Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

—Agatha I thought it was interesting in the book Half American that it was Black Americans who identified the threat from fascism long before much of the rest of the nation did, and who were among the first to see the war as an existential struggle between forces of fascism against the forces of freedom, democracy, and human rights.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

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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Zinn Education Project

APRIL 25, 2024

His piece, “Israel’s War on Gaza Is Also a War on History, Education, and Children,” connects the attacks in the United States on teaching about race and gender to Israel’s attacks on children, schools, and historical memory in Palestine. The post Students Defend Human Rights appeared first on Zinn Education Project.

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Zinn Education Project

MAY 6, 2024

This year many teachers and students are being attacked for speaking truthfully about Palestinians’ human rights. Donate so that we can continue to organize events like these and defend the right of teachers across the United States to teach people’s history. Mary Beth Tinker, Tinker v. Attend meetings, vote, run for office.

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Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Bob Henson High School Social Studies Teacher, Villa Hills, Kentucky In my capacity as a secondary history educator, I strategically incorporated a Democracy Now! It is a powerful lesson that gets to the humanity of the enslaved and helps students really engage with the subject. invasion in 2002.

History 52

History Teaching Social Studies High School 52

TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

According to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) , social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. This broad field draws upon various disciplines, such as anthropology, archeology, economics, geography, history, law, and philosophy.

Social Studies 52

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

A group of more than 300 historians and education experts published their answer — a “ Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy.” Is American history education the problem? Their ambitious effort, endorsed by six former U.S. An admirable goal, and one we broadly share. Related: Most Mississippians can’t pass U.S.

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Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

We see this hierarchy of human worth playing out now in Gaza and the West Bank, as Israeli government ministers call Palestinians “human animals.” Projects and Organizations Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel Adalah (“justice” in Arabic) is an independent human rights organization and legal center.

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ASHP CML

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The ASHP staff knows that such changes dont emerge overnight; as we look backward and ahead, we remain committed to making our work as history educators help generate greater understanding of the current historical moment. Click here to read the full text of the Resolution.]

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

In the following weeks, Cousineau recounted, the teachers drafting the American Studies course were told to halt their work, high school English teachers were told to stop writing a new humanities course, and a middle school reading curriculum set to receive final approval was pulled.

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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 say it should grapple with the racism at the root of the country and tell its history from a diversity of perspectives.

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