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January 2012
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CONTENTS
Exciting Partnerships This Year |
| To stay up to date on new resources and upcoming events be sure to check out the Facing History Denver & Rocky Mountain States website. |
| Questions? Contact us. |
Every year, Facing History works with independent filmmakers to bring you video content that can support your work and energize your classroom. This month we would like to highlight three films and video collections that support Facing History's sequence of study.
Earlier this week, The Working Group launched the Not in Our School video collection, followed by a PBS special, Class Actions, that will air on February 13 at 10:30 p.m. These films highlight young people who are taking action to make their schools and communities safer and more inclusive. On February 2 at 10:00 p.m., Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock premieres on PBS. This film about Ms. Bates and the Little Rock Nine supports our resource Choices in Little Rock.
And coming to theaters in March is Bully, a new documentary by Lee Hirsch that follows five kids and families to confront bullying's most tragic outcomes. Facing History is an educational partner, creating "A Guide to Bully: Fostering Empathy and Action in Schools," available in mid-February.
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Facing History and Ourselves Denver & Rocky Mountain States
EVENTS
IN-PERSON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The Power of Civic Engagement: Step into Leadership-1/18/2012
Fundamental Freedoms: A Workshop Exploring Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights-1/26/2012
Red Scarf Girl: Using Memoirs to Teach History-2/29/2012
ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Red Scarf Girl Online Workshop-beginning 1/23/2012
Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior Online Seminar-beginning 2/2/2012
Choices in Little Rock Online Seminar-beginning 2/9/2012
For a full list of events go to the Facing History Denver & Rocky Mountain States events page.
FEATURED RESOURCE
Race and Membership in American History
Rethink what we know about our own past. Explore how beliefs about race have challenged America's sense of its own identity.
Additional downloadable readings now available.
FACING TODAY
What Keeps Hatreds Alive? Interview with A Convenient Hatred Author
What keeps hatreds alive and why do they persist in spite of incredible efforts that people make to overcome them or wipe them out? The author of our latest book says that key question lies at the heart of her new history of antisemitism.
FEATURED VIDEO
Not In Our Town: Class Actions
How do we learn from the past? From tragedy? From our own mistakes? Three towns. Three lessons learned. Three stories of student leaders and their communities standing together to stop hate. Narrated by Yul Kwon, the 30-minute documentary Not In Our Town: Class Actions will premiere on PBS on February 13, 2012.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Facing History will be presenting at the EdTech Teacher summer seminar on teaching history with technology. Click here to visit their website and explore some of their technology-focused professional development opportunities.
