Enacting Freedom Dreams: Culminating Lesson
In this culminating lesson, students explore how present-day people are enacting freedom dreams and consider what kind of civic actor they want to be.
![An educator stands at the head of a table filled with students in conversation.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-08/2017_classroomimage_FH256889_3200_1600_3.png?h=b7ec06ca&itok=R-YT_W1W)
“My Freedom Dream” Capstone Project
Students expand on the learning they have gained in their year-long study of US History to develop and share their own “freedom dream.”
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Using Survivor Testimony in the Classroom, in Partnership with Generation 2 Generation
On-Demand
Virtual
Support your students’ intellectual and emotional engagement with survivor testimony in the classroom.
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How Can People Promote Belonging in Their Communities?
In the fifth lesson in a five-part series, students learn about community initiatives that promote belonging and counteract hate.
![New York State Senator John Liu and advocates rallied for the passage of a bill to mandate the inclusion of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history in New York public schools at Great Neck on May 21, 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-11/PHOTO-2022-05-21-13-08-31.jpg?h=84071268&itok=ptYYkXor)
Developing Media Literacy for Well-being, Relationships and Democracy
On-Demand
Virtual
Watch this one-hour webinar to explore our unit, Developing Media Literacy for Well-being, Relationships, and Democracy.
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Supporting Question 1: Defining Freedom
Students explore the supporting question, “What can freedom mean in the United States?”
![Norman Rockwell, The Saturday Evening Post March 13, 1943](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-07/Freedom_from_fear.png?h=8f326fd3&itok=hJMGduZU)
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.
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Civic Agency and The Pursuit of Democracy: Teaching Civics through History
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New York, NY
Registration for this event is now closed. 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.
![FHAO Educator at Seminar.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-08/2017_Seminar_FH258839.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=AaK9euTH)
Staging the Compelling Question
Students are introduced to the compelling question by annotating the question and completing an anticipation guide about educational justice.
![Kristina Vancil speaking to students in a Chicago classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-02/SL_190523_0534.jpg?h=a49d782d&itok=KUtAJGSJ)
Supporting Question 1: Defining Educational Justice
Students explore the supporting question, “How did African American, Latinx, and Chinese American Bostonians envision educational justice for their children in the 1960s and 1970s?”
![Youngsters signal from a window in Hyde Park High School on Monday, Sept. 23, 1974 in Boston a generally peaceful day in the city's attempts at school desegregation](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-02/AP7409231508.jpg?h=59fa23e0&itok=zIc8Ovgf)
Reflecting on Media Literacy Skills and their Importance
Students reflect on what they learnt during the unit and discuss the importance of media literacy skills
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