Author and educator Clint Smith discussed the new young readers edition of How the Word Is Passed: Remembering Slavery and How It Shaped America, which was adapted by Sonja Cherry-Paul. This class was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

Lessons, books, articles, films, and upcoming events on labor history.

A statement from the Zinn Education Project on teaching truthfully about the Constitution.

To assist with efforts to teach truthfully — and invite inquiry — about the Constitution, we offer 10 ways to rethink this founding document. The list can be used for discussion, and to critique whitewashed narratives peppered across curricula and public life.

Hundreds of educators register for free each month at the Zinn Education Project to access lessons and other resources. Here’s why.

Examples of the U.S. government holding people in concentration camps.

The Zinn Education Project supports Teaching for Black Lives study groups each year. Apply to host a group.

As the climate crisis accelerates, our Teach Climate Justice resources — free lessons, articles, a climate crisis timeline, and more — are becoming more and more valuable in the classroom.

15,000 copies of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, the young readers’ edition of a book by acclaimed historian Jeanne Theoharis, adapted by award-winning YA author Brandy Colbert, have been shipped to teachers requesting copies to pair with their history or language arts curriculum.

Thanks to generous donors, the Zinn Education Project gave 450 copies of Eve Ewing’s Original Sins to educators around the country.

We engaged with educators from around the country at the National Education Association Conference on Racial and Social Justice in Portland, Oregon.

A story and corrido (ballad) about the 1930s deportation of Mexican Americans.

Thank you to the staff of the Zinn Education Project for trusting and supporting educators and students, and for providing resources to teach truth.

With the airwaves full of inflammatory rhetoric about immigrants and I.C.E. raids in countless communities, we provide lessons, teaching guides, and other recommended resources for teaching honestly and critically about immigration.

Highlights from 2025 Teach Truth events around the United States.

Thanks to a generous donation from One Signal Publishers, 300 copies of Jason Stanley's Erasing History were donated to educators around the country in preparation for the 5th annual Teach Truth Day of Action.

The D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice hosted a Teach Truth day of action event at the Mall — marching (with a brass band) from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) to the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI).

On the #TeachTruth Day of Action, every Lush store in the United States installed a display about banned books, featuring the picture book Fry Bread and a link to learn more at the Zinn Education Project.

Resources for middle and high school classrooms on the history of policing in the United States.

Teach Truth day of action briefing with representatives from the co-sponsors, partners, and event hosts.

Children’s future depends on what they learn today. That is why we need to defend the freedom to learn, more now than ever. Let students and teachers know we are by their side.

Historian Mia Bay discussed her book, Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance, which explores racial restrictions on transportation and resistance to the injustice. This class was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

Fifth annual nationwide rallies and teach-ins, led by educators, students, and local communities aim to pushback unprecedented and increasing legislative efforts to censor history and restrict learning in K–12 classrooms.

The Zinn Education Project, in conjunction with more than 80 prominent racial and social justice organizations, will hold a national briefing on June 3, to discuss the growing chorus of diverse voices speaking out against the state and federal attack on students’ freedom to learn and educators’ freedom to teach.