The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The school was located near subsidized public housing, where many of the families lived. In 2011, one mother filed a complaint with the Cambridge Human Rights Commission, alleging that Amigos no longer served the Hispanic community.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

Contents Action Plan Overview | Action Plan Step-by-Step Guide Media Guide | Posters and Graphics Messages for Signs, Social Media, and Chants | Record a Statement Coordinators and Co-Sponsors | Workshops and More Events It’s time to take action. Event hosts also reference the Teach Truth Media Guide. Sign up here.

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Zinn Education Project

MAY 31, 2024

Embed from Getty Images In addition to Freedom Schools, the civil rights activists (most in their late teens or early 20s) organized a Freedom Theater ; a Medical Committee for Human Rights ; a legal committee ; a motor fleet ; primary elections; a WATTS communication line; a system of daily check-ins to ensure everyone was safe; and much more.

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Human Rights History Tradition Humanities 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

High school history teacher Amanda Sandoval was one of hundreds of educators who received copies of Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad from the author Matthew Delmont and the Zinn Education Project. We’ll add more once teachers use the new paperback edition.

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History Education History Education Social Studies 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

Contents Action Plan Overview | Action Plan Step-by-Step Guide Media Guide | Posters and Graphics | Map of Sites Messages for Signs, Social Media, and Chants | Record a Statement Co-Sponsors | Workshops and More Events Join us to defend the freedom to learn. Attend meetings, vote, run for office. Learn how at HEAL Together classes.)

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Teaching Historic Sites Museum Archiving 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Yet, in the book most districts use — titled “Mississippi Studies” and published in 2005 — only five of 100 pages are devoted to civil rights struggles. In Mississippi Studies, a required high school course, “Mississippi: The Magnolia State” is commonly used. History when they reach high school.

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Geogramblings

DECEMBER 14, 2023

They are fundamentally values of human rights that are shared amongst vast numbers of the world’s population. Looking through the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), you can find relatable wording to each of the seven objectives summarised above. Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Human Rights Geography Controversial Topics Humanities 40

Zinn Education Project

MAY 6, 2024

Textbooks and high-stakes testing have also long distorted curricula. In this election year, that is why educators are hosting more than 170 events to challenge the media silence and encourage everyone to defend the freedom to learn. There are events in Albuquerque, Atlanta, Boston, Brooklyn, Charlottesville, Chicago, Cleveland, D.C.,

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Teaching Historic Sites History History Education 52

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 19, 2019

Some started crossing in elementary school. Related: In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college. Two transborder high school students wait for the first of two buses they take every morning to get to school on the U.S. and its largest trading partner. “We

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Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Water and Environmental Racism: A Middle and High School Lesson Art by Pete Railand via Justseeds The Water and Environmental Racism lesson introduces students to the struggle of residents to access safe water for drinking, cooking, and bathing in the majority-Black cities of Flint, Michigan; Jackson, Mississippi; and Newark, New Jersey.

Teaching 52

Teaching Social Justice K-12 Human Rights 52

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A social studies teacher uses conflicting narratives to engage students in studying the history of Palestine and Israel, focusing on the events of 1948. ” While this piece was written primarily for adult education, an adaptation for middle and high school teachers is included at the end of the document. ”; and more.

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Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52

Zinn Education Project

APRIL 22, 2025

Kaley Duong, a recent high school graduate, on the Seattle Teach Truth history of 1919 walking tour. One of the best way to engage the community in defending the right to learn history is with a local history walking tour. Along the way, participants learn about history they wish they had learned in school.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

One of the first images to greet visitors to Taylor High School in Cleves, Ohio, is a mural dedicated to Malala Yousafzai , the Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize recipient, who was shot in the head because she believes girls should be able to go to school. a Washington-based coalition that promotes education as a human right.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Her face solemn, Kati Preston held up a postcard-sized, black-and-white photograph, moving it slowly to face the 150 high school students spread across the lecture hall in New Hampshire. The rapt assembly of students and teachers at Kingswood Regional High School in Wolfeboro listened in silence.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Aside from a playful interlude featuring covers of John Mellencamp and Lynyrd Skynyrd that brought attendees clad in sequined MAGA wear and American Flag-inspired fashion to their feet, the event felt less organized — and less joyful — than past years. Heidi Ross, another grandmother, traveled from Buckeye, Arizona, to help out at the event.

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