10 Questions for the Past: The 1963 Chicago Public Schools Boycott
Students explore the strategies, risks, and historical significance of the 1963 Chicago school boycott, while also considering bigger-picture questions about social progress.
Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries on Teaching Reconstruction
Facing History shares highlights from Dr. Jeffries’ remarks during his engaging presentation concerning the significance and legacy of the Reconstruction Era.
The Union As It Was
Students examine documents that shed light on life in the South under the policies of Presidential Reconstruction in 1865 and 1866.
Radical Reconstruction and the Birth of Civil Rights
Students learn about the responses to Johnson’s policies by Republicans in Congress and examine the fourteenth amendment that overturned Presidential Reconstruction.
Expanding Democracy
Students reflect on the revolutionary changes that occurred because of the landmark legislation and amendments passed during the Reconstruction era.
The Struggle over Women’s Rights
Students learn about the debate within the women’s rights movement over the passage of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments.
Equality for All
Students explore some of the limitations of Reconstruction's transformation on US democracy and learn about groups who demanded that the promise of equality be made a reality.
Confronting A Violent Past: Red Summer in Chicago
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Chicago, IL
Join us for an interactive workshop to engage in discussions about Red Summer in Chicago and how to bring this history to high school classrooms. This event will be hosted in-person.
Commemorating the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre with Dr. Karlos K. Hill
On-Demand
Virtual
Listen to a conversation with Dr. Karlos K. Hill on the Tulsa Race Massacre's enduring legacy of resilience.
Rethinking America and the Holocaust
On-Demand
Virtual
Explore the motivations, pressures, and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, the European refugee crisis of the 1930s, and the Holocaust. The webinar draws on Facing History’s innovative approach to historical inquiry and groundbreaking new sources from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's special exhibition, Americans and the Holocaust.
Apprendre l’Histoire: Sauvetage dans le Journal de Peter Feigl
À l’aide d’extraits de journal et de documents historiques, les élèves apprennent à connaître les réseaux complexes de sauvetage qui ont coopéré pour sauver la vie d’enfants juifs pendant la Shoah.