Cutting through Post-Election Noise

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Dear Nancy,

Below are our recommended resources and professional learning highlights for the week. We hope you find them helpful.

Ideas This Week

The 2024 election may be over, but the democratic process continues to be top news as the functions of a lame duck president and an incoming president are consistently analyzed in the press. Facing History can help you and your students cut through the noise with our Elections Collection lessons that offer historical context around elections, media literacy, choosing to participate, and more.

Collection: Teaching Resources for US Elections

On the Calendar

As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches in the United States, we are reminded of its duality: it is both a commemoration of a harvest marking a partnership between Native Americans and white colonists and a reminder of the violence that Native Americans endured as a result of European colonization. This is put into additional focus as we honor National American Indian Heritage Month in November. One way to reflect on this complicated history is by elevating Indigenous stories and voices—here we share two articles from our archives.

Read: Reflections on Plymouth: "This is where our people are." and The Long Struggle for Indigenous Peoples' Day

Tools for Teachers

Facing History’s annual All Community Read features six books this year. One of our selected titles, Borderless, is by Boston-area author Jennifer De Leon. This week we revisit our 2022 discussion with De Leon where she discusses her background and her connection to coming of age in literature.

Professional Learning From Anywhere

Echoes of the Holocaust: Jewish Experiences in North Africa
Tuesday, November 26 | 4 - 5 pm ET

Exploring Borders and Belonging in an All Community Read
Wednesday, December 4 | 7 - 8:15 pm ET

Brave Classrooms: Confronting Bigotry and Hatred
January 30 - March 6, 2025

Professional Learning Across Our Regions

LEARNING IN CALIFORNIA

School Leadership to End Hate: A Winter Institute for School and District Leaders

Monday, January 27, 2025 | California Department of Education, Sacramento

8:30 am - 4:30 pm PT

LEARNING IN CHICAGO

Choices in Little Rock
Thursday, December 5 | Erikson Institute
9 am - 3 pm CT

The Reconstruction Era and the Fragility of Democracy
Wednesday, December 11 | Erikson Institute
9 am - 3 pm CT

Teaching the Legacy of Emmett Till Chicago Workshop
Tuesday, January 14 | Chicago History Museum
9 am - 3 pm CT

LEARNING IN THE SOUTHEAST

A New Approach to Teaching the Reconstruction Era

Wednesday, January 15 - Thursday, January 16 | San Antonio, TX

8:30 am - 3:45 pm CT

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