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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’d examine historical images of Native American life from the Museum of Photographic Arts, other historical photos from the U.K. National Archives, and maybe dig through the 5.3

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

Zinn Education Project

Select a site in your town or city that symbolizes or reflects history that teachers would be required to lie about or omit if these bills become law, which is already the case in some states. It could be identified by a historic marker, statue, archive, burial ground, or museum. Students as Historians. Designed to be printed in 8.5.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2025

Zinn Education Project

Donate so that we can continue to organize events like these and defend the right of teachers across the United States to teach peoples history. Host an information table at a public site (such as a library, bookstore, or farmers market) or organize a gathering at a historic site. Sign up today. The group can be any size.

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Teach Truth History Walking Tours

Zinn Education Project

Kaley Duong, a recent high school graduate, on the Seattle Teach Truth history of 1919 walking tour. One of the best way to engage the community in defending the right to learn history is with a local history walking tour. Along the way, participants learn about history they wish they had learned in school.

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