Facing History Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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In her last piece as Facing History's blog writer, Kaitlin Smith reflects upon her journey at Facing History through an exploration of the life and ideas of Henry David Thoreau. We will miss her, and her way with words. https://t.co/F7yoSSstHi

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In this piece, Rethinking Schools editors weave bell hooks powerful words from her poignant and revolutionary book Teaching to Transgress with their own powerful testimonies on critical teaching. https://t.co/wGTglox2Ar

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In this course, offered by @Gilder_Lehrman –written by Pulitzer winning scholar David Blight, students will learn about the nature of the life, work, and thought of the nineteenth century abolitionist, orator, and author Frederick Douglass. https://t.co/ebSaLMdBmG https://t.co/h0kKu4h3Li

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Join us 4/26 for a conversation w/ Joy Harjo, the 23rd US Poet Laureate. She'll share a selection of poems & together we'll reflect on the challenges the pandemic has brought & underlying inequities it has exacerbated. RSVP: https://t.co/WaE0jqUJ2A Spons by @JacksonNational https://t.co/TQ2psBl8P8

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Using poems from Marianne Moore, Charles Bukowski, and Archibald MacLeish students will interrogate poems on poetry. Asking: What is poetry? Why is it important? And form their own opinions on the importance of poetry as a form of writing: https://t.co/tGjzCVuTQs

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In @nicolesjchung memoir: All You Can Ever Know, Chung speaks to her experience growing up as a transracial adoptee of Korean descent within a white family in small-town Oregon. Check out her interview with Franklin Stebbins, a FHAO staff member: 👇 https://t.co/cZaica1215

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Caroline Janney, the John L. Nau III Professor in History of the American Civil War at @UVA explores the time period after the Civil War in her book Ends of War and how a country comes back together after such an event. https://t.co/RkMZHN4DUT

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Caroline Janney, the John L. Nau III Professor in History of the American Civil War at @UVA explores the time period after the Civil War in her book Ends of War and how a country comes back together after such an event. https://t.co/RkMZHN4DUT

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We at Facing History & Ourselves seek to always tell the whole side of history, and women have always been major contributors. Use these 5 classroom resources that offer a look at women making history in various contexts: https://t.co/h56wttFyMK

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#DYK that former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt led the International Committee that drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? This #UHRM, check out this video detailing her efforts to create a universal standard on how we treat one another: https://t.co/rFhMejR79t https://t.co/08T6rZUl3q