Race and Membership Workshop

Description

This workshop, using the Facing History and Ourselves resource books Race and Membership and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History's exhibit "Race: Are We So Different?," will examine questions of race and identity and their impact on American history. Participants will view the exhibit in addition to examining themes and classroom applications.

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Facing History and Ourselves
Target Audience
K-12
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Duration
One day

Back to School Workshop

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Teachers can come enjoy an interactive, stimulating, and productive Sunday with Facing History and Ourselves to help jump start the school year. This is a workshop designed for teachers who recently completed a summer seminar and for anyone who would like to think practically about how to implement Facing History this year.

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Facing History and Ourselves
Target Audience
K-12
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Cost
Free
Duration
Five and a half hours

Teaching the Holocaust Through Literature

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This two-day workshop will explore ways to teach the Holocaust through the lens of literature using fiction, nonfiction, poetry, short stories, diaries, and memoir.

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Facing History and Ourselves
Target Audience
K-12
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Duration
Two days
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Educator Symposium: Art as Protest, Art as Resistance

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This workshop will use Facing History's resource Stitching Truth: Women's Protest Art in Pinochet's Chile to examine the story of how women in Chile used arpilleras, brightly colored tapestries, to confront a dictatorship and restore democracy using nonviolent methods. This resource is part of Facing History's "Making History" series, about people and groups who chose to make a difference.

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Facing History and Ourselves
Target Audience
K-12
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Duration
Six hours

Choices in Little Rock Two-Day Workshop

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This workshops will explore the Facing History and Ourselves resource, Choices in Little Rock, about the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. This resource can be used to teach civics and enrich a study of history and literature. Scholarships are available for Boston Public School (BPS) eighth-grade social studies teachers, though the workshop is open to all educators. BPS educators must register with Facing History and at mylearningplan.com.

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Facing History and Ourselves
Target Audience
K-12
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Cost
$250
Duration
Two days
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Immigration Workshop

Description

This workshop will explore the history of immigration, race, and citizenship in the United States through the use of Facing History and Ourselves's resources and pedagogical framework. What does it mean to become an American? How have immigrants fought for rights and claimed ownership of their own American identities? The workshop will focus on specific events in U.S. and world history that shaped U.S. immigration policies and affected the lives of immigrants.

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Facing History and Ourselves
Target Audience
K-12
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Duration
One day

Stitching Truth: Women's Protest Art in Pinochet's Chile

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In a climate of fear, sisters, wives, and mothers of the victims of Pinochet's dictatorship searched for their loved ones. They found their voice through the folk art of embroidery, telling their stories through colorful tapestries. Using Facing History's resource book and lessons, this workshop explores the role of art in fighting for justice and social change and includes primary sources, poetry, and art. This workshop will take place at Northwestern University's main library where the tapestries will be on display during the month of November.

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Facing History and Ourselves
Target Audience
K-12
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Duration
Two and a half hours

Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization: The Genocide of the Armenians

Description

What difficult choices confront individuals, groups, and nations in the face of genocide? What dangers does everyone face when nations do not confront history? Participants can learn ways of integrating Facing History's newest resource kit, Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization: The Genocide of the Armenians, into their curriculum. This is a multimedia resource for teachers which includes a resource book and companion DVD, lesson plans, and two documentary DVDs.

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Facing History and Ourselves
Target Audience
K-12
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Cost
Free
Duration
Two and a half hours

Facing American History through the Lens of Race and Membership

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This two-day workshop will explore how beliefs about race have shaped—and challenged—American's identity as a land of "freedom and opportunity." It will look at significant events and movements in American history—slavery, immigration, the eugenics movement, the Civil Rights Movement—and will consider legacies of each in American society today. Ultimately, this journey will bring participants back to the present. Examining American history through the lens of race and membership empowers teachers and their students to value how their choices shape contemporary America. Participants will receive a resource book and membership in the Facing History and Ourselves Teacher Network.

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Facing History and Ourselves
Target Audience
K-12
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Duration
Two days
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Raphael Lemkin and Apirellas: Understanding Human Rights

Description

Highlighting two resources from Facing History's "Making History" series, this workshop will reflect on Raphael Lemkin's tireless efforts to, in response to the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust, define and outlaw genocide. They will also examine the story of a group of women in Chile whose brightly colored tapestries, or arpilleras, played a leading role in the nonviolent movement for human rights during Pinochet's rule from 1973–1990.

Sponsoring Organization
Facing History and Ourselves
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free
Duration
Four hours