Looking to engage your Ss in media-making this fall? Check out KQED Education’s #CallforChange challenge and ask Ss what change they want to see in the world. Get the FREE curriculum slides here: bit.ly/3PsWH16

#BayArea Teachers: Know a high school youth interested in a career producing #media? Encourage them to apply for #KQED’s Youth Advisory Board! YAB is a yearlong program which provides skill-building and career exposure to Ss. Applications close Sept 5! bit.ly/3wbJbIa

Have you wondered what place current events have in your classroom? We created our Teaching Current Events Educator Guide to organize discussions on current events in your classrooms. More here: facinghistory.org/educator-resou…

Educators, these lessons are a great resource to support civics-centered lessons this year & will help students better grasp elections and voter education, breathing in a new base of civic engagement and understanding. pbs.org/newshour/class…

The Pell University Fellowship & Manovill University #Fellowship offers undergraduate & graduate students paid positions JFCS Holocaust Center, with the opportunity to receive course credit upon completion. Runs October - June. Apply by 9/19/22 bit.ly/3ceigVu #universityfellow

The #MidTerms are almost here! Help Ss harness the power of civic action thru audio & video storytelling. At our workshop on 9/13, you'll: ➡️Explore curriculum ➡️Create a sample podcast or video on an issue to use as a S model Reg 👉 bit.ly/Call4ChangeSep… #Teachers #civics

Literature has the power to help students understand different perspectives, question their surroundings, and build empathy in meaningful and communal ways. Our Coming-of-Age Unit Planning Toolkit shares the key principals of text selection: facinghistory.org/ela/coming-age…

As students navigate their educational path, they are also determining their own individual identity and figuring out where and how they belong. We created our Community Matters curriculum for educators as a way to nourish student-centered spaces. facinghistory.org/resource-libra…

Listen to Facing History in conversation with Julia Torres, librarian, educator, author, and co-founder of #DisruptTexts, talk about taking a critical lens to text selection in ELA classrooms in our on-demand webinar facinghistory.org/professional-d…

Help students harness the power of civic engagement! KQED Education is hosting a 2-part interactive workshop on 9/13 & 9/15 to explore standards-aligned resources & tools to help students share their viewpoints through audio and video storytelling. 🗣️kqed.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

What’s it like to be an educator teaching the pilot launch of AP African American Studies this year? This piece from TIME gives a window into those classrooms, and the educators who are bringing these histories to their students. time.com/6207652/ap-afr…

Our self-paced course, Getting Started with Holocaust and Human Behavior will give you the tools to need to engage students in the history of the Holocaust while introducing themes of decision-making, ethics, and responsibility. 🖥️ Enroll here: facinghistory.org/calendar/sp202…

We offer self-paced online courses that run for 3–6 weeks. Topics include Holocaust and Human Behavior, Red Scarf Girl, Choices in Little Rock, and Teaching for Equity & Justice in the Context of Jewish Education: facinghistory.org/professional-d…

#OTD 1963 #MartinLutherKing delivers his "I have a dream speech" addressing the civil rights march at Lincoln Memorial #SoCal Ts consider these Facing History resources: Brother Outsider facinghistory.org/professional-d… & Digital Tools to Explore MLK's Legacy facingtoday.facinghistory.org/digital-tools-…

Emmett Till’s accuser Carolyn Bryant, who in 2017 admitted Till never touched, or threatened her now calls herself a victim. Recently, an arrest warrant from 1955 for Bryant was found. Learn more in this article from Washington Post: washingtonpost.com/history/2022/0…

Do you need help shaping learning environments where students feel they belong and their voice matters? Join us for an upcoming Explorations workshops to learn more about how we can support you in achieving these goals: facinghistory.org/professional-d…

#DYK that CREDO mobile gives away a portion of their revenue to 3 organizations every month? And this month Facing History is one of them! Help us earn a bigger share of the funding by casting a vote—it's free and only takes 30 seconds. credodonations.com/organizations/…

Eran DaSilva is a veteran Facing History teacher --who in this essay for Ideas this Week, talks about how Facing History has impacted her as an educator, and helped her to "engage students in a really meaningful way". facinghistory.org/ideas-week/how…

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