Facing History Resources- A Webquest

1. If you haven’t already, register for an account on our website.

2. Playlist (aka bookmarks) allows you to keep your favourite

web links organized. Once your playlist is made, you can
access it by clicking on ‘My Account’ on the top right hand
corner and choosing the ‘My Playlists’ tab. To make a
playlist click on the button in the upper right hand corner.

3. Take a moment to check out the resources that are available for teaching during
COVID. Bookmark a resource you find helpful.

PART A: Resources and Unit Plans

4. Choose one of the following options to explore:

Option 1 (Social Science Educators): Stolen Lives: The Indigenous Peoples

of Canada and Residential Schools
Go to the Stolen Lives landing page Scroll down and explore the ‘Use the Tables of
Content’ for 1-2 minutes . A 2 Stolen Lives 2 week unit outline and scholar videos
on the Indian Act, Genocide and Reconciliation are coming soon.
OR
Explore the French Stolen Lives Virtual Book (Vies Volees).

Option 2: Holocaust and Human Behaviour

Go to the Holocaust and Human Behaviour landing page. Scroll down and explore the
‘Use the Tables of Content’ and explore the resource for 1-2 minutes. Take a moment to
also look through the HHB unit plan.

Option 3 (English/Drama Educators): English Literature Resources

Explore Facing History’s new modular program, Coming of Age in a Complex World, that
 integrates culturally responsive teaching practices, social-emotional learning, and civic
education to create authentic and engaging learning experiences. Try finding the spoken
word poem!

OR

Look through the following English literature resources:

Explore poems/excerpts from Stolen Lives: The Indigenous Peoples of Canada and the
Residential Schools:
● “I Lost My Talk” by Rita Joe, a Mi’kmaw poet and songwriter, shares her experience
of being forcibly required to give up her language.
● “I’m Not the Indian You Had In Mind” by Thomas King.
● Explore the words of Richard Wagamese, an intergenerational survivor, who
discusses the effect of residential schools on those who did not even attend them.

Teaching Night: A teaching guide f or Elie Wiesel’s Night. You need to be logged in to
your FH account in order to access the PDF.

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Explore Facing History’s resources to teach the
Diary of Anne Frank that includes lessons, teaching guides and readings.

AND if you have time…

Check out Facing History’s unit on Literature Circles

Option 4: Teachers in a French Language Context

o If you want to check out our French landing page that includes resources and
teaching strategies click here

Option 5: Download and explore the resource Stories of Identity: Religion, Migration,
and Belonging in a Changing World

PART B: Teaching Strategies

5. Next, interact with Facing History and Ourselves Teaching Strategies

OR
Teaching Strategies for Remote Learning for 3-4 minutes

a. Click the drop down menu under “Teaching Strategy Type” and explore 3-5 of the
 organized strategies
b. Find a kinesthetic, visual art, discussion based teaching strategy that would work in
your classroom.
c. Add one strateg y you are interested in implementing into your classroom into your
playlist.
c. Get a glimpse inside real classrooms in our classroom videos to see our
teaching strategies in action, learn from our on-demand webinars, and engage
with our self-paced workshops to further your professional learning. Using the
filter tab on the left side of your page, you can choose which topic, subject &
approach you want to see.

PART C: Current Events

6. Being prepared to discuss current events in the classroom will help maintain safe and
brave classroom spaces. Choose 1-2 of the following options to explore and save it to
your playlist:

Option 1: Fostering Civil Discourse: How Do We Talk About Issues That Matter? This
resource is designed to help you prepare your students to engage in civil discourse, whether
you are teaching in-person, remotely, or transitioning between the two.

Option 2: Use the ideas and key questions to guide your planning with this current events
planning guide

Option 3: Scroll through the FacingToday blog that features lesson ideas and strategies
for bringing current events into your classroom. Take an extra moment to view the most
recent post, 11 Strategies for Remote and Hybrid Learning.

Part D: Self Paced, Asynchronous and Synchronous Facilitated

Professional Learning

7. Facing History provides virtual professional development to educators across the globe.
Take a few minutes to explore 1-2 of the following offerings:

Option 1: Free self-paced course: Using Facing History in a Canadian History Course.
An honest exploration of Canada’s past helps young people understand what it means to be
Canadian today, analyze the ethical questions that confront our nation, and consider the
choices that individuals have to shape the country’s future.
 Option 2: Canadian on-demand webinars:

a. The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: This
webinar delves into the testimonies and experiences of those who were part of this process,
maintaining the importance of intersectional and Indigenous-led storytelling in documenting
genocide, both in the past and in the present.

b. Restoring the Balance: A Short History of Gendered Colonization in Canada: Dr. Karine
Duhamel explains the varied traditional roles of women in community, the particular
gendered effects of so-called “blind” policies historically, and contemporary impacts on the
safety and security of Indigenous individuals and families today.

Option 3: Equity on-demand webinars

a. What pedagogical approaches exist to empower educators and their students to analyze,
navigate, and challenge racial injustice? Listen to Schooling for Critical Consciousness: A
Conversation with Scott Seider and Daren Graves.

b. Listen to writer and educator, Dr. Clint Smith, where we hear his poetry and reflections on
working for justice, equity, and civic agency in schools: Working for Justice, Equity and
Civic Agency in Our Schools: A Conversation with Clint Smith

c. Click here to check out our upcoming events, and register for any you are interested
in.

Part E: Canadian Content

8. To stay in the loop on Canada specific content, explore the following resources:

a. Follow this link to Facing Canada’s community blog to explore a treasure trove of
classroom ideas and resources contributed by classroom teachers, resource librarians,
Indigenous educators and scholars, and Facing History staff. The posts include inspiring
ideas for honouring survivors of Residential Schools, and for decolonizing and
Indigenizing schools.

b. Follow us on Twitter for teaching resources, current events resources, upcoming

professional development opportunities and more.
c. Subscribe to receive our Canada e-newsletter to be notified of upcoming professional
development. Click this link and scroll to the bottom of the page to enter your information
in ‘Stay Connected With Us’: