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Summer Professional Development for Social Studies Teachers

Explore our summer professional development opportunities for social studies educators, including online workshops, webinars, and courses.

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Summer Professional Development for Social Studies Teachers

Facing History & Ourselves is offering an array of professional development opportunities for social studies teachers this summer. Educators will learn a lot through these educational experiences, get to try out new ways of teaching, learn about identity, history, and fairness, and have access to teaching materials based on our unique approach. All will help you be prepared to foster a fair and student-centered learning environment.

Professional Learning

Jul 19, 2024 | 9am - 1pm EDT

Developed specifically for educators in Jewish settings, this workshop serves as a follow-up experience to the Facing History and Ourselves Holocaust and Human Behavior seminar, to assist teachers in Jewish day schools and congregational schools as they tailor the material for their particular settings.

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Professional Learning

Jul 23 - 25, 2024

Virtual

Join us for an exploration of our new collection of US History resources that develop historical inquiry skills and emphasizes students’ capacity for civic agency.

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Professional Learning

Jul 29 - 30, 2024

In this workshop, participants will explore Jewish life in pre-war North Africa, highlighting the diversity of Jewish communities across Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia and integrating stories that are often marginalized in learning about historical Jewish life and the Holocaust. This event will be held in-person.

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Professional Learning

Aug 7, 2024 | 9am - 3pm EDT

Boston, MA

Explore Facing History's new US History Curriculum Collection, which focuses on themes of Democracy and Freedom and provides resources for historical inquiry-based learning while developing students' civic agency. This event will be hosted in-person.

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Professional Learning

Aug 8, 2024 | 9am - 12pm EDT

Virtual

Experience our new C-3 style inquiry on educational justice in Boston, which aims to widen our historical lens of the city in the 1960s and 1970s and draw connections between equity and justice in schools then and now.

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Professional Learning

Aug 13 - 15, 2024

New York, NY

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.

Professional Learning

Aug 14 - 15, 2024

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.

Professional Learning

Self-Paced Course

Virtual

This self-paced online workshop has been tailored specifically for educators in Jewish settings as they move to more equitable practices that enable all students to find their voice and civic agency, become critical thinkers, and be fully engaged in their education.