Using Poetry to Teach US History
Poetry can connect students to the emotions and decisions of experiences of people throughout US history.
How to Choose the Right Images When Teaching about Genocide
Consider this helpful criteria when using challenging imagery as part of genocide education in your classroom.
Developing Media Literacy for Well-being, Relationships, and Democracy: London
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London, UK
Learn new approaches for developing students’ media literacy skills, and help them grow as critical consumers and creators of information. This event will be hosted in-person.
Remembering Little Rock
Facing History shares on efforts to desegregate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957 and provides resources for educators to use with their students to promote historical understanding, critical thinking, social-emotional learning, and civic agency.
Remembering Grace Lee Boggs
The story of Chinese American activist and philosopher, Grace Lee Boggs, provides an inspiring example of the effectiveness of cross-racial organizing work between Black and Asian communities in pursuing racial justice by discovering shared stakes, committing to collective action, and nurturing ongoing resistance.
Disrupting the Legacies of Eugenics
Facing History shares on the history of eugenics and encourages educators to bring this important history into the classroom.
6 New Books on Human Rights
Below are 6 books published in 2021 that speak to underacknowledged dimensions of human rights in history, teaching, and contemporary global society.
5 New YA Books on Women's History
Facing History provides a list of five YA titles that have been released in the last year that make important themes in women’s history and contemporary life accessible to young readers.
8 Resources for Teaching Immigration
Explore resources designed to help educators address immigration in the classroom with curiosity and confidence.
Dr. Gholdy Muhammad on Cultivating Genius
Facing History shares on Dr. Gholdy Muhammad's work which explores how literacy came to be regarded as a critically important lever of social and political transformation within the Black community.
5 New Books on Women's History for 2022
Facing History shares five books that have been released in the last year that address important themes in women’s history.