Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2017

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. ” Fleming, a human rights advocate, explains that the circumstances Ada is living under could be defined as an armed conflict or a war zone. Read the original version here. Ethical dilemmas abound in education.

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Social Justice Political Science Middle School Human Rights 61

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 29, 2024

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) Human Rights Committee of 20 members formed a study group that is embedded into their regular monthly meetings. During these sessions they shared articles from Teaching for Black Lives and modeled lessons they came upon throughout their study group participation.

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Geogramblings

DECEMBER 9, 2022

I’ve been dubbed a ‘social justice warrior’ (that’s a badge of honour). Looking back at the resources that I created (below), I attempted to highlight the issues surrounding human rights alongside logistical controversies such as the climate and resources. I’m a football fan. Stick with it.

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Geography Social Justice Humanities Cultures 52

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Learn More Fight for Life in Cancer Alley New Human Rights Watch Report Human Rights Watch released a devastating new report called, “We’re Dying Here”: The Fight for Life in a Louisiana Fossil Fuel Sacrifice Zone. Download the lesson for free. The No War, No Warming poster is from Visualizing Palestine.

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Teaching Social Justice K-12 Human Rights 52

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 10, 2024

about her new book, Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine about how racism shapes health and healthcare; maternal health and midwives; her family of physicians; healthcare as a human right; and more. Find more classroom resources including lessons, podcasts, films, and articles to teach about Palestine-Israel.

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K-12 Social Justice Human Rights History 52

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

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. Jews for Racial & Economic Justice’s “ Understanding Antisemitism: An Offering to Our Movement.”

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