Choosing to Participate Resources
By providing many examples of civic participation, from the past to the present and from all over the world, our resources help students think about their identity as involved community members. Our publications include study guides, case studies, and resource books. Lessons and units provide teachers with ideas about how to use Facing History resources in the classroom. Facing Today updates our resources with current articles, websites, videos and podcasts.
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NIOS: Cyberbullying Lesson Idea In this lesson idea, the short video “Cyberbullying” is explored through teaching strategies such as pre-viewing, anticipation guides, four corners, evaluating Internet resources, fishbowl and levels of questions. By learning about... |
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NIOS: No Human Being Was Born Illegal Lesson Idea In this lesson idea, the short video, "No Human Being Was Born Illegal” is explored through teaching strategies such as pre-viewing, think-pair-share, word walls/clouds, levels of questions and fishbowl. By learning about the social activism of the... |
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NIOS: New Immigrants Share Their Stories Lesson Idea In this lesson idea, the short video, "New Immigrants Share Their Stories" is explored through teaching strategies such as pre-viewing, 3, 2, 1, text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world and student presentations. By learning about these new... |
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NIOS: "Not in our School" Next Steps: Projects and Assignments Lesson Idea Not in Our School is a program that uses multimedia resources to encourage tolerance, safety, and inclusion in schools. This program is an outgrowth of Not in Our Town, a national movement that began with a documentary about the powerful way the... |
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NIOS: Spread the Peace Lesson Idea Throughout history, young people have also played an important role in their communities and in social change movements. (For example, high school students were a driving force behind the U.S. civil rights movement and the anti-apartheid movement in... |
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NIOS: Youth Leaders Share Strategies for Standing Up to Hate Lesson Idea Many teenagers feel like they have little influence on the world around them. Yet, throughout history, young people have also played an important role in their communities and in social change movements. For example, high school students were a... |
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NIOS: Using "Not in our School" Videos Lesson Idea Not in Our School is a program that uses multimedia resources to encourage tolerance, safety and inclusion in schools. This program is an outgrowth of Not in Our Town, a national movement that began with a documentary about the powerful way the town... |
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NIOS: Preparing to Use the "Not in Our School" Website Lesson Idea Not in Our School is a program that uses multimedia resources to encourage tolerance, safety and inclusion in schools. This program is an outgrowth of Not in Our Town, a national movement that began with a documentary about the powerful way the town... |
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The Moral Dilemma in Witnessing Acts of Violence Facing Today This week we've seen brave acts of heroism in response to the shooting in Tucson, Arizona and we have also seen video of bystanders witnessing, but not responding to, violence on the DC subway.Listen to Michel Martin’s piece on NPR titled “Can I... |
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Civil Rights Historical Investigations Unit The three units we have developed require students to "do" history—to gather evidence from primary documents, use that evidence to make claims about the past, and then apply what they learn to their own lives today. In the first unit, students learn... |
