Tag: Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching
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.
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 …
At the invitation of Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), Teaching for Change offered a briefing for Congressional staff on teaching the grassroots history of the Civil Rights Movement, beyond the traditional narrative. It was a Black History Month event, held in the Cannon House Office Building on February 28, 2017. The invitation noted, Julian Bond described …
Thank you to everyone who has donated to the new edition of Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching.
By Andy Grayson My name is Andy Grayson and I am a third grade classroom teacher in Alexandria, Virginia. This summer I began volunteering with Teaching for Change, an organization that I became familiar with after attending a district workshop focused on incorporating accurate Central American history into classroom curricula. I attended the workshop in …
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 …
Rachel Hull’s fifth graders were studying the founding of the United States from various perspectives in a unit called “Know Your Rights.” Through their analysis of primary sources and research, they began to uncover a version of history that was missing from their textbooks. To deepen their knowledge, they invited Teaching for Change board member Timothy Jenkins as a guest speaker. …
Tag: Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching
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
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
Teaching for Change Offers Black History Month Briefing on the Hill
Posted: March 31, 2017 by Allison Acosta
At the invitation of Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), Teaching for Change offered a briefing for Congressional staff on teaching the grassroots history of the Civil Rights Movement, beyond the traditional narrative. It was a Black History Month event, held in the Cannon House Office Building on February 28, 2017. The invitation noted, Julian Bond described …
Category: 2017, News, News Articles Tags: Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching
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
Why I Volunteered at Teaching for Change
Posted: August 15, 2016 by Mykella
By Andy Grayson My name is Andy Grayson and I am a third grade classroom teacher in Alexandria, Virginia. This summer I began volunteering with Teaching for Change, an organization that I became familiar with after attending a district workshop focused on incorporating accurate Central American history into classroom curricula. I attended the workshop in …
Category: 2016, News, News Articles Tags: Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching
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
“It Was Like a Visit from the President”: Timothy Jenkins Talks to Fifth Graders
Posted: March 2, 2016 by Deborah
Rachel Hull’s fifth graders were studying the founding of the United States from various perspectives in a unit called “Know Your Rights.” Through their analysis of primary sources and research, they began to uncover a version of history that was missing from their textbooks. To deepen their knowledge, they invited Teaching for Change board member Timothy Jenkins as a guest speaker. …
Category: 2016 Tags: DC area stories, DC teachers, Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching, TimothyLJenkins