In appreciation for teaching stories about the lessons on the American Revolution, we offer The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and The Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk or We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance by Kellie Carter Jackson.

This Presidents Day, rather than mythologize past presidents as kinder and gentler than Trump, let's remind students that this country has been at its best when people have organized to question and challenge presidents — opposing presidential support for slavery, war, invasion, segregation, and injustice of all kinds. 

While the Seattle Seahawks just won the Superbowl, they have also been champions for educators.

Historian Jarvis Givens joined Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones and editor Jesse Hagopian to discuss his latest book, I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black History Month. This class was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

The federal government tore down a memorial to people enslaved by George Washington at his Philadelphia residence, in the shadow of Independence Hall.

To prepare for media interviews and anyone else with questions about the teaching truthfully about the American Revolution, we offer a list of FAQs and suggested responses.

Thanks to generous donors, we can offer hardback copies of King of the North: Martin Luther King’s Freedom Struggle Outside of the South to teachers in exchange for stories about using any of our lessons about Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement in the North.

Educator Brian Jones spoke about his latest book Black History Is for Everyone, a look at how the study of Black history challenges our understanding of race, nation, and the stories we tell about who we are. This class was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

The same administration sending ICE to terrorize communities contributes to the dangerous ice and snow storms, threatening the safety of millions this weekend. Fossil fuel extraction helps turn annual snow (and heat, fires, and rain storms) into extreme weather.

“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.

King of the North by Jeanne Theoharis fundamentally reshapes how we understand Martin Luther King Jr.’s politics and partnerships. Help us send this book to schools.

For the 5th annual Teach Truth Day of Action, Seven Stories Press, Haymarket Books, and One Signal Publishers donated books that address the censorship of people's history. 

As we equip students to understand the immoral and illegal U.S. intervention in Venezuela, let’s frame these actions in terms of the much longer history of U.S. efforts to control other people’s lives and resources.

Tuition-free opportunities for K–12 educators to study a variety of humanities topics.

After five years of coordinating national Teach Truth Days of Action, the Zinn Education Project is helping usher the movement into a new phase — deepening its reach by embedding the fight for honest education in year-round social justice organizing rather than leading a single day of action ourselves, and bringing the demand for the #FreedomtoLearn to the growing number of coalition-led protests. We are also focusing on the American Revolution 250 in 2026.

Michael Charney (March 31, 1950 – January 2, 2026) was a passionate educator, political strategist, and labor organizer, committed to ensuring students and the broader community learn the truth about U.S. history and have a voice in their own education. Here is a brief introduction to Charney's life and philosophy.

Educators are teaching in perilous times. We face a white supremacist backlash — funded by billionaires — against the 2020 uprising for Black lives, when tens of millions built a multiracial movement against systemic racism.

Stories from teachers using Zinn Education Project lessons in 2025.

The Zinn Education Project (coordinated by Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change) supports and defends the right to teach truthfully. We need your help to reach more classrooms in 2026.

We offer lessons to teach truthfully, outside the textbook — on immigration, climate, labor solidarity, and more. Our lessons encourage students to ask questions, to think critically, and to ask who loses and who benefits from policies in history and today.

Historian Ned Blackhawk discusses the Indigenous origins of the American Revolution, drawing from his book, The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History.

Resources for teaching a people's history of the American Revolution.