Facing History And Ourselves Facing History And Ourselves: 9 books

Book cover of The Nanjing Atrocities: Crimes of War
by Facing History and Ourselves Facing History and Ourselves
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014

The Nanjing Atrocities: Crimes of War details the events unfolding in China and Japan in the years leading up to World War II in East Asia, and the Japanese occupation of the city of Nanjing, China, in 1937. Following our guiding scope and sequence, and including a foreword by Benjamin Ferencz, a...
Book cover of Teaching Mockingbird
by Facing History and Ourselves
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014

Teaching Mockingbird presents educators with the materials they need to transform how they teach Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird.  Interweaving the historical context of Depression-era rural Southern life, and informed by Facing History’s pedagogical approach, this resource introduces...
Book cover of Sacred Texts, Modern Questions

Sacred Texts, Modern Questions

Connecting Ethics and History Through a Jewish Lens

by Facing History and Ourselves
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2013

*Sacred Texts, Modern Questions: Connecting Ethics and History Through a Jewish Lens *is a resource designed specifically for educators in a Jewish setting. This five unit collection of lessons explores sacred texts of the past and the questions that shape our present. It makes connections between...
Book cover of Washington's Rebuke to Bigotry

Washington's Rebuke to Bigotry

Reflections on Our First President's Famous 1790 Letter to the Hebrew Congregation In Newport, Rhode Island

by Facing History and Ourselves
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015

George Washington’s 1790 Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, a foundational document in the history of religious freedom in the United States, embodies a vision of religious harmony that remains deeply pertinent in our increasingly diverse society. In Washington’s Rebuke...
Book cover of The Reconstruction Era and The Fragility of Democracy
by Facing History and Ourselves
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015

The Reconstruction Era and The Fragility of Democracy uses our pedagogical approach to help students examine how a society rebuilds after extraordinary division and trauma, when the ideals of democracy are most vulnerable.    The unit presents educators with materials they need to engage...
Book cover of Holocaust and Human Behavior
by Facing History and Ourselves
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2017

Holocaust and Human Behavior leads students through an examination of the history of the Holocaust, while fostering their skills in ethical reasoning, critical thinking, empathy, and civic engagement. By focusing on the choices of individuals who experienced this history--through primary sources,...
Book cover of Choosing to Participate
by Facing History and Ourselves
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013

Choosing to Participate focuses on the civic choices-both large and small-people make about themselves and others in their community, nation, and world. As teachers and students explore the readings in this collection they will come to understand that choices people make may not seem important at the...
Book cover of Fundamental Freedoms

Fundamental Freedoms

Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

by Facing History and Ourselves
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013

Surveying Eleanor Roosevelt's early years and then concentrating on her life-long commitment as an activist, Fundamental Freedoms tells of Eleanor's pivotal role in creating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust. As demonstrated throughout...
Book cover of What Do We Do with a Difference?

What Do We Do with a Difference?

France and the Debate over Headscarves in Schools

by Facing History and Ourselves
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013

The debate in France over the wearing of veils by Islamic girls in schools has served for nearly two decades as a nexus for emotional controversy and debate. Religion and secularism in public schools. Immigration and assimilation. Gender and ethnicity. Participation in democracy and public debate....
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