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Social Justice Books

The best selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators.

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Zinn Education Project

Teaching for Change and Rethinking Schools collaborate to bring a people’s history to the classroom.

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Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action

From February 1-5, 2021, Teaching for Change’s D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice hosted the fourth annual D.C. Area Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action.

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Teaching Central America

More than four million Central Americans reside in the United States today, yet the lack of resources on Central American heritage in most schools make the rich history and literature of the region invisible.

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Civil Rights Teaching

Our book “Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching” and companion website emphasize the power of people through a diversity of stories, perspectives, essays, photographs, graphics, interviews, and interactive and interdisciplinary lessons.

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Challenge Islamophobia

Lessons that teach all of us to rethink what we know about the history of Muslims in the U.S., including the fact that Islamophobia is rooted in a history of racism.

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Resistance 101: A Lesson on Social Justice Activists and Strategies

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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice

Join the D.C. area network of educators who seek to strengthen and deepen social justice teaching.

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Teaching for Change and Rethinking Schools collaborate to bring a people’s history to the classroom.

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A dedicated website to encourage and support teaching about Central American history all year long.

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The best selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, YA, and educators.

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Bills Would Ban Teaching People’s History

In an alarming number of states across the country, Republican lawmakers are proposing bills to ban the truthful teaching of history. These efforts are described in an Education Week article by Sarah Schwartz, “8 States Debate Bills to Restrict How Teachers Discuss Racism, Sexism.” Many of the proposed bills are based on language from Trump’s 2020 Executive Order 13950. Learn more.

D.C. Area Teach Truth Rally

SNCC veteran and founder of the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum Dr. Smith spoke at the #TeachTruth rally at the African American Civil War Memorial on June 12, 2021. Watch the video or read a transcript of his remarks.

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Timothy Jenkins, a Teaching for Change Board member and SNCC veteran, has offered to match any donations up to $10,000 towards producing a new print edition of “Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching” this year in honor of fellow SNCC veteran Chuck McDew (1938-2018).

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Teaching for Change depends on the support of committed individuals to serve as fellows or volunteers throughout the year. In exchange for their time and expertise, we provide fellows and volunteers with the chance to make a meaningful contribution to social justice education

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Social Justice Books

Zinn Education Project

Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action

Teaching Central America

Civil Rights Teaching

Challenge Islamophobia

Resistance 101: A Lesson on Social Justice Activists and Strategies

D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice

Zinn Education Project

Teaching Central America

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Bills Would Ban Teaching People’s History

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