People's History at NCSS in Boston

The Zinn Education Project team will be at the National Council for the Social Studies Conference in Boston on November 22–23, 2024.

We have a booth in the exhibit area and we are offering a number of workshops, listed below. In the exhibit booth, we’ll have information about our Reconstruction report, Teach Climate Justice campaign, Teaching for Black Lives study groups, and all our people’s history lessons. There will also be resources from the two coordinating organizations, Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change. Visitors can take a photo with our #TeachTruth frame and/or record comments in our story booth.

Let us know if you plan to attend. We’d love to meet up with you there.

Zinn Education Project Schedule

Friday, November 22

Exhibit
9:00 am–6:00 pm, Booths 900 and 902

Saturday, November 23

Exhibit
8:00 am–4:00 pm, Booths 900 and 902

The Climate Crisis Has a History — Let’s Teach It
9:10 am–9:35 am, Room 111

Teaching the Radical Rosa Parks
2:25 pm–3:20 pm, Room 111

Teaching for Climate Justice Through Stories of Crisis and Possibility
2:25 pm–3:20 pm, Hall D

Teaching the Seeds of Violence in Palestine-Israel
3:30 pm–4:25 pm, Room 311

Additional Sessions of Note

Thursday, November 21

Dispelling Myths & Affirming Truths: Teaching Indigenous Peoples’ History, with Debbie Reese, Jean Mendoza, and others. Hosted by Beacon Press Books. 10:00 am–2:00 pm

Walking Tour of Brookline’s History of Slavery & Freedom

Brookline’s history reflects much of New England coastal history.

FREE

Beginning at Town Hall, you will look for evidence of slavery–hidden but in plain sight. The walk continues to an Underground Railroad house to hear the story of a daring escape to freedom. The walk closes with an account of what happened recently when Brookline “discovered” that a school had been named for an enslaver.

Led by Dr. Barbara Brown, a retired social studies specialist, affiliate at BU’s African Studies Center and a longtime NCSS member.

To reserve your place, email bbbrown@bu.edu & include your cell #. Space is limited to 6 people, but there will be a waitlist.

Details

- - 9:50AM Meet the Brookline Town Hall, 333 Washington St, Brookline, MA 02445. Location here.

- - The closest train/“T” stop to the Town Hall is the Brookline Village stop on the Green D line (5 min walk to Town Hall). It’s easy to pay for the T by tapping a credit card to the reader (no need for tickets); the ticket costs $2.40.