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.)

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Museum Archiving 52

Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Hope Koumentakos High School Social Studies Teacher, Takoma Park, Maryland I currently teach U.S. History I and II to 10th and 11th graders, respectively. Brandon Grijalva High School Social Studies Teacher, Chicago, Illinois While teaching AP U.S. We wrapped up our semester this week by holding midterm exams.

History 52

History Teaching Social Studies High School 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

High School social studies teacher. Stanford’s myth busters, led by education professor Sam Wineburg and doctoral student Sarah Cotcamp McGrew, have field-tested 15 news-literacy tasks of varying difficulty, with about 50 more in the works. They’ve never known life without it, and it’s where they get all their information.

K-12 99

K-12 Primary Sources Civics Social Studies 99

TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Social studies is more than just a subject—it provides the foundation for understanding and engaging with the world around us. According to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) , social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Civics K-12 Geography 52

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Below are resources to help students probe the long history of colonialism and resistance in Palestine and Israel, the role that our own government has played — and to imagine what justice looks like. Toolkit to Defend K-12 Educators and Librarians Against False Accusations of Antisemitism compiled by Nora Lester Murad and Alice Rothchild.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Last spring, when the odds seemed far longer, Bob Cousineau, a social studies teacher at Pennridge High School, predicted that whatever happened in his embattled district would become a national “case study” one way or another. Bob Cousineau teaches social studies at Pennridge High School, in Pennsylvania.

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Education Policy Education Advocacy Social Studies 143