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# [Humans of the Woodlands: Choosing to Participate through Blogging and Photography](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/humans-of-the-woodlands-choosing-to-participate-through-blogging-and-photography)

 Posted by [Alysha Groff](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/author/alysha-groff) on April 21, 2016

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Each year, like all educators, I think about new culminating activities that are meaningful and engaging. Inspired by [Humans of New York on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork), I thought this concept would fit well into my Grade 11 Genocide and Crimes against Humanity course. In fact, the more posts I read, the more I realized how closely aligned they are to Facing History’s [Scope and Sequence](https://www.facinghistory.org/for-educators/educator-resources/our-pedagogy/scope-and-sequence).

[Read More](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/humans-of-the-woodlands-choosing-to-participate-through-blogging-and-photography)

 Topics: [Art](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/art), [Choosing to Participate](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/choosing-to-participate), [Identity](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/identity), [Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/culturally-responsive-and-relevant-pedagogy), [reflection](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/reflection)

# [Using Facing History and Ourselves Resources and Pedagogy to teach the Grade 12 Secondary School Literacy Course](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/using-facing-history-and-ourselves-resources-and-pedagogy-to-teach-the-grade-12-secondary-school-lit)

 Posted by [Lesa Smith](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/author/lesa-smith) on March 22, 2016

Having been an LTO (Long term occasional teacher) in the TDSB (Toronto District School Board) for several years I have taught a variety of courses with little prep time available; Facing History saved me more than a few times with their resources (and of course other teachers' contributions to this very blog). I'm delighted to be able to share some of my experience using and adapting Facing History and Ourselves resources and pedagogy in my classroom. 

[Read More](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/using-facing-history-and-ourselves-resources-and-pedagogy-to-teach-the-grade-12-secondary-school-lit)

 Topics: [Film](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/film), [Choosing to Participate](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/choosing-to-participate), [Human Rights](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/human-rights), [Facing History Resources](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/facing-history-resources), [News](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/news), [Identity](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/identity), [Facing History and Ourselves](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/facing-history-and-ourselves), [current events](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/current-events), [Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/culturally-responsive-and-relevant-pedagogy), [Literature Circles](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/literature-circles), [Lesson Ideas](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/lesson-ideas), [In the news](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/in-the-news-2), [English Classroom](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/english-classroom), [Social Justice](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/social-justice), [Literature](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/literature), [Personal history](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/peronsal-history), [English](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/english)

# ["Love thy neighbour as thyself": Helping students bridge distance in their own communities and beyond](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/love-thy-neighbour-as-thyself-helping-students-bridge-distance-in-their-own-communities-and-beyond/)

 Posted by [Emily Weisberg](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/author/emily-weisberg) on December 13, 2015

[![](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/hs-fs/file-4060436792-jpg/blog-files/emily-post1-225x300.jpg)](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/love-thy-neighbour-as-thyself-helping-students-bridge-distance-in-their-own-communities-and-beyond/)

Dictionaries define the word “neighbour” solely based on close physical proximity; we feel close to someone because we live next door, or down the hall, or across the street. But what happens when a connection is needed from someone farther away?

[Read More](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/love-thy-neighbour-as-thyself-helping-students-bridge-distance-in-their-own-communities-and-beyond/)

 Topics: [Antisemitism](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/antisemitism), [Choosing to Participate](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/choosing-to-participate), [Events](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/events), [Facing History Resources](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/facing-history-resources), [News](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/news), [Identity](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/identity), [Facing History Together](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/facing-history-together), [Facing History and Ourselves](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/facing-history-and-ourselves), [current events](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/current-events), [We and They](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/we-and-they), [Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/culturally-responsive-and-relevant-pedagogy), [Lesson Ideas](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/lesson-ideas), [In the news](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/in-the-news-2)

# [Stolen Lives: The Indigenous Peoples of Canada and the Indian Residential Schools.](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/stolen-lives-the-indigenous-peoples-of-canada-and-the-indian-residential-schools/)

 Posted by [Leora Schaefer](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/author/leora-schaefer) on November 26, 2015

On November 26, we released *Stolen Lives: The Indigenous Peoples of Canada and the Indian Residential Schools.* This new resource brings educators new primary sources and first-person accounts about a painful period in Canadian history, when about 150,000 Indigenous children were forcibly taken from their families and stripped of their language, culture, and traditions.

[Read More](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/stolen-lives-the-indigenous-peoples-of-canada-and-the-indian-residential-schools/)

 Topics: [Human Rights](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/human-rights), [Facing History Resources](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/facing-history-resources), [Identity](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/identity), [Facing History and Ourselves](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/facing-history-and-ourselves), [History](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/history), [Canada](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/canada), [Racism](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/racism), [current events](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/current-events), [We and They](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/we-and-they), [Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/culturally-responsive-and-relevant-pedagogy), [genocide](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/genocide), [legacy](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/legacy), [In the news](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/in-the-news-2), [English Classroom](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/english-classroom), [Social Justice](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/social-justice)

# [The Lost Generation](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/the-lost-generation/)

 Posted by [Alysha Groff](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/author/alysha-groff) on November 10, 2015

Valerie Simmons was born in London, England in 1921. She has been writing poetry since she was six years old. At the beginning of WWII she worked in a first aid post dealing with Blitz casualties. When the Battle of Britain ended she joined the Women’s Air Force (WAF) where she was an admin officer throughout England and in Egypt. After the war she earned a BA from London University and went on to get her teaching qualifications. She has taught and worked in libraries. 

[Read More](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/the-lost-generation/)

 Topics: [Art](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/art), [Choosing to Participate](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/choosing-to-participate), [Events](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/events), [Identity](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/identity), [Facing History and Ourselves](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/facing-history-and-ourselves), [Canada](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/canada), [Memorial](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/memorial), [current events](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/current-events), [legacy](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/legacy), [Remembrance Day](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/remembrance-day), [English Classroom](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/english-classroom), [Personal history](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/peronsal-history)

# [Making Remembrance Day Meaningful for our Students](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/making-remembrance-day-meaningful-for-our-students/)

 Posted by [Cheryl Payne](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/author/cheryl-payne-stevens) on November 1, 2015

[![](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/hs-fs/file-4060436202-jpg/blog-files/cheryls-class-with-survivor-best-300x225.jpg)](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/making-remembrance-day-meaningful-for-our-students/)

Remembrance Day is a poignant moment to reflect upon the sacrifice that men and women made before us. As we get farther away from the world wars of the past, how do we as educators ensure that this day is meaningful for our students?

[Read More](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/making-remembrance-day-meaningful-for-our-students/)

 Topics: [Art](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/art), [Antisemitism](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/antisemitism), [Choosing to Participate](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/choosing-to-participate), [Facing History Resources](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/facing-history-resources), [Identity](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/identity), [Holocaust](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/holocaust), [Facing History and Ourselves](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/facing-history-and-ourselves), [Canada](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/canada), [Holocaust Education](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/holocaust-education), [Lesson Ideas](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/lesson-ideas)

# [Students of Facing History](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/students-of-facing-history/)

 Posted by [Ben Gross](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/author/ben-gross) on July 13, 2015

[![](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/hs-fs/file-4010739109-jpg/blog-files/rayan.jpg)](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/students-of-facing-history/)

As an educator I often wonder what students remember once they have left my classroom. It is my hope that when they leave they take with them critical thinking skills, the ability to engage in difficult conversations, and a deeper understanding of how we are all connected - in the past, present, and future. Through all of my various attempts to learn from my students what they are getting out of their [Facing History and Ourselves](https://www.facinghistory.org/) class, I have found that the best way to find out what students are learning is to ask them.

Each year, at the end of our grade 11 elective Facing History and Ourselves course, [Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity](http://www.tdsb.on.ca/DesktopModules/Tdsb.Webteam.Modules.SPC/CourseDescriptionPopup.aspx?courseID=420_20142015_CHG381), we take the time to reflect on our learning and ourselves. This year a group of students from my classroom chose to participate in a reflective interview process in lieu of their final journal entry assignment, and agreed to share their reflections.

Below, as inspired by the popular blog [Humans of New York](http://www.humansofnewyork.com/) and the Facing History project, [Humans of the Woodlands](https://www.facinghistory.org/innovation-grants-2014/ontario), you'll have the chance to glimpse into the classroom learning and life of a few of my Facing History and Ourselves students.

[Read More](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/students-of-facing-history/)

 Topics: [Choosing to Participate](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/choosing-to-participate), [Identity](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/identity), [History](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/history), [Holocaust Education](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/holocaust-education), [Memorial](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/memorial), [We and They](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/we-and-they), [Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/culturally-responsive-and-relevant-pedagogy), [legacy](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/legacy), [Genocide and Crimes Against Humanities Course](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/genocide-and-crimes-against-humanities-course), [Holocaust and Human Behaviour](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/holocaust-and-human-behaviour), [Inside a Genocide Classroom](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/inside-a-genocide-classroom), [Social Justice](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/social-justice), [Personal history](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/peronsal-history), [reflection](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/reflection)

# [Reflections on my First Year as a Facing History Teacher Part 1: “Healthy Tensions”](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/reflections-on-my-first-year-as-a-facing-history-teacher-part-1-healthy-tensions/)

 Posted by [Jonathan Temporal](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/author/jonathan-temporal) on June 30, 2015

[![](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/hs-fs/file-4010739274-jpg/blog-files/nts.jpg)](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/reflections-on-my-first-year-as-a-facing-history-teacher-part-1-healthy-tensions/)

Early in my teaching career I came across Voltaire's aphorism, which states, “perfect is the enemy of good.”[\[1\]](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/identity/page/2#_ftn1) As my fifth year as a middle school teacher, and my first year as a Facing History teacher comes to a close, I developed a new appreciation for this message.

Ten months ago, shortly after participating in the [Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behaviour seminar](https://www.facinghistory.org/events/s2015on1-facing-history-and-ourselves-holocaust-and-human-behaviour), I wrote a [blog post](http://onnetwork.facinghistory.org/6-ways-i-am-bringing-my-transformative-learning-to-my-new-facing-history-classroom/)detailing my plans for my first year as a Facing History and Ourselves teacher. I strongly believe in the power that the Facing History and Ourselves curriculum offers students, and I wanted to make sure I lived up to what it meant to be a Facing History teacher. During the year, I found myself chasing the “perfect” lessons, which I hoped would chain together to create the “perfect” unit, and the “perfect” year. Here is what I have learned since then.

[Read More](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/reflections-on-my-first-year-as-a-facing-history-teacher-part-1-healthy-tensions/)

 Topics: [Identity](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/identity), [Holocaust Education](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/holocaust-education), [Middle School](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/middle-school), [Strategies](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/strategies), [Lesson Ideas](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/lesson-ideas)

# [From Understanding to Upstander: Inside a Genocide Studies Classroom](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/from-understanding-to-upstander-inside-a-genocide-studies-classroom/)

 Posted by [Lanny Cedrone](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/author/lanny-cedrone) on April 13, 2015

[![](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/hs-fs/file-4010738029-jpg/blog-files/fhao_nk-7-1024x683.jpg)](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/from-understanding-to-upstander-inside-a-genocide-studies-classroom/)

One of the questions that we often struggle with as teachers, and even more so as teachers that cover issues of genocide, is *How do we even begin to understand something that is so far removed from most of our personal experiences?*  

[Read More](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/from-understanding-to-upstander-inside-a-genocide-studies-classroom/)

 Topics: [Choosing to Participate](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/choosing-to-participate), [Safe Schools](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/safe-schools), [Identity](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/identity), [Strategies](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/strategies), [Genocide and Crimes Against Humanities Course](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/genocide-and-crimes-against-humanities-course), [Lesson Ideas](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/lesson-ideas), [Inside a Genocide Classroom](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/inside-a-genocide-classroom)

# [Teaching “The Book of Negroes” Part I: Race, Names, and Identity](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/teaching-the-book-of-negroes-part-i-race-names-and-identity/)

 Posted by [Jasmine Wong](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/author/jasmine-wong) on February 11, 2015

[![](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/hs-fs/file-4060152027-jpg/blog-files/book-of-negroes.jpg)](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/teaching-the-book-of-negroes-part-i-race-names-and-identity/)

It always amazes me how good literature has the capacity to expand our understanding of our world, challenge our memory of history, and grow our thinking about human nature and human experience.

As someone who works with educators, I love to see how bringing great stories grounded in lived experiences into classrooms can begin conversations, spur questions, and help students make connections between themselves, the lives of others in the stories they read, and the world around them.

[Read More](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/teaching-the-book-of-negroes-part-i-race-names-and-identity/)

 Topics: [Identity](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/identity), ["The Book of Negroes"](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/the-book-of-negroes), [Strategies](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/strategies), [Lesson Ideas](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/lesson-ideas), [English Classroom](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/english-classroom), [Literature](https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/topic/literature)

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