Inspirational Ohio organizer and political leader C. J. Prentiss died on April 2, 2024.

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 April 8, 2024, Julius B. Fleming Jr., in conversation with educator Jessica Rucker, will discuss the role of Black theater in the Black Freedom Struggle and the concept of “Black patience.”

Too often, textbooks present famines as natural phenomena. They are not. As Gaza moves closer toward famine, it is not hard to see its causes.

On the four-year anniversary of the declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic, we offer resources for teaching about health and healthcare.

Mississippi-born SNCC veteran and lifelong activist Dorie Ladner died on March 11, in Washington, D.C.

We owe it to our students — and to the people of Gaza — to explore in our classrooms the history of violence that continues in Palestine-Israel. Check out the new mixer/mystery activity on Zionism, anti-Zionism, peasant resistance, the Great War, the British Mandate, and find more teaching resources on Palestine-Israel.

The Zinn Education Project offers free lessons for these fabulous books. Let us know how you use any of the lessons and we’ll send you a people’s history book in appreciation.

Award-winning musicologist and music historian Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. discussed his book Who Hears Here?: On Black Music, Pasts and Present as part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

On this anniversary of Tinker v. Des Moines, plaintiff Mary Beth Tinker speaks to the need for freedom of speech for students and teachers about Palestine.

Exposure to toxic chemicals is on the rise — placing the health and longevity of our students at great risk. Invisible in air and water, toxins should be made visible in the curriculum. We offer lessons and resources for the classroom, along with stories about organizing for environmental justice.

Fifth grade Georgia teacher Katie Rinderle was terminated for reading a book to her students that she purchased at her school's Scholastic book fair.

Listen to the audiograms of people's history scholars from the Teach the Black Freedom Struggle monthly online classes.

As part of our Teach the Black Freedom Struggle series, historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad joined educators Jesse Hagopian and T. J. Whitaker to discuss his book, The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America.

Historian Heather McGhee joined Cierra Kaler-Jones and Jesse Hagopian to discuss the young readers’ edition of her bestselling book, The Sum of Us: How Racism Hurts Everyone. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

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.

Thousands of teachers from across the United States have signed a pledge not to lie to their students.

In 2024, 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.

Historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad joined educators Jesse Hagopian and T. J. Whitaker to talk about his book, The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

Educators and allies are pledging to teach truth in actions at historic sites across the country on June 8, 2024 and all year long. Here are 10 ways to participate.

On June 10, 2024, scholar Brian Jones will shed light on the history of the Civil Rights Movement in the North and ways that those stories can be included in the curriculum. This session is 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.

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