“In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.”
- Thurgood Marshall
ON OUR MINDS
2025 Top Short Readings from Facing History
These 10 poems, essays, excerpts, and histories were exceedingly popular among our website visitors in 2025—we collected them into a single convenient list.
CHOOSING TO PARTICIPATE
On Your Own Schedule: Professional Learning, Best of 2025
A selection of Facing History’s high-quality webinars and self-paced professional learnings have been curated into a single list to cap off the year.
LEARNING TOGETHER
Storytelling with Friends and Family
Facing History offers some how-tos—for in and outside the classroom—on how to encourage storytelling and ways to engage with meaningful oral histories. Perfect for meaningful conversations and discoveries with family and friends over the holidays.
Facing History & Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to racism, antisemitism, and other forms of bigotry and hate.