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Throughout our organization's history, Facing History and Ourselves has provided professional development services to over 500 teachers in Great Britain with effective content and teaching strategies. Facing History has trained more than 200 educators in England from more than 90 schools, museums, NGOs, and universities in week-long seminars. London is also the location of Facing History's international training hub. View the full list of participating schools.

With support from the Edmond J. Safra Foundation, Facing History brings educators together from around the world each summer for a weeklong seminar. In 2010, the 31 participants hailed from Britain, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Rwanda, Sweden, Mexico, and Israel. In addition to 20 teachers from nine schools in the UK, several participants were from other UK organizations, such as Faith Matters, St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, and the West London Synagogue.

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Profiles

Students Connect School and Society at Skinners’ Company School for Girls
Margot Stern Strom Teaching Award winner Rebecca Warren has a global perspective on Facing History, thanks in part to an Icelandic volcano.

New Facing History Resource Introduced at London's Woolwich Polytechnic School
Una Sookun, Head of History at Woolwich Polytechnic School, was aware that many students at the school were conflicted over what it means to be English and British.

Highlights

  • Facing History has offered professional development to teachers in the United Kingdom since 2002.
  • Through a generous grant from the The Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation, London has been the site of our international seminar for the past three years. To date, 46 educators from the UK and 49 educators around the world have gathered together in London to explore Facing History’s content and teaching strategies.
  • One example of a school with which Facing History is strengthening a partnership is Skinner Company School for Girls and Notre Dame Academy. Facing History is working with teachers to integrate our content and teaching strategies across the curriculum and throughout school culture. This multifaceted approach to Facing History increases the impact on students and promotes a respectful, rigorous, and engaging school environment. In this way, student knowledge and reasoning are reinforced, and schools benefit from the practice of respect and responsibility in their hallways and dining halls.

Contact

Michael McIntyre
UK Programme Coordinator
Facing History and Ourselves, Ltd.
Victoria Charity Centre
Suite 5, First Floor
11 Belgrave Road
London, SW1V 1RB
United Kingdom
Telephone: (011) 44 207 931 6469
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7931 6496