Facing Today
Facing Today helps educators connect the study of history to issues in our world today. We select current websites, articles, films and blogs that reflect universal themes, such as identity, membership and participation, represented in our scope and sequence. Each media resource is linked to related Facing History materials, including study guides, videos and lessons. A Feature provides an in-depth exploration of a current event. View a list of our Features.
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- December 24, 2008The New York Times editorial " Disciples of Hatred, In Their Own Words and Images " discusses the Atlanta Center for Civil and Human Rights acquisition of hundreds of postcards from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century that depict the lynching of African Americans and the massive crowds that gathered to watch.
- December 16, 2008In the reflection "Bones" , Peter Balakian recounts a trip to Der Zor in Syria, which was the final resting place of hundreds of thousands of Armenian women, children, and men, who died during the Armenian Genocide.
- December 16, 2008The story "ADL Pays Tribute to ‘Mexican Schindler' for helping save 40,000" describes an event where the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) honored the former Mexican diplomat Gilberto Bosques Saldivar who saved over 40,000 Jews from the Holocaust.
- December 11, 2008The article, "Voices of Rwanda: Healing the Wounds of Genocide" is about Taylor Krauss and how he started the nonprofit "Voices of Rwanda," an oral history project that documents survivors' stories of genocide.
- December 11, 2008Last Month, Miriam Makeba, activist and singer died. The article, "Taking Africa With Her to the World" describes her legacy and the impact that she had on music in bringing the melodies, voicing, and political message of South Africa.
- December 11, 2008The story "When Town Halls Turn to Mecca" outlines the changes occurring throughout Europe as more Islamic immigrants move into communities and as more Muslim citizens and immigrants begin to understand and use political power.
- December 9, 2008The article "60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights" Navanethem Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights for the UN announces the anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), December 10, 1948.
- December 5, 2008Beginning in the spring of 2007 a series of emails circulated around the world making the false claim that education about the Holocaust had been removed from the school curriculum in the U.
- December 5, 2008November 28 was the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Harvey Milk, a camera shop operator who became the first openly gay elected official in the United States. Milk ran for city supervisor in San Francisco three times and was elected in 1977.
- December 2, 2008The story "Britain Grapples with Role for Islamic Justice" outlines a debate in Britain over Islamic tribunals that provide court services for some Muslims in Britain. These courts oversee domestic proceedings, mostly women seeking divorce, using the tenets of Sharia, or Islamic law.
