Illinois: Teaching Award

We are proud to announce the 2007 Margot Stern Strom Chicago Area Teaching Award recipients. In its inaugural year in Chicago, the award, named after the organization's founder and executive director Margot Stern Strom, honors outstanding educators of Facing History and Ourselves and supports those educators in the implementation of projects related to the work of Facing History.

Educators in the Chicago area from public and private schools who work with children in grades 6-12 and who have taken at least one Facing History and Ourselves seminar, workshop, or online course were eligible to apply for funding up to $3,000.

This year's recipients are:

Meg Arbeiter: ACT Charter School, 12th grade Humanities
Meg will travel to South Africa to examine the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, build a framework for ongoing online conversations between Facing History students in South Africa and those at ACT Charter School, and create a book project for her students on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Nikoletta Antonakos: Deerfield High School, 9th-12th grade Social Studies.
Niki will establish a permanent resource library to develop a Facing History American Studies course that builds the courage required to deeply examine the past, and enable students to fully engage in Facing History methodologies and concepts.