Indigenous Resistance, Resilience and Resurgence: The Role of Activism
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Toronto, CA
Experience a holistic day of learning that brings together Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee stories, art, spoken word, connection to land, language rights and activism. This event will be hosted in-person.
![Quote reading "Power presents are and design works that reclaim the word’s primary associations with capitalism, state capitalism, colonialism, and neocolonial. The exhibiting artists and designers use their stirring creative practices to reposition the meaning of power as a strength grounded in respectful relationships, nonbinary worldviews, and emotional intelligence, embedded within practices of decolonization, Indigenization and other meaningful methods that decenter, Eurocentric, Western worldviews"](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-05/IMG_1676.jpg?h=1f8cbfdf&itok=QVBDbBIo)
Nine YA Reading Recs for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Celebrate AAPI coming-of-age stories with this list of YA fiction and non-fiction titles curated by Facing History staff.
![Asian American teen surrounded by creatively stacked library books](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-05/Asian%20American%20teen%20surrounded%20by%20creatively%20stacked%20library%20books%20%28FH2205785%29.jpg?h=6892065b&itok=O-hCcDYt)
Introducing Our New Borders & Belonging Collection
Explore our second thematic teaching collection created for middle and high school ELA classrooms.
![Facing History students bent over working on scattered poster board together](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-04/Facing-History_SJLA_218.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=EjaD0AQD)
Honoring Arab American Heritage, Stories, and Changemakers
Explore the history of Arab people in the United States and how they have shaped American culture and society.
![Arab American Heritage Month banner](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-04/Arab%20American%20Heritage%20Month.%20banner.jpeg?h=d7fe13a8&itok=6OBGoe7J)
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.
![Group Of Young Teen Using Mobile Phones.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-04/Making%20Caring%20Common_Guide%20to%20Online%20Hate%20Speech%20Cover.jpg?h=9d5da6b6&itok=KXktzkbq)
Begin 2023 by Exploring Identity and Belonging with Facing History
Join an upcoming community event and utilize our multi-part lesson plans to jump into the study of identity and belonging.
![Image displaying the statement who are you](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-01/brett-jordan-D44kHt8Ex14-unsplash.jpg?h=f03d1f75&itok=6BCjwZbY)
Staging the Compelling Question
Students are introduced to the themes of the compelling question by exploring the concept of borders and learning about the Chinese Exclusion Act.
![Long border fence.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-01/Long_border_fence_FH2185286.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=ouYCfOSu)
The Presence and Absence of Asian America: What Truths Lie Beyond the Headlines
On-Demand
Virtual
This webinar with Asian American Studies scholar and Asian American and Pacific Islander(AAPI) Research Fellow Dr. Janelle Wong and Facing History & Ourselves’ Jasmine Wong covered data on, and responses to anti-Asian American discrimination and violence.
![Picture of Janelle Wong.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-09/Dr.%20Wong%20%282%29.png?h=18bfecaf&itok=OmcNS84X)
All Community Read: Introducing Judy Heumann’s Being Heumann and Rolling Warrior
On-Demand
Virtual
In this webinar, we introduce educators to Judith Heumann’s 2021 memoir, Being Heumann, an Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist and the young adult version: Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution.
![A student speaks while another listens attentively.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-09/2019_classroomimage_nametagsremoved_FH2109026.jpeg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=xuOv2CjU)
Conversations #BehindtheLens for LGBTQ+ History Month
To mark the month, we talked to three LGBTQ+ creatives working behind the lens about the ways that telling queer stories can cultivate acceptance and tolerance in young people.
![Photo of LGBTQIA+ Pride flags at London Pride 2019](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-02/daniel-james-Dhw68hz9KbA-unsplash.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=emNQZ3SK)
Facing History Is a Family Value
Brian Chancellor shares his family’s Facing History story, from his father’s experience as an educator to his sons’ experiences in classrooms today.
![Portrait of Brian Chancellor and son.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-02/Brian_Chancellor_and_Son_FH2187882_crop.jpg?h=5fff594c&itok=xXYaY4Dj)