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After students study the history of Columbus, the first question is invariably, "Why are we celebrating this murderer with a holiday?"

Today, commemorating what promises to be the largest climate strike ever, Rep. Barbara Lee's office (D-Calif.) says she will officially introduce a House Resolution to support the teaching of climate change in schools throughout the United States.

We are heartened by pledges from teachers across the United States to teach about climate justice. Here is what some teachers said about why they took the pledge and/or how they plan to teach about the climate emergency.

We have posted a new lesson, "How to Make Amends: A Lesson on Reparations," by high school teachers Ursula Wolfe-Rocca, Alex Stegner, Chris Buehler, Angela DiPasquale, and Tom McKenna.

Join the Zinn Education Project staff and volunteers at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) conference in Austin, Texas from November 22-24. We will have a booth (#333) and offer people's history workshops.

Pledge to teach climate justice.

Submit a classroom story about a Zinn Education Project lesson and you will receive a copy of "Truth Has a Power of Its Own," courtesy of The New Press.

The last three years have told a story of continuous resistance. Although not yet strong enough to change the status quo, these growing movements point to a different, better future. We invite you to teach — in our classrooms and in the streets — the hope-inspiring maxim that “people make history.”

Our new lesson about redlining and housing segregation introduces students to the 20th-century housing policies that bankrolled white capital accumulation while halting Black social mobility — and contributed to the injustice of the modern wealth gap.

Teachers, teacher educators, and community activists are invited to attend the Northwest Conference on Teaching for Social Justice, Oct. 19, 2019, in Seattle, Washington.

We are seeking a Campaign Organizer to design the next phase of the Teach Reconstruction Campaign. (One year, part-time, contract position.)

With your help, we can create a movement to teach about the people's history of Reconstruction.

Poet and educator Clint Smith wrote reflections in a tweet thread after visiting young people in a juvenile detention center. His description of what has been missing from their formal education serves to explain the purpose of many of our lessons.

Forty-five teachers from across the state of Mississippi convened in Jackson for a workshop on Reconstruction as part of the Teach Reconstruction campaign.

This is one of the most important new school district positions available: a full-time Climate Justice Coordinator for Portland (Ore.) Public Schools. There will be the opportunity to have a profound impact, since the Climate Justice Coordinator would work with the Portland Public Schools Climate Justice Committee, student activists, frontline communities, and classroom teachers.

To respond to our global house-on-fire climate emergency, the Zinn Education Project launched a Teach Climate Justice Campaign to push for more intensive teaching of the climate crisis in schools and to provide resources for educators.

Close to 80 teachers convened at Howard University on April 13, 2019, to participate in a Reconstruction Teach-In.