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Challenging Anti-History Education Laws: Teachers Receive 14,000 Books on African Americans During WWII

Zinn Education Project

Typical textbook curriculum teaches the Civil Right Movement as an isolated event; however, Delmont’s book taught me that the movement’s roots are with injustices and hypocrisies during World War II. After reading this book, I will always teach the WWII Double V campaign in order to include these voices. Excerpt below and the full class here.

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Teaching About Palestine-Israel and the Unfolding Genocide in Gaza

Zinn Education Project

Below are resources to help students probe the long history of colonialism and resistance in Palestine and Israel, the role that our own government has played — and to imagine what justice looks like. Books Social Justice Books list of titles for K-12 and educators on Palestine. Rethinking Schools : Teach Palestine.