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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

We’d have a variety of Social Studies simulations and games available to us. For instance, we could use the Civilization video games to learn and blog about political power and civics. We could find history games at Playing History or Flight to Freedom. We could use Minecraft to design our own self-sustainable towns.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

Zinn Education Project

Or march to a local civic building. Students can be invited to share the local history of the respective site you select. Sojourn to the Past students shared the Jim Crow history of swimming pools in Youngstown. In Youngstown, students in a youth group shared the history of the local pool.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2025

Zinn Education Project

Or march to a local civic building. Students can be invited to share the local history of the respective site you select. Sojourn to the Past students shared the Jim Crow history of swimming pools in Youngstown. In Youngstown, students in a youth group shared the history of the local pool.