Ideas This Week
Ideas This Week is your hub for updates on all things Facing History—from announcements and featured press to expert interviews, impact stories, and essays on the ideas driving our work.
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New Partnership to Combat Bullying & Bias
Our new collaboration with Making Caring Common and The Choose Kindness Project aims to help educators and parents support teenagers’ social-emotional wellbeing.
Corporate Sponsor Spotlight: KLA
Inspired by Facing History’s unique approach, KLA has helped bring our curriculum to hundreds of educators and classrooms across the country.
Why I Am the Educator I Dreamed of Becoming
Facing History Educator Hannah Nguyen describes how her transformative experiences as a student inspired the way she teaches.
Reads for Juneteenth
As we commemorate Juneteenth, we’re revisiting books that helped Facing History staff deepen their learning on the history and many meanings of Black freedom.
Reflecting on Juneteenth
Learn about the history and legacy of Juneteenth and how modern awareness of this commemoration has grown and raised the profile of this important holiday.
July Assemblies
Download our assembly PowerPoints for the month of July for use with KS3 - KS4 and S1-4 students.
Teachers Share How They Are Ending the School Year with Intention
Members of our ELA educator Advisory Board highlight their favorite activities to help end the school year with care and celebration.
Bringing Proximity and Perspective to the Emmett Till Story
Prof. Chris Benson helped develop Facing History’s unit about Emmett Till's murder. He discusses the project and the profound lessons still left to learn.
Pride Month: Celebration, Education, and Setbacks
In June we make space to connect with and lift up the history and contemporary experiences of LGBTQIA+ upstanders.
Celebrating Our Southern California Community of Upstanders
In our annual Southern California Partner School Network Upstander Celebration, we highlight the actions of upstanders within this community.
LA Upstanders: A Digital Gallery
Read inspiring stories of students and educators from our Southern California Partner School Network who have exemplified what it means to be an upstander.