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The Politics of Thanksgiving Day

By William Loren Katz With family excitement building with the approach of Thanksgiving, you would never know November was Native American History Month. President Obama had publicly announced the month, but many more Americans will be paying attention to his announcement of Thanksgiving.

This Changes Everything Writing Retreat Update

The Zinn Education Project is teaming up with our friends at This Changes Everything: Capitalism …

People’s History at the 2014 National Council for the Social Studies Conference

The Zinn Education Project will have a major presence with three booths at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Conference in Boston from Nov. 21-22, 2014. If you are one of the thousands of social studies teachers from around the world attending the NCSS conference, be sure to stop by the Zinn Education Project booths.

Abolish Columbus Day

Did you see the good news out of Seattle this past week? First the school board, then the city council, voted to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day. It's a sign that more and more people want to learn—and teach—the truth about our history.

Voices of a People’s History of the United States (Book, 10th anniv.) | Zinn Education Project: Teaching People's History

10th Anniversary Edition of Voices of a People’s History Coming This Fall

Performances of Voices of a People's History Scheduled for Los Angeles and New York in November The 10th anniversary edition of Voices of a People’s History of the United States will be published by Seven Stories Press this fall.

Colorado Student Protests Lead to Exploration of Ludlow History

The Colorado students protests in defense of learning history are reverberating in the media around the country and are also generating discussions around family dinner tables.

Fred Branfman, ¡Presente!

Fred Branfman, writer and peace activist, passed away on September 24, 2014 at the age…

Hundreds of High Schoolers Walk Out to Protest Conservative Takeover of History Standards

By Zaid Jilani, Alternet.org As part of the long-running textbook wars over American school curricula, the Jefferson County Colorado Board of Education moved earlier this month to alter AP U.S. history standards to meet a more right-wing view of the world, emphasizing “patriotism” and the “free enterprise system” and downplaying “social strife.”

Banned Books Week: Champion the Right to Teach and Learn People’s History

With Banned Books Week (Sept. 21-27) in full swing, we call attention to the recent attempts to ban people's history books and curriculum.

Grappling with Multiple Histories: Teaching Critical Inquiry with Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States

By Mark Kissling What follows is that reflection, written as a narrative spanning the last decade and a half. My purpose here is to argue, contrary to Governor Daniels, that students have much to gain from reading A People’s History in their classrooms. For that reason, I encourage all history teachers to bring Zinn’s writings into their classrooms.

This Changes Everything Writing Retreat

Rethinking Schools and the Zinn Education Project are partnering with an exciting project: This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate. This "multi-platform" project includes the new book by Naomi Klein, a feature documentary inspired by the book, and an ambitious outreach strategy to share the ideas behind these works with educators and activists, starting in Fall 2014.

Major Okinawa TV Story Features Zinn Education Project Teacher

We are thrilled that Okinawa based television network Ryukyu Broadcasting Corporation (RBC) is filming a…

The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Origins of the United States of America

Gerald Horne, professor of history and African American studies at the University of Houston, was interviewed on Democracy Now! on "the great disparity between how people in the United States talk about the creation myth of the United States."

“The value of non-violence comes first,” SNCC Veteran Ivanhoe Donaldson Tells Students

Update: We are sad to share that Ivanhoe Donaldson passed away on April 3, 2016…

Howard and Me: History for the People

History for the People By Robyn Spencer In 1989, one of my history professors at SUNY Binghamton assigned A People’s History of the United States in our class and nothing has ever been the same. 1989. Pinochet. Robin Givens and Mike Tyson. George H. W. Bush and Shabba Ranks. The Golden Girls and Iran-Contra. This was my 19-year-old world.

Mississippi Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary

The year 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of 1964 Freedom Summer, part of a campaign…

Yuri Kochiyama | Zinn Education Project: Teaching People's History

Yuri Kochiyama: Passing It On

Lifelong freedom fighter Yuri Kochiyama passed away on June 1, 2014 at the age of 93. Yuri Kochiyama is most widely known for being outspoken against the World War II arrest and internment of Japanese Americans in conditions that literally killed her father.

“ZEP gives us what ‘reform’ keeps trying to take away,” and More Survey Responses

We offer our appreciation to the more than 800 people who took the time to give us their thoughtful feedback about what it means to teach people's history and the role of the Zinn Education Project. As promised, 20 names were selected at random from the survey respondents to receive a copy of the DVD Not Just A Game.