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Civic Agency and the Pursuit of Democracy
This elective, designed for New York’s Seal of Civic Readiness, intertwines the history of US Reconstruction, current events, and civic participation.
What Is a Hate Crime and How Do Hate Crimes Impact People?
This explainer helps students understand what hate crimes are and the impact they can have on individuals and communities.
Unit Overview: Discussing Contemporary Islamophobia in the Classroom
Get a bird's-eye view overview of the lessons, materials, and activities in this unit.
Facing History & Ourselves Civic Knowledge Research Project
This guide provides prompts and strategies for the written Research Project component of New York State’s Seal of Civic Readiness.
Holocaust and Human Behavior: A Facing History & Ourselves Elective Course
Get all of the teacher-facing content for the Facing History and Ourselves high school elective course in Google Doc or PDF format.
Inquiry Blueprint | The Pursuit of Educational Justice in Boston
This blueprint provides an at-a-glance view of the inquiry The Pursuit of Educational Justice in Boston.
What Is Genocide?
This explainer helps students understand the meaning, gravity, and history of the concept and crime of genocide.
Exploring Judgment and Justice
In this classroom video, students explore the nature of justice and how the unwritten rules of society can impact how laws are carried out.
A Range of Choices: In Action
In this classroom video, students read primary sources and discuss the roles that individuals have played in those historical cases.
A Range of Choices: Terminology
In this classroom video, students are introduced to the terminology of the roles individuals play (bystander, upstander, collaborator, victim, and perpetrator).