There was a standing-room-only crowd at the new Busboys and Poets in Hyattsville, Md., for the special event on Sept. 21 to celebrate International Peace Day, dedicate the Zinn Room, and raise funds for the Zinn Education Project.
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One of the most popular teaching activities on the Zinn Education Project website is The People vs. Columbus, et al. which challenges student to critically examine the motivations for and impact of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in Hispaniola.
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Here are selected excerpts from the presentations on September 21, 2011 at Busboys and Poets…
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We have just posted 10 new teaching resources at our website! These include a dramatic role play about the little-known Japanese Latin American internment during World War II; an article on working with Lewis Hine's photos of child labor; activities on the first-ever Indigenous People's Summit on Climate Change; and a role play that puts students in the position of being members of the American Anti-Slavery Society, who must choose the most effective ways to fight slavery.
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A letter to ask Scholastic to stop distributing fossil fuel and other industry propaganda labeled as educational materials in schools.
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Teach current events by teaching labor history with Zinn Education Project materials.
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The Zinn Education Project is proud to have prepared a 100-page teaching guide for the…
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The Zinn Education Project has developed a 16-page promotional booklet to introduce teachers to the…
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Howard Zinn's keynote speech to teachers at the National Council for the Social Studies Conference in Houston in 2008.
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The Zinn Education Project reached hundreds of thousands of teachers and students in 2010. While…
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Review of the Zinn Education Project website for the NCTE journal.
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Lauren Cooper spoke for the Zinn Education Project at "A People's Celebration of Howard Zinn" in Boston, Massachusetts in May of 2010.
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Many thanks to the following teachers who took the time during the spring of 2010 to write stories about how they teach a people's history. The asterisk (*) indicates the teachers who will receive a class set of books. However, all the essays will contribute to our ongoing efforts to share creative examples of how to teach outside the textbook.
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We are pleased to announce that 20 teachers from across the country are receiving class…
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