A Part and Apart: Inclusion and Exclusion in Our Jewish Communities
Students consider the benefits and challenges of identity labeling and their identity experiences within and outside their Jewish communities.
Targeting the Other: Holocaust and Human Behavior for NYCPS Educators
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New York, NY
This workshop is for New York City Public School middle and high school teachers and will explore how the Nazis used racist ideology to dismantle German democracy. This event will be hosted in-person.
![Photography for Facing History & Ourselves web site and publications.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/8-10-17FacH09496.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=cEEfbWNH)
Advocating for Genocide Prevention: A Q&A With Mike Brand
Genocide prevention advocate Mike Brand talks about the power young people hold in helping to prevent genocides.
![World Refugee Day image.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Responding_with_Humanity_AP_17257567061052_Medium_res.jpg?h=780e8245&itok=04F_OwYN)
Exploring Identity, Agency, and Belonging in an ELA classroom for NYCPS
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New York, NY
This workshop for New York City Public School middle and high teachers will explore ELA classroom resources that deepen students’ understanding of identity and belonging and inspire their sense of agency. This event will be held in-person.
![Teacher holds class discussion in front of a whiteboard](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-11/SL_190523_0501.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=8Cm0geCo)
The Reichstag Fire: The Shift from Democracy to Dictatorship
Germany's Reichstag Fire is seen as a cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy.
![Germans look on as the Reichstag building burns on February 27, 1933.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_1933_ReichstagFire_%20FH229429.jpg?h=40d6a7d7&itok=PBcAxqXk)
Building Bridges in the Fight Against Hate
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Virtual
Jewish and Muslim students and educators share how they're building bridges to foster empathy and nuance while combating hate.
![A number of hands are brought into the center of the picture and stacked on one another.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-08/HandsIn.jpg?h=ec041e41&itok=HuzsU4rM)
Brave Classrooms: Taking on Antisemitism in Schools
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Virtual
This mini-course looks at the history and evolution of antisemitism and presents steps to help students stand up against this form of hatred and bigotry.
![Protestor holding "No Tolerance for Anti-Semitism" sign at demonstration](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-11/CAS_FullRes.jpg?h=ec041e41&itok=rXz9OoYS)
Collective memory: Educational approaches to commemorating trauma
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Virtual
In this workshop for educators in Jewish settings, the Jewish Education Program of Facing History and Ourselves will explore how we can apply what we already know about memory and legacy to the history unfolding in our own time.
![High School student and teacher speaking at a workshop.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-08/High%20School%20student%20and%20teacher%20speaking%20%28FH287262%29.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=bx2__YKL)
The Complexity of Jewish Identity: A Minority Identity in a Dominant Culture
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Virtual
This webinar will explore a new Facing History lesson on how the story of Hanukkah can frame an exploration of the complexity of Jewish identity.
![Teacher holds class discussion in front of a whiteboard](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-11/SL_190523_0501.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=8Cm0geCo)
A Lesson Series on the Complexity of Jewish Identity for Middle School Students
Explore the struggles and triumphs of people navigating the intricacies of their Jewish identities, confronting adversity and shattering assumptions.
![Two young teen Jews talking in a living room](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-05/JEPlesson1.jpg?h=a49d782d&itok=GVppeRV6)
Genocide under the Cover of War
Students learn about the events and choices of the Armenian Genocide and explore the consequences of the genocide from the perspective of survivors.
![Fleeing from death. An Armenian mother on the heights of the Taurus Mountains.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/1915_mother_and_child_in_the_desert_Medium_res.jpg?h=fcb26060&itok=ExhdlGru)