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Facing History resource books are all available for purchase. Books available for download are listed below.
A Convenient Hatred A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism (432 pp) is an accessible history of antisemitism. This book masterfully communicates the magnitude of this hatred over the centuries and reveals why so many people in so many places have found antisemitism a most “convenient hatred.”
Choosing to ParticipateChoosing 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 time, but little by little they shape us as individuals and responsible global citizens.
Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization: The Genocide of the ArmeniansCrimes Against Humanity and Civilization: The Genocide of the Armenians combines the latest scholarship on the Armenian Genocide with an interdisciplinary approach to history, enabling students and teachers to make the essential connections between history and their own lives.
Decidirse a participarDecidirse a participar se centra en las opciones cívicas—tanto grandes como pequeñas—las personas hacen de sí mismos y otros en su comunidad, nación y mundo. Como maestros y estudiantes a explorar las lecturas de esta colección que llegará a entender que la gente haga opciones pueden no parecer importantes en el momento, pero poco a poco que nos conforman como individuos y ciudadanos globales responsables.
Elements of TimeElements of Time serves as a companion to the Facing History video collection of Holocaust testimonies. The companion manual describes the context for and content of video testimonies dealing with a wide range of themes pertinent to the study of the Holocaust and human behavior.
Facing History and Ourselves: Choosing to ParticipateThis book examines how Americans have chosen to participate in the democratic process. It is about people who have volunteered their time and resources over the course of history to improve some aspect of their society. The way they have participated challenges our thinking on what constitutes a democracy.
Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior Our core work, Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior provides an interdisciplinary approach to citizenship education. Students move from thought to judgment to participation as they confront the moral questions inherent in a study of violence, racism, antisemitism and bigotry.
Fundamental Freedoms: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human RightsSurveying 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.
Geschichten zur Identitätsfindung: Religion, Migration und Zugehörigkeit in einer Welt im WandelDiese Ressource Buch spiegelt die Art und Weise, dass die Migration wirkt sich die persönliche Identität und bietet Dozenten und Studierenden die Ressourcen, um diese Wanderung durch Methoden des Geschichtenerzählens zu prüfen.
Histoires d'identité: religion, migration et appartenance à un monde en perpétuel changementCe livre de référence reflète la façon dont la migration affecte l'identité personnelle et offre aux éducateurs et aux élèves les ressources nécessaires pour examiner cette migration à travers les méthodes de la narration.
I Promised I Would Tell Holocaust educator and survivor Sonia Weitz has often been called “a survivor with a poet’s eye.” Born in Krakow, Poland, she was 11 years old when her family and other Polish Jews were herded into ghettos. Of the 84 members of her family, she and her sister Blanca were the sole survivors of years in ghettos and concentration camps.
Identity and Belonging Identity and Belonging in a Changing Great Britain With funding from Deutsche Bank, Facing History has published Identity and Belonging in a Changing Great Britain—a timely resource that gives students and teachers a greater understanding of identity, membership, citizenship, and belonging in the United Kingdom.
Race and Membership in American History: The Eugenics MovementRace and Membership in American History: The Eugenics Movement focuses on a time in the early 1900s when many people believed that some "races," classes, and individuals were superior to others. They used a new branch of scientific inquiry known as eugenics to justify their prejudices and advocate programs and policies aimed at solving the nation's problems by ridding society of "inferior racial traits." 
Stories of Identity Stories of Identity: Religion, Migration, and Belonging in a Changing WorldStories of Identity reflects the way that migration affects personal identity and offers educators and students resources to examine this migration through methods of storytelling.
Jews of Poland The Jews of PolandFacing History and Ourselves: The Jews of Poland considers the ways Jews and their non-Jewish neighbors in Poland and other parts of Eastern Europe responded to questions of identity, membership, and difference at various times in their shared history. Students explore this history by reading autobiographies, diaries, official documents, literary works, and other sources. Each helps them "draw conclusions from what we see to what we do not see" and "recognize themselves in the past, on the steps to the present."
What Do We Do with a Difference? France and the Debate over Headscarves in SchoolsThe 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.