Today marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, an initiative that got its start at a school (college, to be exact). According to EarthDay.org, a Wisconsin senator was inspired by... read more →
On this day in 1861, the Confederate Army attacked Fort Sumter, beginning the War Between the States that would kill 620,000 soldiers from combat, accident, starvation, and disease. Two states... read more →
Today marks the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade History, an annual commemoration established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2007.... read more →
...not a drop to drink. That's what Richard Lebowitz discovered on his Fund for Teachers fellowship last summer in Indonesia. For two weeks, he collaborated with Balinese municipalities, scholars, citizens... read more →
At least 3,000 years before the modern world elected a woman to be a head of state, one woman led a country’s government, judicial system, religious life, and military. Her... read more →
Today California's state legislature will officially apologize to Japanese Americans sent to internment camps during World War II. This aspect of World War II is one many students don't learn about... read more →
Last summer, FFT Fellow Brian Forte crossed seven states and the District of Columbia to experience significant cultural and civic landmarks and analyze how "stories of the south" are essential... read more →
They gathered data in national parks, followed the Brothers Grimm through Germany, researched the secret to happiness in Southeast Asia, built an aquaponics system in Africa, and conducted interviews in... read more →
Abraham Lincoln High School, located on the west side of San Francisco, is far from the traditional ethnic neighborhoods of Chinatown and the Mission District; centers of the city’s Asian... read more →
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. In November 2005, the United Nations General Assembly designated this day as International Holocaust Remembrance Day to honor the six million Jewish... read more →