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Holocaust Memorial Day: Reflections on One Day
On-Demand
Virtual
Gain ideas and inspiration for how to mark Holocaust Memorial Day in your classroom.
![Closeup of people holding candle vigil in darkness expressing and seeking hope](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/CandleVigil_FH2105618.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=HUzhC2LZ)
A Facing History Approach to PSHE/SMSC
On-Demand
Virtual
This webinar explores Standing Up for Democracy, a Facing History & Ourselves resource which is suitable for Citizenship, History, PSHE, and Tutor time.
![Students at their desks.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/sedgehillY10-021115-nk-HR-11.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=NrXh5q2V)
The Sharps’ Dilemmas
Students are introduced to upstanders Waitstill and Martha Sharp, an American minister and his wife who undertook a rescue mission to help save Jews and refugees fleeing Nazi occupation.
![Martha and Waitstill Sharp wave to a crowd before leaving New York City for Europe. Martha wears a corsage of flowers on her coat and holds a bouquet of flowers in her left hand. Stamped in ink on verso: "Photo by William T. Hoff, New York Municipal Airport"](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-09/Martha_and_Waitstill_Sharp_waving_for_Web_or_Office_Use.jpg?h=a9a611f7&itok=ld5w1FcD)
Ukraine: Discussing the War and Refugee Crisis with Students
Use this lesson to help students process how they are feeling about the devastating war in Ukraine, develop media literacy in what news they consume and how, and explore the mounting refugee crisis.
![Ukrainian Refugees crossing a fallen bridge.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/2022_RussiaUkraineConflict_FH2168262.jpg?h=7fb2964e&itok=suTcwNTN)
LGBTQIA+ History and Why It Matters (UK)
Students learn about two millennia of LGBTQIA+ history and reflect on how that history is represented in their textbooks and curricula.
![Cropped LGTBQIA+ history and why it matters banner.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/UpdatedLGBTQHistoryAndWhyItMattersBannerCropped1800_605px.jpeg?h=82fc6e7e&itok=SreY0hay)
Introducing the Concept of Race
Use this lesson to help your students understand more about the origins of race as a socially constructed concept and racism as a force that shapes society.
![Students at their desks.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/sedgehillY10-021115-nk-HR-11.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=NrXh5q2V)
Addressing Racist and Dehumanising Language
Use this lesson when your students are engaging with a text that contains racist and dehumanising language.
![Uniformed high school students write at their desks.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/DSC08537.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=iu11BSxz)
Creating a Society in Which Everyone Can Thrive
Use this lesson to help your students explore the impact of racism in the UK and what can be done to challenge it.
![Uniformed school students complete assignments at their desks.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/High_school_students_2019_FH2117946.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=8qcu1mxL)
Creating Student Projects
Help students develop a larger understanding and appreciation of the Jewish resistance movement during the Holocaust.
![Black and white photograph of six Jewish partisans standing in a forest clearing](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-12/4f728076-da8b-4921-a9c2-26834c0b5d06jpgpagespeedcejNOI-oC_Xq.jpg?h=fff89ad5&itok=PdRWicBS)
Sonia Orbuch: Becoming a Partisan
Explore the choices of Jewish partisan Sonia Orban, and gain a deeper understanding of the complexities that young people faced during the German occupation of Poland.
![Sonia Orbuch, a Jewish partisan in Poland during the Holocaust, and her husband on their wedding day in 1945.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_2016_PartisanSoniaOrbuchafterWorldWarII_FH227675.jpg?h=01b11b5d&itok=fXjQZD3M)
Vitka Kempner: Identity and Resistance
Explore the choices of Vitka Kempner, a Jewish partisan who chose to resist the Nazis.
![Picture of Vitka Kempner](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-12/Vitka_Kempner.jpeg?h=8276ab78&itok=5w9R8E7w)