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4 Inspiring Black Humanitarians

Studies Weekly

Du Bois’ advocacy extended across the world through many Pan-African conferences and an appeal to the United Nations to recognize the suffering of Black Americans, according to the NAACP. Learn how Studies Weekly Social Studies can help teach students about history’s humanitarians.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

Zinn Education Project

Advancement Project , AFT Share My Lesson , American Social History Project , American Youth Policy Forum , Amplifier , Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning Collective , Asian Americans Advancing Justice , Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance , BARWE , BlackPast , Center for Black Educator Development , Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy (..)

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OPINION: Palestinian American educators deserve support from their peers

The Hechinger Report

As a pediatric speech-language pathologist, I often find myself in settings where discussing Palestine, or even mentioning my identity as a Palestinian American, presents more challenges than when I worked in the field of human rights and law. My advocacy for Palestine is professional suicide,” Sawsan Jaber said.

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Why students are ignorant about the Civil Rights Movement

The Hechinger Report

In the 2015-16 school year, none of the social studies textbooks listed for use in the state’s fourth grade classroom was published before 2005. The Civil Rights Movement was once a footnote in Mississippi social studies classrooms, if it was covered at all. It refers to the “Civil Rights Movement” once.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2025

Zinn Education Project

Co-sponsors Abolitionist Teaching Network , Advancement Project , Advocates for Youth , African American Policy Forum , AFT Share My Lesson , American Library Association , American Social History Project , American Youth Policy Forum, Amplifier , Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning Collective , Asian Americans Advancing Justice , Asian Pacific American (..)

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Teaching About Palestine-Israel and the Unfolding Genocide in Gaza

Zinn Education Project

A social studies teacher uses conflicting narratives to engage students in studying the history of Palestine and Israel, focusing on the events of 1948. Projects and Organizations Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel Adalah (“justice” in Arabic) is an independent human rights organization and legal center.