Today is International Human Rights Day, marking the 65th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document signed in the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust.
Topics: Choosing to Participate, Video, Civil Rights, Holocaust and Human Behavior, Universe of Obligation, Media Skills, Holocaust Education, Online Learning, Flipped Classroom, Facing Technology
Yesterday we said goodbye to a great teacher.
Topics: Choosing to Participate, Video, Civil Rights, Decision-making, Restorative Justice
As part of Facing History’s revision of our Facing History: Holocaust and Human Behavior resources, we will be making new videos available to you for classroom use. Check out two new series today! Any of these clips would fit well in a flipped classroom exercise.
Topics: Antisemitism, Video, Holocaust and Human Behavior, Media Skills, Holocaust Education, Flipped Classroom, Facing Technology
What does national identity mean to you?
Topics: Holocaust and Human Behavior, Media Skills, Critical Thinking
There has been a great deal written recently about the value of a using a "flipped" classroom approach to teaching. (For context, see this helpful article on the New York Times Opinionator blog.) While the method is still too new for us to know the long-term impact on students and on our teaching practice, we do know one thing: the "flipped classroom" approach creates opportunities for personalized learning, helps teachers use classroom time more efficiently, and allows us to incorporate technology into homework as well as classroom exercises.
Topics: Holocaust Education, Assessment, Flipped Classroom, Facing Technology
In this new video, psychologist Deborah Plummer describes what she calls a "transracial society": "All of us inhabiting the earth [together]." Do we live in a transracial society today? Plummer says no, but offers ideas on how we can get there:
Topics: Safe Schools, Holocaust and Human Behavior, School Culture, Media Skills, Critical Thinking
Last week, news broke about the discovery of 1,500 pieces of artwork – art that Nazis had confiscated during World War II. Found in a Munich apartment, the paintings included works by artists Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Marc Chagall, among others.
Topics: Art, Video, Holocaust and Human Behavior, Innovative Classrooms, Media Skills, Museum Studies, Holocaust Education, Online Learning, Restorative Justice, Flipped Classroom
"Stereotypes are one way by which history affects present life," social psychologist Claude Steele says in this video about the history of stereotypes and how negative stereotypes impact us toda
Topics: Safe Schools, Stereotype, Holocaust and Human Behavior, School Culture, Critical Thinking
Next Tuesday is Election Day in the United States. How do we get students to understand that their voice counts – at election time and for the rest of their lives? The multimedia resources in this Facing History toolkit provide a thoughtful introduction to the history of voting, elections, and civic participation in different communities around the globe. From case studies on the Holocaust to films about the civil rights era, each resources reveals profound lessons about participating in democracies and the power of voting.
Topics: Choosing to Participate, Civil Rights
I begin each year of my teaching with one hope: to inspire my students with history. I want to help our students become the keepers of history in our community. I want them to not only learn the history, but to live it and work in it. Educators – and schools, communities, and parents –do many things to help our students become active learners of history. Among the things I’m trying this year is building a mini-museum inside my Grade 11 Genocide classroom at Waterdown District High School in Hamilton, Ontario.
Topics: Art, Canada, Innovative Classrooms, Museum Studies, Margot Stern Strom Innovation Grants