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

Zinn Education Project

While right-wing legislatures restrict the teaching of Black history, we are pleased to support teachers who work to teach truthfully about U.S. In a class with teachers , Delmont explained the relevance of learning this history. We’ll add more once teachers use the new paperback edition.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

It also offers a YouTube channel on which historians discuss their work , making history come alive for contemporary youth. The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. We’d subscribe to feeds and listen to podcasts from the U.S.

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From Digital Native to Digital Expert

Digital Promise

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Read the original version here. Show students how to conduct tailored searches. Read the original version here.

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The New York Times Jeopardizes People’s History Educators

Zinn Education Project

history in secondary schools. More than a quarter of the teachers surveyed use Zinn Education Project resources. and countless teachers’ dedication to bringing people’s history to their students. We invite you to continue to spread the word about our people’s history lessons. Has been called.?”

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People’s History Teaching Stories

Zinn Education Project

With thousands of teachers using Zinn Education Project lessons each year, we hear amazing stories about the impact these lessons have in the classroom. History students. Paradoxically, teaching people’s history leaves more room for hope than any other educational framework. Here are just a few.

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What these teens learned about the Internet may shock you!

The Hechinger Report

When the AP United States history students at Aragon High School in San Mateo California, scanned the professionally designed pages of www.minimumwage.com , most concluded that it was a solid, unbiased source of facts and analysis. Can middle-school students spot “native advertising” (ads masquerading as articles) on a crowded news website?

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Teaching About Palestine-Israel and the Unfolding Genocide in Gaza

Zinn Education Project

No doubt, there is a long history of violence in the region — including the Oct. One cannot understand this tragedy without acknowledging its history. While many education groups provide resources for teaching about the crisis as a “conflict” rooted in antisemitism and Islamophobia, that sole emphasis is misleading.