"Educators planning to tour the [Choosing to Participate] exhibition are encouraged to attend this workshop to help deepen their students' experience through the exploration of content and related themes."
"This is a two-day workshop for BPS teachers who will be teaching the Civil Rights Movement in their 10th grade US History courses. The workshop will focus on three units: The Murder of Emmett Till, Voting Rights: From Selma to Montgomery, and Desegregation of Boston Schools."
"How can educators use history to help inform students about the treatment of gays and lesbians in the past and today, and how are schools responding to name-calling, bullying, ostracism, and outright violence against this community? In this session, participants will look at examples from history, including the treatment of homosexuals under the Nazi regime and during the civil rights movement."
"Produced by Facing History and Ourselves alumnae Mikaela Beardsley, Reporter is a feature documentary about Nicholas Kristof, the two-time Pulitzer-Prize-winning columnist for the New York Times, who almost singlehandedly put the crisis in Darfur on the world map. The film puts the viewer in Kristof's pocket, revealing the man and his methods, and just how and why real reporting is vital to our democracy, our world-awareness, and our capacity to be a force for good.
The workshop is in two parts. Part 1 (4:30-6:30 pm) will be an educator workshop focused on pedagogy. Part 2 (7:00-9:00 pm) will include the film presentation. A light dinner will be served between the two parts."
"Join us as we explore the history of voting in the United States with a special emphasis on the gains and struggles during the civil rights movement. We will showcase Facing History resources that examine the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Selma March, voter registration drives, the role of non-violent protest and more. We will also investigate the impact of youth in the movement and their role in politics then and now."
"This film [The Reckoning] chronicles the battle for the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in response to mass atrocities around the world in the late 20th century. The Reckoning follows ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo and his team for three years across the four continents as he issues arrest warrants for Lord's Resistance Army leaders in Uganda, puts Congolese warlords on trial, shakes up the Colombian justice system, and charges Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir with genocide in Darfur. This film is an important addition to Facing History's collection of classroom resources that deal with questions of justice after genocide.
The workshop is in two parts. Part 1 (4:30-6:30 pm) will be an educator workshop focused on pedagogy. Part 2 (7:00-9:00 pm) will include the film presentation. A light dinner will be served between the two parts."
"Join us as we explore the history of voting in the United States with a special emphasis on the gains and struggles during the civil rights movement. We will showcase Facing History resources that examine the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Selma March, voter registration drives, the role of nonviolent protest and more. We will also investigate the impact of youth in the movement and their role in politics then and now."
Educators are invited to join this free online workshop about the International Criminal Court. The workshop will highlight the various ways these films, and the website (ijcentral.org), can be used with students to explore both the history of the International Criminal Court and various questions around justice in a global society."
From the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History website:
"Throughout the Cold War, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan were caught between the geopolitical ambitions of the United States and the Soviet Union. Stalin himself famously called the Caucasus the 'soft underbelly' of the Soviet Union, both vulnerable to outside attack and valuable for its vast oil reserves. As a result, the last three quarters of a century have seen a number of small skirmishes, wars, and regime changes and what has become the world's most volatile region. In this lecture, National Security Archive Deputy Director Malcolm Byrne discusses this eventful period in world history and America's role in it."
Free registration is required to access this lecture.
"'A growing number of historians now look at the Civil Rights Movement not just as something that happened in the 1960s, but as a historical process that spanned decades beginning in the World War II years or even earlier. While the African American freedom struggle is most remembered for its stirring sit-ins and other dramatic clashes to dismantle segregation in public accommodations and to win the vote, it has long had a strong economic and political focus, too. Among the topics the workshop will tackle are how and when the movement began; what demands it placed before the nation; the organizations that came into being and their strategies; how the movement changed between the 1930s and 1970s; and how the movement changed America."
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Humanities Center
Target Audience
"K-12 U.S. History and American Literature teachers"
Start Date
Cost
$35
Course Credit
"The National Humanities Center programs are eligible for recertification credit. Each workshop will include ninety minutes of instruction plus ninety minutes of preparation. Because the workshops are conducted online, they may qualify for technology credit in districts that award it. The Center will supply documentation of participation."