Reviewing the year we will soon be leaving behind, here are the Top Five Most Read Posts from Facing Technology
Topics: To Kill a Mockingbird, English Language Arts, Film, Antisemitism, Facing History and Ourselves, Civil Rights, Stereotype, Holocaust and Human Behavior, EdTech, ELA, Holocaust Education, Common Core State Standards, Blogs, Online Learning, Flipped Classroom, Facing Technology
Next week marks the 51st anniversary of the assassination of American President John F. Kennedy. We can explore his legacy by examining the Kennedy administration's responses to the civil rights movement, and how these responses changed over time.
Topics: Civil Rights Movement, Books, Film, Democracy, Facing History Resources, Facing History and Ourselves, Teaching Resources, Civil Rights, History
Creating Safe Classrooms: Resources for UK National Anti-Bullying Week
Posted by Julia Rappaport on October 27, 2014
National Anti-Bullying Week takes place in the United Kingdom 17th to 21st of November. This year's theme is "let's stop bullying for all."
Topics: Classrooms, United Kingdom, Webinar, Online Tools, Professional Development, Film, Teaching Strategies, Bullying and Ostracism, Choosing to Participate, Human Behavior, Human Rights, Facing History Resources, Safe Schools, Teaching, Schools, Identity, Facing History and Ourselves, Teaching Resources
Sixteen years ago this month, on the night of October 6, 1998, two young men robbed, kidnapped, and tortured a young man named Matthew Shepard simply because he was gay.
Topics: Classrooms, Film, Bullying and Ostracism, Choosing to Participate, Human Rights, Safe Schools, Identity, Facing History Together, Facing History and Ourselves
A Flipped Classroom Approach to Teaching Civil Rights History
Posted by Denny Conklin on August 20, 2014
With summer easing its way into fall, we all are busy thinking about strategies and resources to bring into the classroom this school year.
As a Facing History program associate and former history teacher, I try to work in activities and lessons that build critical reading skills, which got me thinking: What if an educator were to do something similar using film clips and text-dependent questions?
Topics: Film, Facing History and Ourselves, Video, Civil Rights, EdTech, Media Skills, Assessment, Flipped Classroom, Facing Technology
Facing History Notes Passing of Civil Rights Champion and Journalist, John Seigenthaler
Posted by Julia Rappaport on July 15, 2014
Facing History is saddened to note the passing of lifelong civil rights champion, politician, and tireless journalist John Seigenthaler. Mr. Seigenthaler died Friday. He was 86.
Topics: Civil Rights Movement, Film, Choosing to Participate, Human Rights, Video, History
Holocaust Rescuer Posthumously Awarded Congressional Gold Medal
Posted by Julia Rappaport on July 9, 2014
Today Holocaust rescuer Raoul Wallenberg is being posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
Wallenberg, who passed away two years ago, was a Swedish envoy who protected Jewish Swiss citizens during World War II, saving tens of thousands of Jews.
Topics: Film, Antisemitism, Choosing to Participate, Human Rights, Holocaust, Genocide/Collective Violence, Video, History
There are many ways that we can bring history alive – through personal testimony from the people who lived through different moments in history, letters and diaries, newspaper clippings and cartoons, audio (music, speeches, radio interviews, podcasts), through film, and more.
Topics: Film, Choosing to Participate, Human Rights, Genocide/Collective Violence, History