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

Zinn Education Project

I had always heard the traditional narrative of how the home front came together to support the war effort, but the stories told in the book showed me the myriad ways this was not true for African Americans. History class I teach a lesson about the African American experience in WWII using primary sources.

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People’s History Teaching Stories

Zinn Education Project

History I and II to 10th and 11th graders, respectively. In lieu of a traditional exam for one of my U.S. History I classes, I had them complete the Zinn Education Project activity “ How We Remember.” —Hope Koumentakos High School Social Studies Teacher, Takoma Park, Maryland I currently teach U.S.

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