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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

We could create our own social justice project like Bill Ferriter’s middle schoolers. They could make a local history wiki or, even better, make contributions to our global information commons by directly creating and editing Wikipedia pages. We could use Minecraft to design our own self-sustainable towns.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

Zinn Education Project

Students can be invited to share the local history of the respective site you select. Sojourn to the Past students shared the Jim Crow history of swimming pools in Youngstown. In Youngstown, students in a youth group shared the history of the local pool. Students as Historians. Here are other ways to participate.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2025

Zinn Education Project

Students can be invited to share the local history of the respective site you select. Sojourn to the Past students shared the Jim Crow history of swimming pools in Youngstown. In Youngstown, students in a youth group shared the history of the local pool. Students as Historians. Here are other ways to participate.

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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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