The Pursuit of Educational Justice in Boston
This 7–9 day C3-aligned inquiry explores the compelling question, “What can we learn from Boston’s past about what it takes to make progress toward educational justice today?”
![Motorcycle police escort school buses as they leave South Boston High School](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-02/AP578859834926.jpg?h=81d02d30&itok=pvLW0Jse)
Being Seen: Becoming Who You Want to Be
Designed for students in grades 7-8, this text set includes lesson plans and multi-genre texts for a two-week unit exploring the essential question “How do we become who we want to be in the world?”
![Female students engage in classroom discussion.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-11/Los_Angeles_Classroom_2018_FH287371.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=eH1zDwbJ)
Discussing Contemporary Islamophobia in the Classroom
This unit is designed to help students in the UK reflect on how Islamophobia manifests in contemporary society and what needs to be done to challenge it.
![Students participating in a discussion.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/High_School_Students_Classroom_2015_FH137533.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=W0ZFmcjY)
The Holocaust and Jewish Communities in Wartime North Africa
Explore the impact of the Holocaust and World War II on Jewish communities in North Africa in this 3-lesson mini-unit.
![A group of people walk down a street in Casablanca.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/717620_unit_banner.jpg?h=2a25a39c&itok=fSS2691Y)
From Fitting In to Belonging: Understanding the Forces That Shape Belonging
Designed for students in grades 7 and 8, this text set includes lesson plans and multi-genre texts for a two-week unit exploring the essential questions, “What are the forces that shape belonging? How can we reduce barriers to belonging for ourselves and others?”
![Students eating together](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-03/Facing-History_SJLA_184.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=saVDWo2D)
Reimagining Home
This text set includes lesson plans and multi-genre texts for a two-week unit exploring the essential question, “How can reimagining ‘home’ empower us to define how and where we belong in the world?”
![Portrait of a teenage girl on a rooftop, reading a comic and enjoying the sunset.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-08/iStock-1483645445.jpg?h=140710cd&itok=mDVZtRff)
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.
![Book Cover of Woman: The American History of an Idea](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-04/woman_book_cover_image_red.jpeg?h=ca0659a5&itok=HGXdCSu2)
4 Resources on Refugee Crises in Global Context
Explore resources that offer additional points of entry that educators can use to situate the Ukrainian refugee crisis in broader global histories of displacement and highlight its connections to other refugee crises unfolding around the globe.
![The definition of refugee spotlighted on a page](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-04/refugee_typed_definition_spotlight_image.png?h=a6c55029&itok=aVin1aQI)
10 Virtual Exhibitions on Women's History
Facing History provides links to 10 virtual exhibitions that teachers can use to introduce students to women's history.
![Woman waving at her computer while on a virtual call](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-04/woman_waving_computer_video_photo.jpeg?h=140710cd&itok=9ZnAKPzd)
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.
![The words, "human rights" are highlighted within a text.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-04/istock-178100128_human_rights_text.png?h=a6c55029&itok=rh8-tcu0)
Three Good Things
Students practice gratitude by naming and recording three good things that have happened that day.
![Two students look to the front of the classroom with smiles on their faces.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/ClassroomImage_LA_FH116218.jpg?h=265e640d&itok=vIAV-cLY)