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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

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For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education bills and to make public their pledge to teach the truth. Decatur High School staff member Jennifer Young said at the #TeachTruth, Jennifer Young. They also made the link to mass incarceration. Photo by Dean Hesse.

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Challenging Anti-History Education Laws: Teachers Receive 14,000 Books on African Americans During WWII

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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. It is enriching my practice as an educator and a citizen.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2025

Zinn Education Project

For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education bills. The educator-led events received national media attention, providing a valuable counter narrative to the oversized coverage of the well-funded anti-CRT movement. Attend meetings, vote, run for office.

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Students Defend Human Rights

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Chicago students organized “peace talks” at high schools across the city in the wake of a walkout protest demanding a ceasefire to the war in Gaza in January 2024. history young people have protested to demand justice in the United States and around the world. Source: Denver Post Through U.S.

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Teach Truth Day of Action

Zinn Education Project

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. This year many teachers and students are being attacked for speaking truthfully about Palestinians’ human rights. Mary Beth Tinker, Tinker v. What to Say?

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Teaching About Palestine-Israel and the Unfolding Genocide in Gaza

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” 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. PBS Newshour Educator Voice: Teachers know how to teach hard history about Palestine. Mona Chalabi’s Data Visualizations.