Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

We’d also have access to historical documents from the British Museum – such as notes from an English merchant in Syria in 1739 – and to the prisoner of war archives from the Red Cross. We’d examine historical images of Native American life from the Museum of Photographic Arts, other historical photos from the U.K.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

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.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

Host an information table at a public site (like a library, bookstore, museum, festival, or farmers market) or organize a gathering at a historic site. It could be identified by a historic marker, statue, archive, burial ground, or museum. Students can be invited to share the local history of the respective site you select.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Museum Archiving 52

Zinn Education Project

APRIL 22, 2025

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.

History 52

History Teaching Historic Sites Museum 52