My Part of the Story by Facing History And Ourselves

My Part of the Story by Facing History And Ourselves

My Part of the Story is a collection of six lessons designed to support teachers to launch a course about United States history, literature, or civic life through an examination of students' individual identities.

Throughout the unit, students read and discuss primary and secondary texts, watch videos, and create visual representations of identity. These activities are meant to develop their understanding of how we all become who we are and how we all contribute, in different ways, to our national context.

Empower students to develop their own voices in both the classroom and the world at large and engage them in a study of the United States by showing them that their voices are integral to the story of the country.

Facing History and Ourselves is an international educational and professional development organization whose mission is to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry. By studying the historical development of the Holocaust and other examples of genocide, students make connections between history and the moral choices they confront in their own lives.