San Francisco Bay Area
Since the San Francisco Bay area office opened in 1997, more than 1,400 local educators have participated in Facing History's professional development programs. These teachers annually reach over 145,000 middle and high school students each year in over 300 public, independent, and religious schools throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Changing School Culture
“I have never experienced a course that so thoroughly changed my perspective on society and on myself as an individual. I am learning to ask myself important questions about my role, my decisions, and my responsibilities.”
Raquel R.
Notre Dame High School, San Jose, California
San Francisco Bay Area Stories
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"If everyone has a story, how do history, society, and culture function in silencing some voices and amplifying others?"' -Cliff Mayotte, Educational Director of Voice of Witness “Everyone has a story.” It’s an expression that has taken...
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Melissa Fully of Envision Academy for Arts and Technology, Oakland, used the Margot Stern Strom Teaching Award she won to publish a collection of her sophomore students’ writing titled “Universe of Obligation Memoirs.” Following their in-depth...
Events
Teaching About Civil Rights: From Local to Global
January 14, 2010
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
March 10, 2010
January 14, 2010
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
March 10, 2010
San Francisco Bay Area Videos
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Student Veronica G. Speaks at the 2009 San Francisco Benefit Dinner Veronica G, a 12th grade student at Lighthouse Community Charter High School in Oakland, CA, speaks about her Facing History class at the 2009 San Francisco Benefit Dinner.
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Teacher Trevor Gardner Speaks at the 2009 San Francisco Benefit Dinner Trevor Gardner, a humanities teacher at City Arts and Technology High School in San Francisco, speaks about his Facing History class at the 2009 Benefit Dinner. |
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Robyn Kessler Speaks at the 2009 San Francisco Benefit Dinner Robyn Kessler, a Facing History alum, speaks at the 2009 San Francisco Benefit Dinner about the lasting impact the program has had in her life and her decision to be a financial supporter of the program. |
Participating Schools
Facing History and Ourselves is actively used in history, literature, interdisciplinary, government and specially designed Facing History electives all over Northern California. In addition to being incorporated into K-12 schools, Facing History is also taught in colleges and universities.
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Location
San Francisco Office
24301 Southland Dr. Suite 318
Hayward, 94545United States
Office Phone: 510-786-2500
