=dd503c25&itok=8mOdKx06)
Exploring Borders and Belonging in Young Adult Literature
On-Demand
Virtual
In this webinar, Malaka Gharib and Randy Ribay discussed the complexity of belonging, and the tangible and intangible borders that can shape it.
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Integrating Primary Sources into Black History Lessons
Learn Black History directly from the stories of those who lived it.
![Names and photographs of radical members of the South Carolina legislature](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-02/0511001r_0.jpg?h=1d036674&itok=oCV0FyM5)
2022 Annual Report - Facing History UK
We are delighted to share our Annual Report and our highlights from 2021/22.
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)
Literature and Identity: Our Team’s Book Recommendations on World Book Day
This World Book Day we spoke to the staff at Facing History to find out which books had a profound effect on them as young adults.
![House On Mango Street book cover.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-02/House_On_Mango_Street_FH2188156.jpg?h=a1bf1f1e&itok=yDhFk755)
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)