Historian Blair L. M. Kelley joined Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian to discuss her book, Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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Two books offers for educators who share stories about teaching any of the lessons at the Zinn Education Project on Palestine, war, and anti-war campaigns.
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Documentary filmmakers Marco Williams and Maia Harris are producing a film about the making of and legacy of Eyes on the Prize. An important part of the story is how the series is used in classrooms today.
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Seven Stories Press is offering free copies of their new book, La historia del pueblo de Estados Unidos para jóvenes to middle and high school public school teachers, school librarians, and teacher educators, who have a plan for using and promoting the text.
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SNCC veterans Courtland Cox, Jennifer Lawson, and Judy Richardson discuss how the lessons they learned during the Civil Rights Movement are applicable today. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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This one day workshop is for teachers to explore themes, strategies, and primary sources related to teaching Reconstruction and to provide support to educators in the teaching of this critical era.
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We offer a new timeline of the climate crisis that traces its roots from European colonial expansion and racial capitalism to present-day fossil fuel industry and government projects that exploit and destroy the Earth in the name of maximum profit. It also emphasizes moments and movements of resistance and activism that inform climate justice work today.
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While book bans make the headlines, the chilling effect of the bans and anti-education laws have an even deeper impact. Our Teaching for Black Lives study groups provide support for teachers in the face of these dire conditions. However, we want to alert everyone to the nature of the repression.
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Share a story about using any of our lessons on enslavement, resistance, and Reconstruction.
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Teaching for Black Lives study groups have been a vital source of strength, support, and guidance during an impossibly difficult time for teachers.
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Here are recommended resources to teach outside the textbook about the March on Washington on this 60th anniversary.
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The climate crisis is not in some distant future. It is being felt around the world with heatwaves, floods, and most dramatically with the wildfires in Hawaii. Our hearts go out to the people of Maui, who face the tragic loss of lives, homes, and entire communities.
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Learn directly from people's historians by listening to these audio recordings of Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online classes.
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In our role play, “Hunger on Trial,” on the Irish Famine, we feature two of Sinéad O’Connor’s poignant songs: “Skibbereen” and “Famine.” Honor Sinéad O’Connor by drawing on her insight, anger, and poetry in your curriculum.
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With record heatwaves and toxic air due to wildfire smoke, the mainstream media remain silent about climate change and fossil fuels. In the face of media silence, educators must fill the gap and we offer #TeachClimateJustice campaign resources to do so.
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Hundreds of teachers register at the Zinn Education Project website each week to access lessons and resources. We love hearing how people found us and why they’ve signed up. Check out these most recent reasons why people registered.
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Register today for the 16th Annual Northwest Teaching for Social Justice Conference, which will be held Saturday, October 21, at Parkrose High School in Portland.
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Flagler College hosts the conference The Freedom to Teach: Confronting Complex Themes in Contested Spaces to bring history and civics educators from a variety of different backgrounds to share their perspectives on and experiences with teaching difficult topics.
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In the face of attempts by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to ban AP African American studies, social justice books, and critical race theory in K–12 schools (and DEI in public colleges), we take a look at stories in Florida history that would be off limits to students.
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We have a dynamic list of scholars for the 2023–2024 season of the Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online classes. Check it out and register today.
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Tell us your classroom story and receive a free book! Describe how you used one or more of our lessons to teach about climate change, environmental activism, and issues related to land rights to participate in the book giveaway.
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Hundreds of teachers register at the Zinn Education Project website each week to access lessons and resources. We love hearing how people found us and why they’ve signed up. Check out these most recent reasons why people registered.
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Teachers’ stories about our lesson on COINTELPRO by Ursula Wolfe-Rocca highlight the student insights and engagement we need to encourage — not criminalize.
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Clint Smith, author of How the Word Is Passed, has written a new foreword for Ronald Takaki’s classic history text A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America.
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People’s history is for all ages. Here, we feature some of our favorite age-appropriate materials and opportunities for younger students.
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