Great lessons that inspire deep thinking for students about social justice.
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Community Review for Facing History and Ourselves
Kristin A.
Fox Ridge Middle School
Aurora CO, US
My Take
Great social justice site, engages students because it definitely plays on the theme of fairness and justice that are so important to kids. Some difficult themes especially with regard to civil rights issues, but so important. They also do a great job of addressing bystander vs. upstander issues today, connecting them with historical lessons.
How I Use It
I used a unit about the Holocaust. It contained excerpts from a book for students to read and then reflect on pre, during and post reading. Students were provided multiple modalities to present learning.
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DV F.
Teacher
Dougherty Valley High School
San Ramon, CA
January 22, 2015
My absolute favorite resource (seriously)
SUPERB!! I cannot get enough of the readings.
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Jessie B.
Teacher
Poughkeepsie, NY
August 8, 2014
Inequality and Injustice materials
https://www.facinghistory.org/
I found that it was a little confusing at first to find the materials. The top page is lacking in direction. It was through random clicking that I was able to find the link for the collections. Once in the collections I found a ton of information including lesson plans, study guides and Audio/Video Collections. Go under Educator Resources and then collections. Because of this organization I think it would be a little difficult for students to find what they were looking at. I would probably provide students with a direct hyperlink to the collection I wanted them to use.
This website will be particularly helpful for those who are teaching about human rights violations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the history of racism.
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