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.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 6, 2024

This year, from Seattle, Washington, to Miami, Florida, and many towns and cities in between, educators will host more than 170 grassroots events on Saturday, June 8 and throughout the month. Here are highlights from the remarks. Here are highlights from the remarks. I was teaching for critical thinking. They want to hurt trans kids.

Teaching 86

Teaching Social Justice Library Heritage 86

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

This is particularly true for learning our history. To understand America today requires examining the major events in our past that define our national character (for good or for ill). First, strengthen history curricula at the state level, which — for better or for worse — is where the authority rests to control curriculum.

American History 84

American History History Teaching Civics 84

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“In Virginia, Youngkin can’t begin to do what Ron DeSantis can do in Florida on questions of ‘wokeness,’ because there is a Democratic Senate majority that is blocking much of Youngkin’s preferred agenda,” said Stephen Farnsworth, the director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington.

History 79

History American History Ancestry Pedagogy 79

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2021

Other institutions, along with a lack of leadership, have played a role in the current crisis, he said. Or, as journalist Stephen Sawchuk has written , “A history education rooted in facts, evidence, and well-argued positions might be a beginning step toward healthier, more productive, and more engaged citizenry.

Teaching 138

Teaching Civics American History Controversial Topics 138

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

As Chris Tims, a high school teacher in Waterloo, Iowa, sees it, history education is about teaching students to synthesize diverse perspectives on the nation’s complicated past. Liberals value civic knowledge, too, but tend to spend more time connecting history to current events. This story also appeared in NBC News.

Social Studies 116

Social Studies Civics History American History 116