We mourn the loss of Palestinian and Israeli lives and grieve for those who have lost loved ones due to the ongoing occupation and massive bombardment. One cannot understand this tragedy without acknowledging its history.
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This year the Earth shattered climate records, and the entanglement of militarism and fossil fuels reveals new atrocities every day. However, Hurricane Otis and other disasters that signal climate emergency receive little to no mainstream media coverage and context.
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Online classes for educators on teaching the Black Freedom Struggle. People's historians interviewed by classroom teachers and teacher educators.
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Check out this list of frequently downloaded lessons from the Zinn Education Project website in 2023.
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The Zinn Education Project team hosted seven interactive workshops, a dynamic exhibit, and two receptions during the 2023 NCSS conference in Nashville.
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Thanks to a donation of books from the author and Dartmouth College, the Zinn Education Project is offering 10,000 paperback copies of Matthew Delmont's book on African Americans during WWII to public school teachers, school librarians, and teacher educators, who have a plan for using the text.
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Thanks to the support of dozens of donors, we met Dave Colapinto’s 2023 Giving Tuesday match offer.
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As the crisis intensifies in Palestine and Israel, we are hearing stories like this one about responses from colleagues and students. Let us know if you have used or adapted any of the teaching resources in this growing Zinn Education Project collection and/or what sort of support or restrictions you’ve encountered.
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Historian Michael Hines joined Cierra Kaler-Jones and Jesse Hagopian to discuss his book, A Worthy Piece of Work. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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For four years now, Teaching for Black Lives study groups have been sponsored by nurturing communities of anti-racist educators across the United States. This school year, more than 100 study groups are investigating what it means to teach for Black lives.
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To continue to support educators with free people’s history resources we need your help. The Right has a well-funded campaign to suppress the truth. Your donation defends teachers who #TeachTruth.
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Historian Blair L. M. Kelley joined Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian to discuss her book, Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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The New Press is offering a free copy of the book to teachers who share stories about teaching any of the lessons at the Zinn Education Project on war and anti-war campaigns.
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Documentary filmmakers Marco Williams and Maia Harris are producing a film about the making of and legacy of Eyes on the Prize. An important part of the story is how the series is used in classrooms today.
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Stories about the impact of people's history lessons in the classroom.
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On May 6, 2024, philosophy professor Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò will discuss his book Reconsidering Reparations. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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Seven Stories Press is offering free copies of their new book, La historia del pueblo de Estados Unidos para jóvenes to middle and high school public school teachers, school librarians, and teacher educators, who have a plan for using and promoting the text.
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On this Constitution Day, let’s commit ourselves to teach the truth. Let’s look deeply and critically at how this document may have offered a republican form of government for some, but denied humanity to others, and contributed to the system of white supremacy we still need to dismantle.
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SNCC veterans Courtland Cox, Jennifer Lawson, and Judy Richardson discuss how the lessons they learned during the Civil Rights Movement are applicable today. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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This one day workshop is for teachers to explore themes, strategies, and primary sources related to teaching Reconstruction and to provide support to educators in the teaching of this critical era.
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In 2023, 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.
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We offer a new timeline of the climate crisis that traces its roots from European colonial expansion and racial capitalism to present-day fossil fuel industry and government projects that exploit and destroy the Earth in the name of maximum profit. It also emphasizes moments and movements of resistance and activism that inform climate justice work today.
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While book bans make the headlines, the chilling effect of the bans and anti-education laws have an even deeper impact. Our Teaching for Black Lives study groups provide support for teachers in the face of these dire conditions. However, we want to alert everyone to the nature of the repression.
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Lessons, books, articles, films, and upcoming events on labor history.
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Recommended classroom resources, including lessons, books, articles, films, and more for Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
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