Facing History and Ourselves | Chicago

Chicago office

Since the Chicago office opened in 1990, more than 2,800 local educators have participated in Facing History's professional development programs. These teachers annually reach over 280,000 middle and high school students in over 695 public, religious, and independent schools in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Our training enables students to deepen their knowledge of history, their understanding of the origins of hatred and violence, and their ability to relate history to their own lives. A strong alliance with Chicago Public Schools and growing partnerships with suburban, religious, and charter schools enables us to have critical and significant impact.
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Participating Schools

Facing History and Ourselves is actively used in history, literature, interdisciplinary, government, and specially designed Facing History electives. In addition to being incorporated into K-12 schools, Facing History is also taught in colleges and universities. Our program associates work with educators to help them use these materials in the most appropriate ways.
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Location

Facing History Chicago

200 East Randolph Street Suite 2100

Chicago, 60601

United States

312-726-4500

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Read about 2010 Margot Stern Strom Teaching Award Winners in Chicago and Beyond.

Community Conversation with Dr. Paul Farmer

02/01/2010
Facing History Hosts Discussions on Urban Education with Local and National Education Leaders

11/07/2009
2009 Chicago Benefit Dinner Promotes Interfaith Understanding and Cooperation

10/13/2009

An Interview with Eve Shalen Krakowski

Eve Shalen, a high-school student, reflected on her need to belong. "Usually, people are made outcasts because they are in some way different from the larger group. But in my class, large differences did not exist. It was as if the outcasts were...
Margot Stern Strom Award Winner Takes a Journey to Understand Power, Reconciliation and Justice

Inspired by her students' curiosity and compassion after engaging with Facing History's Truth and Reconciliation Commission resources and Transitional Justice Module, Meg Arbeiter set out on a personal and professional journey to South Africa...

Voices

“I have been in a number of classrooms and I can tell you I’ve seen students sleeping; I’ve seen students totally disengaged and in some cases acting out; but I can tell you I have never been into a Facing History classroom where that has been the case. The children are meaningfully engaged. They are trying to deeply understand the challenges and that’s an experience that we really want to see in more of our classrooms across the city.”

Barbara Eason-Watkins, former Chief Education Officer at the Chicago Public Schools

Chicago Videos


Barbara Eason-Watkins Discusses Facing History and the Chicago Public Schools	Barbara Eason-Watkins, Chief Education Officer at the Chicago Public Schools, discusses their ongoing partnership with Facing History and the positive impact Facing History has had in CPS classrooms.	Nov 10 2009
Eboo Patel Speaks at 2009 Chicago Facing History Dinner	Eboo Patel, featured speaker at the 2009 Facing History and Ourselves Chicago Benefit Dinner, speaks about the enormous demographic influence of young people in today's world. He stresses the importance of programs such as Facing History in shaping their thinking, so they will open their hands to others rather than make fists.	May 8 2009
Javier N. Speaks at 2009 Chicago Benefit Dinner	Javier N, a member of the Facing History and Ourselves Chicago Student Leadership Team, speaks about the impact of the team's work on his ability to relate to students from diverse backgrounds and understand that we all share a common label: the label of being human.	May 8 2009