Student Video

Below is a collection of all of our online video clips featuring student speeches, classroom footage and student work, with the most recent clips appearing first. Watch this space for more as we continue to grow our extensive library online.

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See video Student Jessica S. Speaks at the 2007 Los Angeles Benefit Dinner
Jessica S, Facing History and Ourselves student at Carson High School in Carson, CA, speaks at the 2007 Facing History Los Angeles Benefit Dinner about her Facing History classes and how they changed students' understanding of themselves and others.
2 years 25 weeks ago
See video Student Kevin F.at the 2007 Cleveland Benefit Dinner
Kevin F., a Facing History and Ourselves student, speaks at the 2007 Cleveland Benefit Dinner about what he learned in his Facing History class.
2 years 25 weeks ago
See video Student Khadija H. Speaks at the 2007 Memphis Benefit Dinner
Khadija H., a Facing History student, and a survivor of Rwanda and Somalia, speaks at the 2007 Memphis Benefit Dinner about her understanding her own identity.
2 years 25 weeks ago
See video Student Laura S. speaks at the Facing History 2007 Chicago dinner
Laura, a Facing History student, speaks at the 2007 Facing History Chicago Benefit Dinner about building trust between groups of people.
2 years 25 weeks ago
See video John Prendergast Speaks with Facing History Students
John Prendergast, human rights activist, speaks with Facing History and Ourselves students about the fight against genocide in Darfur. Topics include getting personally involved, and getting elected officials to act.
2 years 25 weeks ago
See video Projections

Eighteen students from various New England high schools spent the day in Washington, D.C., to take action on the situation in the Darfur region of Sudan. To encourage others to act, the students worked together to create a powerful and thought-provoking multimedia project, entitled "Projections".

2 years 25 weeks ago
See video Student Rick M. Talks About His Identity
Facing History and Ourselves student Rick M. speaks at the 2007 Chicago Benefit Dinner about desegregation and his identity as a racially mixed child
2 years 25 weeks ago
See video Student Sunni W. Speaks at the 2007 Cleveland Benefit Dinner
Sunni W. speaks at the 2007 Cleveland Benefit Dinner about what she has learned as a Facing History student.
2 years 25 weeks ago
See video Perception: Jonathan L reads his poem

Last spring Jonathan wrote a poem called "Perception" about how prejudice influences our decisions about helping others. It won a regional poetry contest sponsored by the Cleveland Playhouse. Jonathan then went on to participate in a national contest and placed 12th.

2 years 23 weeks ago
See video Student Dahana L. Speaks at the 2004 New York Benefit Dinner
Dahana, a student originally from Haiti, speaks at the 2004 Facing History and Ourselves New York Benefit Dinner about her experience living in two cultures. Learning from immigrant groups who have come before her, she understands that she too can become American.
2 years 23 weeks ago