Race, Class, Gender, Religion: Where to Start?

CCSS 2016

Facing History student:

Life used to be so easy. There always seemed to be an answer to everything. Everything fit into place, getting up at seven o’clock, going to school at eight, coming home at four, doing homework at eight, and finally going to bed at eleven. In my tightly scheduled life I left no time to reflect. In these past four months, however, I’ve been forced to think.

Facing History & Ourselves▪Professional Development for Teachers▪Publications and Resources▪Community Conversations, Speakers for

Students▪Website: www.facinghistory.org

Facing History Pedagogy

▪Polleverywhere / Journaling▪Big Paper▪Close Viewing▪Human Barometer

“Talking about Religion”

Eboo PatelWhat do we not have the “language” to talk about?

Polleverywhere.com

I feel _____ when I talk about race.Text your response to the single blank, then spend a few moments thinking and journaling about why.

Text to 22333, start with 241986 then put single word answers for the blank.

Race Gender Class

Extensions

#BlackLivesMatter - close viewingHuman Barometer: Race relations in the USA today reflect exactly the same issues as were fought during the Civil Rights Movement.

And your ideas?https://answergarden.ch/269341

lanetwork.facinghistory.org

▪“Powering Up” Facing History lessons▪Museum of Tolerance temporary exhibit –

What is Beauty?▪Teacher bloggers – middle school and high

school

Mary Hendra, mary_hendra@facing.orgSasha Guzman, sguzman@sjhumanitas.org

A Resource for you

▪www.facinghistory.org▪Readings▪Primary Sources and eyewitness accounts▪Multimedia▪Probing and discussion questions▪Study guides/teaching ideas▪Strategies to actively engage▪On-line and face-to-face community

Facing History & OurselvesCase Studies▪Holocaust and Human Behavior▪Race and Membership in American History:

the Eugenics Movement▪Armenian Genocide▪Choices in Little Rock

“Facing History and Ourselves made me realize that my choices matter. When I am indifferent, the world

loses and I lose. The world needs me to act. And if my choices matter, then

I matter. That’s a very important lesson to learn as a child and to own

as an adult.”

Facing History Alumnus