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This month, Facing History and Ourselves will present $40,000 to educators around the world as part of its annual Margot Stern Strom Teaching Awards. Facing History board members David and Nina Fialkow founded the awards in 2006. “The crux of it for...
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“[T]he advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief, and freedom from fear and want, has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people.” – preamble to the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights,”...
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To truly know what it means to be an outsider, sometimes you need to be an insider.
This was the case, anyway, for Luma Mufleh, a native of Jordan who came to the United States for college and never moved back home. After graduating with a degree...
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Orange High School history teacher Gail Price discusses Facing History’s impact on her classroom, specifically in addressing the issue of bullying, at the Sixth Annual Cleveland Benefit Dinner, October 25, 2011.My name is Gail Price and I’m a...
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In May 2011 Facing History alumna Jayanni Webster was selected to participate in the Student Freedom Rides, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1961 Freedom Rides. Below is a transcript of her remarks at the Sixth Annual Cleveland Benefit...
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Fall is a busy time, often filled with new beginnings as well as the return to old routines: back to school, back to work, back home for the holidays. At Facing History and Ourselves, fall marks the return of teachers and students to classrooms, and...
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“In my classroom, we speak the language of Facing History, speaking of people as perpetrators or bystanders; we read and write about themes of identity, self and others, community, and choices. Discussions in class now connect literature to our own...
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“One of my primary goals is that education becomes something much more than that of a literal school classroom. I believe learning should encompass the community. I want my students to experience history from different voices making personal...
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In October 2010, Shaker Heights High School senior Tyler W. described her experiences as a Facing History student and as part of Facing History’s leadership group.Leader. Upstander. Words that I never gave much thought to. But now these words are...
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Anne Hribar, a seventh and eighth grade teacher at Our Lady of the Lake School in Euclid, Ohio, shared her professional and personal journey with Facing History and Ourselves at our 2010 annual benefit in Cleveland.Several years ago I came across an...
