It’s time to take action. . . . again. Last summer, teachers rallied across the country at historic sites to speak out against anti-history education bills and to make public their pledge to teach the truth. These actions, on June 12 and in August of 2021, have been the only national protests of this dangerous legislation. …
Sovereignty and Treaties Saturday, October 1, 2022 | 12:00PM–2:30PM ET (9:00AM-11:30AM PT) The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) and Teaching for Change will host an online teach-in with a keynote speaker and interactive workshops. NMAI education experts, Teaching for Change, and K–12 teachers will share curriculum and teaching strategies and explore the …
In honor of Women’s History Month, each day Social Justice Books is featuring a children’s book we recommend to highlight grassroots women’s history in the United States. We begin the month with Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement about the life of Fannie Lou Hamer. Beautifully written and illustrated, it is one …
Thousands of teachers and students have attended the Zinn Education Project’s online classes with people’s historians. These classes offer the chance to learn directly from leading historians and to meet peers from across the country. The classes are held at least once a month (now, generally on Mondays) at 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm …
Reconstruction was a time of immense possibility for economic equity and progress for multiracial democracy. White supremacists crushed this promise. Today, it is suppressed in K–12 education and public memory. Our Zinn Education Project (with Rethinking Schools) just released a new report, Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle: How State Standards Fail to Teach the Truth About …
The year 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of Howard Zinn’s birth on August 24, 1922, in Brooklyn. At Teaching for Change, our work has and continues to be informed by Zinn’s scholarship in many ways. Zinn helped launch the Zinn Education Project in 2008, which we coordinate along with Rethinking Schools. Zinn was an advisor for …
Dozens of educators who attended the 2022 Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action Curriculum Fair received free books thanks to the generosity of publishers listed below who donated titles related to the Black Lives Matter 13 Principles. We still have more books to give away to D.C. area teachers and Teaching for Black …
In the last two years, we’ve seen a massive increase in demand for our resources. We’ve also seen a widespread right-wing backlash, as GOP lawmakers ban teaching the truth. In 2022 we will: Expand our resources for teaching about Central America, the Civil Rights Movement, go-go, people’s history, and more. Increase professional learning opportunities for …
Teaching for Change is pleased that our Teach the Beat program is included in the “The Go-Go People’s Plan.” The plan outlines the D.C. government’s strategy to support, preserve, and archive Go-Go music and its history. The Introduction to the plan is by Charles Stephenson, co-author of The Beat: Go-Go Music from Washington, DC, and …
Teaching for Change hosted the third annual Teach Central America Week from October 4-10, 2021. Hundreds of educators from 38 U.S. states, D.C., and five other countries (Belize, Bermuda, Canada, Colombia, and Honduras) signed up to participate and organizations across the country endorsed the week. If you have not already, we encourage you to sign …
Teach Truth Days of Action June 11–12, 2022
It’s time to take action. . . . again. Last summer, teachers rallied across the country at historic sites to speak out against anti-history education bills and to make public their pledge to teach the truth. These actions, on June 12 and in August of 2021, have been the only national protests of this dangerous legislation. …
2022 Indigenous Peoples’ Day Curriculum Teach-In
Sovereignty and Treaties Saturday, October 1, 2022 | 12:00PM–2:30PM ET (9:00AM-11:30AM PT) The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) and Teaching for Change will host an online teach-in with a keynote speaker and interactive workshops. NMAI education experts, Teaching for Change, and K–12 teachers will share curriculum and teaching strategies and explore the …
Women’s History Month: A Book Every Day
In honor of Women’s History Month, each day Social Justice Books is featuring a children’s book we recommend to highlight grassroots women’s history in the United States. We begin the month with Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement about the life of Fannie Lou Hamer. Beautifully written and illustrated, it is one …
Teach the Black Freedom Struggle Online Classes
Thousands of teachers and students have attended the Zinn Education Project’s online classes with people’s historians. These classes offer the chance to learn directly from leading historians and to meet peers from across the country. The classes are held at least once a month (now, generally on Mondays) at 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm …
What Are Students Learning About Reconstruction?
Reconstruction was a time of immense possibility for economic equity and progress for multiracial democracy. White supremacists crushed this promise. Today, it is suppressed in K–12 education and public memory. Our Zinn Education Project (with Rethinking Schools) just released a new report, Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle: How State Standards Fail to Teach the Truth About …
Howard Zinn Centennial
The year 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of Howard Zinn’s birth on August 24, 1922, in Brooklyn. At Teaching for Change, our work has and continues to be informed by Zinn’s scholarship in many ways. Zinn helped launch the Zinn Education Project in 2008, which we coordinate along with Rethinking Schools. Zinn was an advisor for …
Publishers Donate Books for Black Lives Matter at School 2022
Dozens of educators who attended the 2022 Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action Curriculum Fair received free books thanks to the generosity of publishers listed below who donated titles related to the Black Lives Matter 13 Principles. We still have more books to give away to D.C. area teachers and Teaching for Black …
Joy in the Resistance
In the last two years, we’ve seen a massive increase in demand for our resources. We’ve also seen a widespread right-wing backlash, as GOP lawmakers ban teaching the truth. In 2022 we will: Expand our resources for teaching about Central America, the Civil Rights Movement, go-go, people’s history, and more. Increase professional learning opportunities for …
The Go-Go People’s Plan
Teaching for Change is pleased that our Teach the Beat program is included in the “The Go-Go People’s Plan.” The plan outlines the D.C. government’s strategy to support, preserve, and archive Go-Go music and its history. The Introduction to the plan is by Charles Stephenson, co-author of The Beat: Go-Go Music from Washington, DC, and …
Teach Central America Week: 2021 Highlights
Teaching for Change hosted the third annual Teach Central America Week from October 4-10, 2021. Hundreds of educators from 38 U.S. states, D.C., and five other countries (Belize, Bermuda, Canada, Colombia, and Honduras) signed up to participate and organizations across the country endorsed the week. If you have not already, we encourage you to sign …