Explorations: Building More Inclusive Schools in New Jersey with Facing History
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Teaneck, NJ
Join us to learn how we can help you create transformational change in your school’s approach to teaching, learning, and working together. This event will be hosted in person.
The Pursuit of Educational Justice in Boston: A New Historical Investigation
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Virtual
Experience our new C-3 style inquiry on educational justice in Boston, which aims to widen our historical lens of the city in the 1960s and 1970s and draw connections between equity and justice in schools then and now.
Chicago Neighborhoods in History and Today
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Chicago, IL
This workshop will introduce middle school humanities educators to the new inquiry-based unit, Chicago Neighborhoods in History and Today. This event will be held in-person.
Civic Agency and The Pursuit of Democracy: Teaching Civics through History
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New York, NY
In this 3-day in-person seminar, teachers will receive tools and resources to teach a civics elective using the legacies of history to explore the strengths and challenges of our democracy today. This event will be held in-person.
Staging the Compelling Question
Students are introduced to the compelling question by annotating the question and completing an anticipation guide about educational justice.
If You Really Knew Me: Identity, Belonging & Multimedia Storytelling
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Virtual
Join us and PBS/NPR member station KQED for a back-to-school workshop on exploring identity and community building through multimedia storytelling.
Civic Learners, Civic Upstanders: A Residential Seminar for School District Teams
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Babson Park, MA
Grounded in Holocaust and Human Behavior and our principles of civic learning, this four-day in-person learning experience is designed to expand districts’ readiness to adopt Facing History programming. This event will be hosted in-person.
Navigating Jewish American Identity
Students use the ideas of W.E.B Du Bois and historian David Kennedy to explore their own Jewish identities and consider how they coexist with their identities as Americans.
The Child Refugee Debate
Students consider how the debate around the Wagner-Rogers Bill reflected competing ideas in the United States about national identity, priorities, and values.
Dr. King's Legacy and Choosing to Participate
Students analyze Martin Luther King Jr.'s final speech and consider how they can respond to King's challenge to create a more just world.
Memphis in 1968: The Sanitation Workers' Strike
Students learn about the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers’ strike and reflect on the relationship between identity, dignity, and community membership.