Websites Archives - Zinn Education Project

Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility

Website. Classroom lessons and resources to educate young people for hopeful and intelligent engagement with their world.

Youth Organizing! Disabled and Proud: Disability History Teaching Resources

Website. Resources for teaching Disability History.

The Museum of disABILITY History

Website. Timeline from Museum of disABILITY History that chronicles significant events in disability history from 400 B.C. to 1999.

Ridenhour Prizes: Fostering the Spirit of Courage and Truth

Website. Awards for individuals, books, films, and organizations for truth-telling and whistleblowing.

This Week in History from Peace Buttons

Website. Descriptions of historical events from the grassroots, organized by dates.

The Right Livelihood Award

Website. The alternative Nobel Prize, an excellent place to learn about noted activists from around the world.

350.org

Website. Building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis by pushing for policies that will put the world on track to get to 350 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere.

Remembering 1882: Fighting for Civil Rights in the Shadow of the Chinese Exclusion Act

Website. Primary documents, historical background, and more on the Chinese Exclusion Act and the history of Chinese American struggles for civil rights.

Bridge the Gulf

Website. A citizen journalism and new-media initiative for Gulf Coast communities to convey their stories and their visions.

Mario Savio: Memorial Lecture Fund

Website. This website provides information about the free speech activist as well as information about nominating students for the Young Activist Award.

The Knotted Line

Website. Interactive timeline that connects moments in history related to the prison industrial complex.

The Tracing Center

Website. Materials for teaching about the economics of slavery based on the film, "Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep."

Graphic History Collective

Website. Features graphic art illustrating the historical account of May Day in Canada.

Ad Astra Comix: Politically Charged Graphic Words

Website. A resource that features and promotes social justice comic arts on a variety of topics.

Howard Zinn Website

Website. Features a rich bibliography, online archive, Zinn-related news, and more.

Learning for Justice

Website. Films, journal, and readings for teachers on education for equity.

Teaching Central America

Website. An online collection of lessons, book lists, biographies of noted historical figures, and readings for free use by classroom teachers.

Racial Equity Tools (Website)

Website. RET offers research, tips, curricula, and ideas for people who want to increase their own understanding and to help those working for racial justice at every level.

CFT Labor in the Schools Committee

Website. Free downloadable teaching activities for pre-school to college to introduce labor history in the classroom.

SpeakOut

Website. A clearinghouse of over 150 speakers, performers, scholars, artists, exhibits and films, representing a wide range of social and political movements.

GLSEN – Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network

Website. Provides news on LGBT issues for teachers and students, as well as K-12 lesson plans, curricular tools and teacher training programs.

Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery

Website. A companion site to the PBS documentary on the origins and legacy of American slavery, including episodes on the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.

Teaching Economics As If People Mattered

Website. Interactive lessons on economics and equity.

Oral History Association

Website. The Oral History Association is dedicated to collecting, preserving and disseminating oral testimonies to foster knowledge and human dignity.

History Matters

Website. A clearinghouse of history resources for high school and college teachers and students.