The Salem Teach Truth Day of Action will be held June 3 and will include speakers and a history walking tour.
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Thousands of teachers from across the United States have signed a pledge not to lie to their students.
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A critique of commonly used U.S. history textbooks on their coverage of Reconstruction.
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Author Howard W. French joined Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian to discuss his book, Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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We invite educators, students, parents, and community members to rally across the country on June 10 to defend the right to teach truthfully about U.S. history and defend LGBTQ+ rights.
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Across the United States, educators, students, parents, and community members are meeting at historic sites to defend the right to teach truthfully and LGBTQ+ rights. Here are events in Florida.
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In solidarity with the #TeachTruth Day of Action on June 10th, Seven Stories Press is offering free copies of their new book, Voices of a People’s History of the United States in the 21st Century to participating educators.
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Author Linda Villarosa shared stories from her latest book, Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation, which exposes the persistent racism in the U.S health-care system. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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At the Seattle Kraken hockey game on April 22, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll presented the Hero of the Deep award to Jesse Hagopian.
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The Kennesaw Teaching for Black Lives study group and #BlackTeachersMatter hosted a “Rosa Parks: Activist, Advocate, Advisor” two-day event for undergraduate students and alumni.
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We invite historic sites and museums to host an event on June 10 as part of the Teach Truth Day of Action to defend the freedom to learn and LGBTQ+ rights.
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This International Workers’ Day — May 1st — comes in the midst of union victories at Amazon and Starbucks — and ever increasing challenges for frontline workers and teachers in the face of the ongoing pandemic.
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Wear Teach Banned History buttons to prompt conversations everywhere about the need to actively oppose book bans, teach truthfully, and defend LGBTQ+ rights.
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Background reading and actions in response to Republican anti-history education laws.
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On Saturday, March 25th, the Zinn Education Project offered a full-day workshop in Brattleboro on teaching Reconstruction.
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Historian Kidada E. Williams shared stories from her new book, I Saw Death Coming, a breakthrough account of the much-debated Reconstruction period. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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Thanks to a donation, the Zinn Education Project is offering sets of five copies of the book to middle and high school teachers with a plan for using and promoting the young readers' edition of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.
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Introduce high school students to people's history with these podcasts.
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Students in a Louisville, Kentucky classroom designed commemorations of people's history sites based on the lesson Echoes of Enslavement.
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Teaching for Black Lives study groups not only deepen participants' knowledge and improve their practice — they also increase their resolve to continue teaching honestly. And they provide a community of accountability and mutual support.
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The Zinn Education Project had the opportunity to collaborate on an installation and panel on banned books at SXSW this year in Austin.
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The Boston Teachers Union Climate Justice Committee offered a climate justice teaching workshop, facilitated by the Zinn Education Project.
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Rosa Parks is one of the most well-known U.S. women of the 20th century and yet much of what has been taught about her is narrow, limited, and at times wrong. This is changing thanks to the release in 2021 of the young adult book, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks and a new film with the same title — both based on the Parks’ biography by Jeanne Theoharis.
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On International Women's Day, close to 400 teachers from around the country came together online to view the documentary The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, based on the bestselling biography by Jeanne Theoharis.
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African American History teachers in Philadelphia write an open letter to the College Board and social studies teachers.
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