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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

We’d also have access to historical documents from the British Museum – such as notes from an English merchant in Syria in 1739 – and to the prisoner of war archives from the Red Cross. National Archives, and maybe dig through the 5.3 million book images from the Internet Archive. . Washington University in St.

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People’s History Teaching Stories

Zinn Education Project

To activate their interest, I spent the first class period showing the Freedom Archives’ COINTELPRO 101 documentary. They shared stories of wolves in sheep’s clothing, covered by titles of police officer, government official, social worker, friend, or teacher, who had in some way or another sabotaged their family’s safety or livelihood.

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Teaching About Palestine-Israel and the Unfolding Genocide in Gaza

Zinn Education Project

We see this hierarchy of human worth playing out now in Gaza and the West Bank, as Israeli government ministers call Palestinians “human animals.” As educators, let us recommit to teaching and working for the dignity of all peoples. government. This dehumanization fuels violence and oppression. See other recent episodes here.

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Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

ASHP CML

The ASHP staff knows that such changes dont emerge overnight; as we look backward and ahead, we remain committed to making our work as history educators help generate greater understanding of the current historical moment. These stories are weaved together through the use of archival footage and nearly constant jazz music.