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School Library Journal features an article about how Ashley Hope Pérez, author of Out of Darkness, teaches about the 1960s Freedom Schools movement using resources from Putting the Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching. Pérez uses the lesson Exploring the History of Freedom Schools to help her Ohio State University students understand the impact of the …
In our Women Make History lesson, middle and high school students meet women who developed strategies, marched in protests, attended mass meetings, registered voters, taught in freedom schools, wrote searing critiques of societal structures, organized boycotts, and risked their lives.
We are re-posting this moving editorial by Shirley Sherrod with the hopes it will be widely read and lead more people to the polls. We also also encourage everyone to check out the work of the SNCC Legacy Project to learn about the history and ongoing activism referenced in the article. By Shirley Miller Sherrod …
This summer, Teaching for Change was proud to partner with a team of scholars, veterans, and educators from the Duke University Franklin Humanities Institute, the SNCC Legacy Project, and Tougaloo College on a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Teacher Institute, The Civil Rights Movement: Grassroots Perspectives from 1940-1980. Thirty classroom teachers were selected from across …
With the current threats to voting rights and democracy, understanding the bottom up history of the Civil Rights Movement has never been so urgent and relevant. To encourage the teaching of grassroots organizing during the Civil Rights Movement – lessons that can inform student activism today – we want to publish a new print edition …
Thank you to everyone who has donated to the new edition of Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching.
Here is the latest “If We Knew Our History” article from the Zinn Education Project, a project of Teaching for Change and Rethinking Schools. Please read and share. By Adam Sanchez Fifty years ago this week, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee chairperson Stokely Carmichael made the famous call for “Black Power.” Carmichael’s speech came in the …
Teaching for Change is working with partner organizations to develop and share more resources for teaching about the Civil Rights Movement. These lessons and primary documents will be made available online for free for classroom teachers and students. To inform this effort, Teaching for Change is conducting a survey on teaching about the Civil Rights …
As one of the most commonly taught stories of people’s struggles for social justice, the Civil Rights Movement has the capacity to help students develop a critical analysis of United States history and strategies for change. However, the empowering potential is often lost in a trivial pursuit of names and dates. Putting the Movement Back …
Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954-1985 is an award-winning 14-hour television series produced by Blackside and narrated by Julian Bond. Through interviews and historical footage, the series covers major events of the civil rights movement from 1954-1985. Eyes on the Prize remains one of the preeminent resources for teaching the modern Civil Rights …
Tag: civil rights movement
Connecting Censorship and the 1960s Freedom Schools
Posted: January 25, 2026 by Allison Acosta
School Library Journal features an article about how Ashley Hope Pérez, author of Out of Darkness, teaches about the 1960s Freedom Schools movement using resources from Putting the Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching. Pérez uses the lesson Exploring the History of Freedom Schools to help her Ohio State University students understand the impact of the …
Category: 2026, News, News Articles Tags: civil rights movement, Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching
Women Make History
Posted: March 1, 2024 by Allison Acosta
In our Women Make History lesson, middle and high school students meet women who developed strategies, marched in protests, attended mass meetings, registered voters, taught in freedom schools, wrote searing critiques of societal structures, organized boycotts, and risked their lives.
Category: 2024, News Tags: civil rights movement, Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching
More Than Condolences, My Late Husband Needs You To Vote
Posted: November 2, 2022 by Deborah
We are re-posting this moving editorial by Shirley Sherrod with the hopes it will be widely read and lead more people to the polls. We also also encourage everyone to check out the work of the SNCC Legacy Project to learn about the history and ongoing activism referenced in the article. By Shirley Miller Sherrod …
Category: 2022, News, News Articles Tags: civil rights movement, SNCC
2018 NEH Institute on Grassroots History of Civil Rights Movement: Daily Highlights
Posted: August 14, 2018 by Allison Acosta
This summer, Teaching for Change was proud to partner with a team of scholars, veterans, and educators from the Duke University Franklin Humanities Institute, the SNCC Legacy Project, and Tougaloo College on a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Teacher Institute, The Civil Rights Movement: Grassroots Perspectives from 1940-1980. Thirty classroom teachers were selected from across …
Category: 2018, News Tags: civil rights movement, Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching
Timothy Jenkins Honors Chuck McDew with Donation to Civil Rights Teaching Book
Posted: June 6, 2018 by Allison Acosta
With the current threats to voting rights and democracy, understanding the bottom up history of the Civil Rights Movement has never been so urgent and relevant. To encourage the teaching of grassroots organizing during the Civil Rights Movement – lessons that can inform student activism today – we want to publish a new print edition …
Category: 2018, News, News Articles Tags: civil rights movement, Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching, TimothyLJenkins
Civil Rights Teaching Book Donors
Posted: October 20, 2016 by Allison Acosta
Thank you to everyone who has donated to the new edition of Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching.
Category: 2016, 2017, 2018 Tags: civil rights movement, donors, Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching
What Happened to the Civil Rights Movement After 1965? Don’t Ask Your Textbook
Posted: June 15, 2016 by Allison Acosta
Here is the latest “If We Knew Our History” article from the Zinn Education Project, a project of Teaching for Change and Rethinking Schools. Please read and share. By Adam Sanchez Fifty years ago this week, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee chairperson Stokely Carmichael made the famous call for “Black Power.” Carmichael’s speech came in the …
Category: 2016, News, Zinn Ed Tags: civil rights movement, Zinn Education Project
We Want to Hear from YOU: Survey on Civil Rights Teaching
Posted: April 27, 2016 by Deborah
Teaching for Change is working with partner organizations to develop and share more resources for teaching about the Civil Rights Movement. These lessons and primary documents will be made available online for free for classroom teachers and students. To inform this effort, Teaching for Change is conducting a survey on teaching about the Civil Rights …
Category: 2016 Tags: civil rights movement, Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching
New Edition of Putting the Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching
Posted: March 30, 2016 by Allison Acosta
As one of the most commonly taught stories of people’s struggles for social justice, the Civil Rights Movement has the capacity to help students develop a critical analysis of United States history and strategies for change. However, the empowering potential is often lost in a trivial pursuit of names and dates. Putting the Movement Back …
Category: 2016, News, News Articles Tags: civil rights movement, Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching
Teaching Eyes on the Prize
Posted: January 7, 2016 by Allison Acosta
Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954-1985 is an award-winning 14-hour television series produced by Blackside and narrated by Julian Bond. Through interviews and historical footage, the series covers major events of the civil rights movement from 1954-1985. Eyes on the Prize remains one of the preeminent resources for teaching the modern Civil Rights …
Category: 2016, News Tags: Black History Month, civil rights movement, eyes on the prize, Judy Richardson, Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching