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Teach Truth Campaign Display

Zinn Education Project

In this election year, the Zinn Education Project developed an interactive Teach Truth pop-up display to raise awareness about the growing threat of anti-history education laws and book bans. The American Library Association, a campaign cosponsor, provided Free People Read Freely bookmarks. Washington, D.C.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. We could search for pins on Native American history , Middle East cultures , Japanese history , government , geography , sociology , psychology , economics , and numerous other topics.

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What these teens learned about the Internet may shock you!

The Hechinger Report

High School seniors (left to right) Hayley Striegel, Olivia Poplawski, Cheri Zheng-Fredericks and Julie Pignataro look for ways to verify information they’ve encountered on social media. High School social studies teacher. Can high-school kids check the authenticity of an alarming image posted on Facebook?

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

Zinn Education Project

Distribution of Delmont’s book is a direct challenge to the widespread removal of books from libraries and classrooms across the country. Courtney Bennis High School Social Studies Teacher, Virginia Beach, Virginia A huge “Thank you!” We’ll add more once teachers use the new paperback edition.

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In Virginia, a battle over history standards ends in compromise

The Hechinger Report

Jenna Saykhamphone, a senior at Annandale High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, helped start an equity team at her high school to fight stereotypes both inside and outside her school in suburban Washington, D.C. Some school leaders are taking further action beyond what the state requires.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

Zinn Education Project

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. In Pasadena, Maryland, organizers invited people to a banned books “photo booth” at a local library. They also made the link to mass incarceration.

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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. Sign up today.