The Zinn Education Project offers free lessons for these fabulous books. Let us know how you use any of the lessons and we’ll send you a people’s history book in appreciation.
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Award-winning musicologist and music historian Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. discussed his book Who Hears Here?: On Black Music, Pasts and Present as part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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On this anniversary of Tinker v. Des Moines, plaintiff Mary Beth Tinker speaks to the need for freedom of speech for students and teachers about Palestine.
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Exposure to toxic chemicals is on the rise — placing the health and longevity of our students at great risk. Invisible in air and water, toxins should be made visible in the curriculum. We offer lessons and resources for the classroom, along with stories about organizing for environmental justice.
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Fifth grade Georgia teacher Katie Rinderle was terminated for reading a book to her students that she purchased at her school's Scholastic book fair.
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Listen to the audiograms of people's history scholars from the Teach the Black Freedom Struggle monthly online classes.
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As part of our Teach the Black Freedom Struggle series, historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad joined educators Jesse Hagopian and T. J. Whitaker to discuss his book, The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America.
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Historian Heather McGhee joined Cierra Kaler-Jones and Jesse Hagopian to discuss the young readers’ edition of her bestselling book, The Sum of Us: How Racism Hurts Everyone. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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Thousands of teachers from across the United States have signed a pledge not to lie to their students.
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Historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad joined educators Jesse Hagopian and T. J. Whitaker to talk about his book, The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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Tuition-free opportunities for K–12 educators to study a variety of humanities topics.
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The SNCC Legacy Project is hosting an in-person and livestreamed roundtable conversation on Art & Culture in the Movement with Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) veterans and humanities scholars.
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New York City high school teacher Abby MacPhail shared this powerful story about her students' study of Rosa Parks.
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To counter attacks on history education, we secured donations from authors and publishers to increase classroom access to thousands of books on African American history.
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More than 10,000 teachers signed up to access people’s history lessons in 2023.
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Lawmakers continue to enact laws that will make it harder to vote. Help us reach more teachers with people's history lessons on voting rights in 2024.
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Journalist and author Norman Solomon joined Rethinking Schools editor and high school teacher Jesse Hagopian to discuss how Solomon’s book, War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine, relates to coverage of current events in Palestine-Israel, and strategies for teaching media literacy.
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This year the Earth shattered climate records, and the entanglement of militarism and fossil fuels reveals new atrocities every day. However, Hurricane Otis and other disasters that signal climate emergency receive little to no mainstream media coverage and context.
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In 2024, with your help, we can support and defend the right to teach truthfully.
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At least four public school teachers in Montgomery County, Maryland have been placed on administrative leave for public expressions of support for Palestinians. We invite everyone to join us in writing with concerns to the school board, city council, and school district leadership.
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On the first night of Chanukah, SNCC veteran and lifelong activist Dottie Zellner spoke at the NYC #ChanukahForCeasefire, sharing some of the history of Jewish people fighting for justice in the past century. Watch the video here.
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Check out this list of frequently downloaded lessons from the Zinn Education Project website in 2023.
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The Zinn Education Project team hosted seven interactive workshops, a dynamic exhibit, and two receptions during the 2023 NCSS conference in Nashville.
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Teachers are invited to make public their pledge to #TeachTruth at historic sites throughout the year.
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Thanks to the support of dozens of donors, we met Dave Colapinto’s 2023 Giving Tuesday match offer.
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