Historian Mary Phillips discussed her book, Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins. This class was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

As state legislatures are passing laws to ban truthful teaching, more and more teachers continue to register at the Zinn Education Project. These numbers reflect a powerful countercurrent — one where teachers, students, and families seek out resources that center justice, people’s history, and critical thinking.

Whether it is Earth Day or any other day of the year, we offer lessons and resources to help students grasp the enormity of the environmental crisis, but also find paths to make a difference, to challenge the profit-first, fossil fuel-forever priorities of the people temporarily running this country.

We invite you to use the power of your social media platform to protect teachers and ensure that our children learn the truth about history so that they can shape a more just future.

Educators and allies are planning creative Teach Truth Day of Action events all over the country. Here are some examples.

Educators and allies are pledging to teach truth in actions at historic sites across the country on June 7, 2025 and all year long. Here are 10 ways to participate.

Check out these mini-lessons by people’s history scholars in our Teach the Black Freedom Struggle classes. Then sign up for the series.

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

Historian Jeanne Theoharis discussed her book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South. This class was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

Executive Orders on language, education, and climate have a profound impact on students’ lives. Therefore, young people should be invited to read and critique them. The Hillsdale College 1776 Curriculum is another text that merits critical attention.

Teach truth media toolkit with talking points, responses to FAQs, and best practices.

For the annual national Teach Truth Day of Action, authors, athletes, and activisits are submitting testimonials about why they support the campaign to #TeachTruth and the freedom to learn.    

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

We offer this #TeachTruthSyllabus as a gesture of defiance and education. The Right would be happy to obfuscate reality. We, on the other hand, want to probe beneath the surface — so we can teach the truth about our past and present.

Historian Justene Hill Edwards discussed her book, Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank, a comprehensive account of the Freedman’s Bank and its depositors. This class was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

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

School boards require our urgent attention.

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

Background reading and actions in response to Republican anti-history education laws.

Call on NAIS to immediately correct the record and issue an apology to Dr. Suzanne Barakat and Prof. Ruha Benjamin. 

Thanks to a generous collaboration with Dartmouth College historian Matthew Delmont, the Zinn Education Project offered 14,000+ copies of Delmont's book to public school teachers, school librarians, and teacher educators, who shared a plan for using the text.

We, the undersigned educators, refuse to lie to young people about U.S. history and current events.

Educator Jesse Hagopian discussed his book, Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education. This class was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

In teaching about the wildfires in Los Angeles, include the role of incarcerated labor.

Not only are books being banned, but also the right to teach about racism and LGBTQI identity — essentially placing thousands more titles off limits. The official lists of banned books are a drop in the bucket.