Firsthand Accounts of the Great Depression
Read and listen to firsthand accounts of the shame, humiliation, and deprivation experienced by those who lived through the Great Depression.
Taking Found Poems Online
Learn how to implement the Found Poems teaching strategy in an online learning environment. This strategy helps students review material and synthesize their learning by creating a found poem.
US History Curriculum Collection: Course Planning Guide
This Planning Guide supports teachers as they integrate Facing History’s US History Curriculum Collection into their existing US history course.
Begin with the End in Mind Educator Handout
This planning tool helps teachers identify connections between their school context and Facing History’s Social Studies learning objectives and outcomes.
US History Curriculum Maps
This editable curriculum map template provides a space for you to envision how you can incorporate the US History Curriculum Collection into your year-long course.
Quotations on Democracy in South Africa (set 2)
Consider quotes from South Africans about the nature of democracy and what makes it work.
The Republic of Imagination (excerpt)
Author Azar Nafisi discusses the roles of literature and imagination in both repressive states and democracies.
What Is Democracy?
Use this selection of quotes about democracy to prompt reflection on democracy's complex definition.
What Is Democracy? (en español)
Use this selection of quotes about democracy to prompt reflection on democracy's complex definition.
What Is Interfaith Leadership? by Eboo Patel
Read the introduction to Eboo Patel’s new book in which he shares a powerful example of interfaith leadership in a rural Oklahoma community.
A Strength of My Neighborhood
A high school student describes how his neighborhood in Los Angeles helps him feel connected to the traditions of his family’s “old world” heritage in Mexico.