Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

Contents Action Plan Overview | Action Plan Step-by-Step Guide Media Guide | Posters and Graphics Messages for Signs, Social Media, and Chants | Record a Statement Coordinators and Co-Sponsors | Workshops and More Events It’s time to take action. These laws and restrictions have been imposed in at least 18 states. In Florida, Gov.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 2, 2023

Now she returns with three other educators — Fatma Elsamra, math, Reem Fakhry, science, and Abeer Ramadan-Shinnawi, social studies — to focus more specifically on the curriculum piece of this work, approaches we can take to integrate Arab narratives into our teaching and curriculum. “They tend to be overlooked. .”

Social Studies 130

Social Studies Cultures History Pedagogy 130

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. Or plan a history walking tour, book exchange, rally, etc.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Museum Archiving 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

In Norfolk, Virginia, the juniors and seniors enrolled in an African American history class taught by Ed Allison were working on their capstone projects, using nearby Fort Monroe, the site where the first enslaved Africans landed in 1619, as a jumping off point to explore their family history.

History 98

History American History Teaching K-12 98

Passion for Social Studies

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

While all teachers feel this pressure, social studies teachers have a bit of added stress. Students will dive into our rich history while building empathy and understanding among themselves. Promotes Social Justice and Equity Teaching about equal rights helps students recognize the importance of fairness and justice.

Social Justice 130

Social Justice Social Studies History Critical Thinking 130

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 9, 2021

Her seventh grade social studies class, like every other in Jefferson County Public Schools, the largest school district in Kentucky, would be online. Paul, Minnesota, native, studied Spanish and history at Marquette University in Wisconsin. Hi, I’m Amia Bridgeford, your student’s social studies teacher.

Middle School 139

Middle School Heritage Social Justice Teaching 139

Diane Ravitch

MAY 9, 2023

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that the State Education Department had rejected 35% of the social studies textbooks submitted for review because of leftist content. The DeSantis administration objects to any references to “social justice” or negative references to capitalism. history and world history courses.

Social Studies 40

Social Studies Social Justice K-12 Civics 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2018

In August, Michigan history teacher James Gorman watched televised images of torch-bearing white supremacists marching on the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and decided to use the incident to teach his students about similar events that happened in a divided United States 150 years ago. history when black lives mattered.”.

Teaching 105

Teaching Primary Sources History K-12 105

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Mississippi teenagers Jashun Griffith and Trevion Williams know more than the basics about their state’s civil rights history, but they said they didn’t learn most of what they know in school. The theme of the five-day event was “Hope for Our Future: From Weeping to Working for Justice for Our Children.”. CLINTON, Tenn.

History 84

History Teaching Social Justice Advocacy 84

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

No doubt, there is a long history of violence in the region — including the Oct. One cannot understand this tragedy without acknowledging its history. Students need to examine how the current crisis is shaped in large part by settler colonial history, and the role played by world powers. Independence or Catastrophe?

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52