How Do You Stop A Bully?
May 6, 2010A common Facing History and Ourselves theme is that of bystanders. A bystander is a person or a group of people who see unacceptable behavior but do nothing to stop it.Discussion Questions:...
View ArticleThe Courage of Le Chambon
From Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior, Chapter 8In a tiny mountain town in south-central France, people were also aware that Jews were being murdered and took action to save...
View ArticleNot in Our School Lesson Ideas
Overview: Not In Our Town highlights communities that come together to stop hate. The Not In Our School initiative is a peer-to-peer learning program that uses film and storytelling to encourage safety...
View ArticleKamara J. - Moving from Bystander to Action
Video detailsKamara J. interprets Samuel Bak's painting The Family, on the cover of the guide Facing History and Ourselves prepared for the movie Schindler's list. Speaking at Facing History's 1996 New...
View ArticleMother Caroline Students Spread the Peace
Video details FAIL (the browser should render some flash content, not this). The short video “Spread the Peace,” produced by Not in Our School, shows how students at Mother Caroline Academy...
View ArticleThe Moral Dilemma in Witnessing Acts of Violence
January 11, 2011This week we've seen brave acts of heroism in response to the shooting in Tucson, Arizona and we have also seen video of bystanders witnessing, but not responding to, violence on the DC...
View ArticleNIOS: Preparing to Use the "Not in Our School" Website
Overview: Not in Our School is a program that uses multimedia resources to encourage tolerance, safety and inclusion in schools. This program is an outgrowth of Not in Our Town, a national movement...
View ArticleNIOS: Using "Not in our School" Videos
Overview: Not in Our School is a program that uses multimedia resources to encourage tolerance, safety and inclusion in schools. This program is an outgrowth of Not in Our Town, a national movement...
View ArticleNIOS: Youth Leaders Share Strategies for Standing Up to Hate
Overview: Many teenagers feel like they have little influence on the world around them. Yet, throughout history, young people have also played an important role in their communities and in social...
View ArticleNIOS: Spread the Peace
Overview: Throughout history, young people have also played an important role in their communities and in social change movements. (For example, high school students were a driving force behind the...
View ArticleNIOS: "Not in our School" Next Steps: Projects and Assignments
Overview: Not in Our School is a program that uses multimedia resources to encourage tolerance, safety, and inclusion in schools. This program is an outgrowth of Not in Our Town, a national movement...
View ArticleNIOS: New Immigrants Share Their Stories
Overview: In this lesson idea, the short video, "New Immigrants Share Their Stories" is explored through teaching strategies such as pre-viewing, 3, 2, 1, text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world and...
View ArticleLet the World Know!
From Facing History and Ourselves: The Jews of Poland, Chapter 5The Great or Grosse Aktion began on July 22, 1942 and continued with occasional pauses until September 12, 1942. In August, during one of...
View ArticleDefining Community: The Universe of Obligation
Overview: Welcome, UK Visitors. Find out more about the work of Facing History and Ourselves, register for UK educator workshops and seminars, or contact our London office at...
View ArticleGuilt, Responsibility, and the Nuremberg Trials
Overview: Welcome, UK Visitors. Find out more about the work of Facing History and Ourselves, register for UK educator workshops and seminars, or contact our London office at...
View ArticleThe Triumph of Evil
Video 60 minutes Source: out of print Eight hundred thousand Tutsis were slaughtered by the Hutu majority in Rwanda. Made as the United Nations' Genocide Convention—created to make sure genocide would...
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