Three Tips for Starting the School Year with Community and Connection

Posted by Lindsay Hutchison on August 27, 2025

"Over the years, I have learned – and had students tell me – how uncomfortable the first day and week of school are," observes Facing History and Ourselves (Canada) Teacher Fellow, and B.C. high school teacher Lindsay Hutchison. If this feels familiar, read on to see how Lindsay helps students ease in to the school year and how she builds trust and relationships for teaching and learning.

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Topics: Classrooms, Breaking the Ice, A View from the Classroom

Resources for Remembrance Day

Posted by Erez Zobary and Jasmine Wong on November 4, 2021

This Remembrance Day, We Begin with Why we Remember

I remember him leaning in and asking why I would want to forget.  ‘Memory,’ [Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel] said, ‘wasn’t just for ... survivors. The people who ask us to forget are not our friends. Memory not only honors those we lost but also gives us strength... Nothing good comes of forgetting; remember, so that my past doesn’t become your future’....”

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Topics: Classrooms, Facing History Resources, Teaching Resources, Remembrance Day

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