Here are recommended resources to teach outside the textbook about the March on Washington on this 60th anniversary.

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.

To start the school year with an affirmation of the freedom to learn, there is a read-aloud activity scheduled in Georgia. The goal is to make the commitment to learning and to all students visible. Educators will not hide in the shadows.

The Zinn Education Project hosts Teaching for Black Lives study groups each year. Applications are open now for the 2023-2024 school year.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Teachers’ stories about our lesson on COINTELPRO by Ursula Wolfe-Rocca highlight the student insights and engagement we need to encourage — not criminalize.

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.

People’s history is for all ages. Here, we feature some of our favorite age-appropriate materials and opportunities for younger students.

We extend our gratitude to the volunteer breakout group facilitators who helped make Teach the Black Freedom Struggle classes last year so fruitful.  

Katie Rinderle, a 5th-grade teacher in Georgia, received a letter of termination for reading My Shadow Is Purple to her class.

SNCC veteran Judy Richardson explained why she chose Hands on the Freedom Plow to donate to the "contraband book drive" at the Teach Truth Day of Action in Washington, DC on June 10, 2023.

In dozens of cities, teachers and allies rallied to raise awareness about the threats to public education, LGBTQ+ students, and democracy.

Map and list of Teach Truth Day of Action sites for 2023.

The Zinn Education Project mourns the passing of Daniel Ellsberg. Ellsberg’s most famous act — copying and releasing the secret Pentagon Papers history of the war in Vietnam — earned him National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger’s label, “the most dangerous man in America.”

Guide for for anyone to create a pop-up Teach Banned Books display.

Selected photos and stories from classrooms across the country about their use of the book and film, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.