“Facing History and Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate."
Facing History and Ourselves is a collection of lessons and materials focusing on the past to encourage teachers and students to engage in social justice in the present. Each unit includes approximately one dozen lessons that dive into varying issues. The lessons outline outside resources needed in addition to the extensive resources provided through the database, provide potential activities, and detail key topics, questions, and vocabulary. The lessons also provide teachers with a leveled materials to encourage scaffolding and differentiation.
- Facing Ferguson
- New Literacy in a Digital Age
- Social Media and Ferguson
- Teaching Holocaust and Human Behavior
- The Concept of Race
- Contributions & Special Events
- Sales (Books & Materials)
- Returns on Investment
- In-Kind Contributions
- Endowment Distribution
- Videos
- Social Media
- Graphic Organizers
- Handouts
- Newspaper Articles
Presence Evaluation: Full Presence
Evaluation Notes: Many lessons focus on developing critical consciousness. Students are asked to understand the challenges others may be facing and form opinions on a range of issues. Students engage in facilitated reflection on how certain issues impact their life and community.
Presence Evaluation: Some Presence
Evaluation Notes: There are several lessons which encourage students to raise their voices take social action across a range of issues.
Presence Evaluation: Some Presence
Evaluation Notes: Lessons focus on democracy and voting but do not reference additional opportunities for community engagement. Voting lessons demonstrate a role students can play in their communities.
Presence Evaluation: Full presence
Evaluation Notes: There are several resources for teachers to improve their teaching practice.
Presence Evaluation: Full Presence
Evaluation Notes: There are many lessons with explicit social justice instruction. The lessons support students’ social justice knowledge with key terms and phrases while providing real-life examples.
Presence Evaluation: Full Presence
Evaluation Notes: There is an emphasis on self-reflection as a lens for understanding the current injustices that exist within American society.
Presence Evaluation: Full Presence
Evaluation Notes: There have been several studies highlighting Facing History positive affect on students' affective outcomes like motivation and engagement.
Presence Evaluation: Full Presence
Evaluation Notes: There are only a few explicit lessons on inclusion and equity. Otherwise, notions of inclusion and equity are weaved into each lesson as the overall goal of the curriculum is to create a more just society.
Presence Evaluation: N/A
Evaluation Notes: We are unable to evaluate this domain since it is best measured through observation.
Presence Evaluation: Full Presence
Evaluation Notes: Students must look at themselves as citizens in a democracy when engaging with the material and examine how people of certain backgrounds have been discriminated against due to their race, gender, or sexuality.