Check out this list of frequently downloaded lessons from the Zinn Education Project website during the 2023–2024 school year.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer, a voting rights campaign with lessons for today.

In this election year, educators are hosting more than 170 #TeachTruth events to challenge the media silence and encourage everyone to defend the freedom to learn. Here are descriptions and photos from some of the events.

Children’s future depends on what they learn today.

On June 4, the Zinn Education Project hosted a Press Call about the 4th Annual National Teach Truth Day of Action.

On Nov. 18, 2024, documentary filmmaker Yoruba Richen (and others from the film) will discuss : American Coup: Wilmington 1898, a new American Experience PBS documentary directed by Richen and Brad Lichtenstein that examines a white supremacist massacre of Black residents of Wilmington, North Carolina. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

In this election year, educators and allies are planning creative Teach Truth Day of Action events all over the country.

We feature lessons, articles, and other resources to teach about the Tulsa Massacre and the ongoing struggle against institutionalized racism.

We invite educators, students, parents, and community members to host an information table or an event at a historic site to defend the freedom to learn and LGBTQ+ rights on June 8, 2024.

On this Memorial Day weekend, we feature two articles: one about the early origins of the holiday, led by African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina after the Civil War, and the second by Howard Zinn urging us to "destroy the weapons of death that . . . threaten our children and grandchildren."

Historians Jarvis Givens and Imani Perry will discuss the Black Teacher Archive, which centralizes materials created by professional organizations of African American educators. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

Philosopher Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò joined Cierra Kaler-Jones and Jesse Hagopian to discuss his book, Reconsidering Reparations. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

Throughout U.S. history, young people have protested to demand justice in the United States and around the world. Each time, they face violence from police and vilification by the corporate media.

The upcoming school board elections require our urgent attention.

This International Workers’ Day — May 1st — comes in the midst of union victories — and ongoing challenges for frontline workers and teachers.

“Outside agitators” is a trope used throughout history in response to slave resistance, Reconstruction, the labor movement, the anti-apartheid movement, the Civil Rights Movement, and more to dismiss and repress the legitimate agency, intellect, and concerns of local people.

On Apr. 14, 2025, historian Mary Phillips will discuss her book Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

Wear Teach Banned History buttons to prompt conversations everywhere about the need to actively oppose book bans, teach truthfully, and defend LGBTQ+ rights.

Historian Julius B. Fleming Jr. joined educator Jessica Rucker to discuss his book, Black Patience: Performance, Civil Rights, and the Unfinished Project of Emancipation. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

For this 4th annual Teach Truth Day of Action, we are offering a pop-up display so event hosts can set up an information table at a public space such as a bookstore, library, or farmers' market.