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The People vs.Columbus, et al. U.S. Mexico War:"We Take Nothing byConquest, Thank God" Rethinking the U.S.Constitutional Convention:A Role Play The Power In Our Hands: A Curriculum on theHistory of Work and Workers in the UnitedStates
The Real Irish American StoryNot Taught in Schools Who Stole HelenKeller?
Ten Things You Should Know About Selma BeforeYou See the Film
A People's History of Muslims in the United States
Lying to Children About the California Missions andthe Indians
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Teaching for Change Best selection of multicultural books
A mustread for everyone involved in education
Carefully selected books for preK to adulton social justice issues
Teaching Guide School Planner
A People's Curriculum for the Earth:Teaching Climate Change and the
Environmental CrisisEdited by Bill Bigelow and Tim SwinehartArticles, student readings, and teaching activitiesto understand environmental problems and
imagine solutions. Learn more.
Planning To Change the World:
A Plan Book for Social Justice TeachersBy New York Collective of Radical
Educators (NYCoRE)Plan book designed to help teachers translatetheir vision of a just education into concrete
classroom activities. Learn more.
If We Knew Our History Article Voting Rights History Quiz
It's Constitution Day! Time to Teach
Obedience or History?By Bill Bigelow
Teaching about the Constitution requires a criticaland nuanced explorationone that is alert to the
race and class issues at the heart of ourgoverning document. Read more.
Voting Rights Act History Quiz
By Teaching for ChangeLearn some of the history of the struggle for
voting rights that is all too often omitted from thetextbooks. Read more.
Happy birthday, Howard Zinn!
The Value of Skepticism and BreakingDown Barriers with StudentsAugust 24 would have been Howard Zinn's 93rdbirthday. On this occasion, we share this excerpt abouthow Zinn built trust with students. He recalls "byshowing them that outside the classroom I was notretreating into my home and my study.... I wasinvolved in the social struggle that related to their lives.And when they decided to participate in this struggle...Iwas with them, I was walking on picket lines withthem, I was engaging in demonstrations with them, Iwas sitting in with them. And that, more than anything,created an atmosphere of trust, of democracy in ourrelationship." Continue reading.
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