Teach with Facing History ELA Learning Experiences
Each of our learning experiences provides activities and resources to explore a core Facing History concept or theme while building key literacy skills.
Coming of Age in a Complex World: A Mini-Course for ELA Educators
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Registration for this event is now closed. Explore hands-on strategies to teach coming-of-age texts and literature, centering students’ identities and lived experiences as young adults.
Use our student-centered teaching strategies to strengthen your students’ literacy skills, nurture critical thinking, and build a respectful and collaborative classroom community.
Media Literacy for Well-being, Relationships, and Democracy for NYCPS Educators
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New York, NY
This workshop for New York City Public School middle and high faculty will explore how to have reflective and constructive conversations with students about media literacy. This event will be held in-person.
This modular ELA collection for grades 7–12 invites students to explore the complicated world of belonging and the tangible and intangible borders that shape it.
Designing Coming of Age Literature Units that Center Student Identity and Agency
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Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Registration for this event is now closed. Join fellow ELA educators to create a unit outline for a Coming of Age text of your choice using our ELA Unit Planning Guide. This event will be hosted in-person in California.
Gauge students’ understanding and interest in a topic by asking them to write down takeaways, questions, and something they enjoyed about a text, film, or lesson.