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Commemorate International Workers’ Day

Zinn Education Project

This lesson is available for free download. From championing better workplace conditions to cutting back the 12-hour day to demanding equal pay across racial lines, these are just a few of the women who have contributed to the labor movement. This Day in History Below are a few key events in labor history. Learn more.

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Labor History Censored on Labor Day

Zinn Education Project

This lesson is available for free download. Read More Book Recommendations Teacher Unions and Social Justice: Organizing for the Schools and Communities Our Students Deserve Teacher Unions and Social Justice is a Rethinking Schools anthology of more than 60 articles documenting the history and the how-tos of social justice unionism.

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Teach the Struggle for Voting Rights

Zinn Education Project

Learn More and Download Unit Black Elected Officials Echoes of Reconstruction During Reconstruction, more than 1,500 African Americans took office — many hailing from Southern districts with majority-Black populations who voted for the very first time. We wanted to try to register. In 1943, Rosa Parks tried to register to vote.

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Behind the Data: Uncovering New Truths in School Librarian Employment

ED Surge

There are downloadable spreadsheets and infographic PDFs that show all the data for a district. And we know that the K-12 population is becoming more diverse. It’s really an equity issue — a social justice issue. We finally made the NCES data usable for the general public.

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Curating a More Inclusive Library

Cult of Pedagogy

She is the author of the 2021 book Include ( Amazon | Bookshop ) and a co-author of the upcoming book Manga Goes to School: Cultivating Engagement and Inclusion in K-12 Settings ( Amazon | Bookshop ). Join our mailing list and get weekly tips, tools, and inspiration that will make your teaching more effective and fun.

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Teach Truth, Teach Banned Books

Zinn Education Project

This graphic is available to download and print as an 11 x 17 poster. The recent attacks draw on the same language used over the past decade in attempts to ban people’s history in K–12 classrooms in Arizona, Arkansas, and Indiana. We provide free downloadable display materials and guidelines. What Can We Do?

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

Zinn Education Project

We offer instructions and downloadable materials to create a pop-up Teach Banned Books display. Area Educators for Social Justice has secured the following co-sponsors for this year, in addition to the co-host, the African American Civil War Museum and Memorial. Download and open the slides. Download and open the slides.