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Free classroom lessons, workshops, seminars, campaigns, teacher study groups, & more to teach outside the textbook.

Coord. by @rethinkingschools.bsky.social & @teachingchange.bsky.social

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Despite and in response to EOs censoring history, teachers are bravely signing up in greater numbers to access people’s history lessons.

More reasons why ⬇️.

Donate so we can reach & support more teachers with free people’s history lessons, & defend right to use them: www.zinnedproject.org/donate/
The Zinn Education Project has ideas and activities that can benefit my students in five classes, or a total of 126 students. — Bridgeport, Connecticut I’m excited for these resources to further my students’ knowledge of the world around them from a perspective other than the ones typically told. — Denver, Colorado I’m interested in using material on 1930s deportations of Mexican Americans. I’ve long heard about ZEP but haven’t yet gotten around to digging in. — Waukesha, Wisconsin
November 15, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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#Fridayreport

This week 172 teachers (many bravely) signed up at ZEP for people’s history lessons from Anchorage, AK; Long Beach, CA; Denver, CO; Bridgeport, CT; Breaux Bridge, LA; Brooklyn, NY; Albemarle and Salisbury, NC; Cheney, WA; Waukesha, WI; & many more cities.

Some reasons why. ⬇️ 🧵
I need engaging activities for my students. — Breaux Bridge, Louisiana I’m looking for lessons on redlining and housing. — Cheney, Washington I want to use the Red Scare lesson to support teaching The Crucible. — Brooklyn, New York I want to teach a more in depth analysis of Reconstruction and how it still impacts us today. — Salisbury, North Carolina I think these lessons would really help me teach the unseen and untold histories we have in this country. — Long Beach, California A student used some materials from the Zinn Education Project for an assignment. This got me interested in the site. — Albemarle, North Carolina A fellow teacher recommended the Cherokee/Seminole Removal Role Play, which went very well, and I want to use more ZEP resources in the future. — Anchorage, Alaska
November 15, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Five IU students in Baptist study group bravely protested.

They got poultry feathers, dyed them green, & spread them around campus. Robin Hood is here!

Green Feather movement spread across country. #Resist
Read about response of FBI and local media here:
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November 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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#Fridayreport: This week 226 teachers signed up at ZEP for people’s history lessons from Flagstaff, AZ; LA, CA; Miramar, FL; Lexington, KY; Grain Valley, MO; Canton, NC; Redmond, WA; & many more cities.

Some reasons why & how they found us. ⬇️ A few saw Fox News attacks, & looked for themselves 😊
I was on the lookout for innovative ways to introduce my students to challenging material. — Lexington, Kentucky Hot topics are being discussed and I want my students to understand what is going on in today’s world. — Canton, North Carolina I actually read the Fox News article calling your organization “radical” and came to check out your lessons. I have read Zinn’s A People’s History and also his young readers version, which is so needed during these troubled times. Thank you for having the courage to continue giving voice to all in the big tapestry of history. — Redmond, Washington To access resources for the Reconstruction era. — Flagstaff, Arizona I am registering to gain access to material about the Black Panther Party. — Grain Valley, Missouri I am always looking for resources and, ironically, this site was featured in a Fox News article. — Miramar, Florida I read an article on Fox News criticizing the curriculum. I decided to check it out for myself and realized the lessons will provide my Black and Latine students with great knowledge about their past. — Los Angeles, California
November 8, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Lex McMenamin, one of many valuable Teen Vogue reporters laid off today, said, "Majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. There are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue." 💔

As @sifill.bsky.social noted, this is NOT a business decision. Goal is to suppress knowledge, analysis. 🧵
Black text on orange background -- with b/w photo of Steve Biko (headshot) “The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.”
November 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Friday report: This week 173 teachers signed up at ZEP for free people’s history lessons from Atmore & Birmingham, AL; LA, CA; Oak Lawn, IL; Thurmont, MD; Pottstown, PA; Austin, TX; & many more cities. Some reasons why ⬇️.

Donate so we can reach/support more teachers: www.zinnedproject.org/donate
I heard about this ZEP through a lesson in my degree program. — Atmore, Alabama I’m looking for resources concerning the Vietnam War in conjunction with The Things They Carried. — Thurmont, Maryland I am teaching a class in Chicano/o literature for one semester and Black American studies the second semester and I want to teach with more up-to-date and engaging lessons that ZEP offers. — Los Angeles, California Looking for resources on the Mexican-American War. — Pottstown, Pennsylvania I found ZEP while looking for resources online about COINTELPRO. — Oak Lawn, Illinois I just read Teach Truth by Jesse Hagopian and am interested in getting more involved. — Birmingham, Alabama I used ZEP years before and would like to explore it again. Since Choices is gone, there are few remaining powerful and truthful curriculum sites. — Austin, Texas
November 1, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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"A lawyer is either a social engineer or [s]he is a parasite on society."

An African American "has handicaps enough without having to pay taxes to support the education of white students to learn how to suppress him." -- Charles Hamilton Houston (1895–1950) 🧵
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Black and white photo. Man standing in front of stack of papers and briefcase. Others in photo are seated. Charles Hamilton Houston speaks at an unidentified government hearing in Washington, D.C. circa 1940.
October 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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"I’m always on the search for . . . resources to get my students to see the connections and the relevance of history to their world." — Arlington, Mass.

Donate so we can support more teachers with free people’s history lessons & defend their right to use them, here: www.zinnedproject.org/donate/
I am interested in teaching about Mexican repatriation during the Great Depression and want to use the resources provided via ZEP. — Oxnard, California I learned about ZEP at the Northwest Teaching for Social Justice Conference in Portland, OR. I am very interested in the content and how it can be applied at our school. — Gladstone, Oregon I’m always on the search for more engaging and provocative resources to get my students to see the connections and the relevance of history to their world. — Arlington, Massachusetts
October 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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In response to our question about why they signed up or how they heard about the Zinn Education Project, one teacher wrote:

"I need to save my country from fascism." — Schwenksville, Pennsylvania

In this 🧵 are a sample of 173 stories from teachers who signed up this week, joining 175,000+ in all.
I need to save my country from fascism. — Schwenksville, Pennsylvania Because I believe in teaching my children the truth about history. — Pomeroy, Washington I teach Kindred and want to supplement my resources with diverse and factual history. — Carlsbad, California I want to learn about other histories — the ones that aren’t taught in school and that I’m not familiar with — so I can teach my students about the struggles of immigrants and the resilience they/we have. — San Jose, California
October 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Weekly report:

Last week 173 teachers signed up at ZEP for people’s history lessons from Mesa, Arizona; Carlsbad, Oxnard, and San Jose, CA; Arlington, MA; Minneapolis, MN; Charlotte, NC; Gladstone, OR; Schwenksville, PA; Plano, TX; Pomeroy, WA; & many more cities.

Some reasons why ⬇️🧵
What a nice surprise that this site exists! — Mesa, Arizona Another teacher shared some Zinn Ed Project resources with me and I would like to use more with my students. — Charlotte, North Carolina I’ve followed the Zinn Education Project on Instagram for a while and now that I am a middle school teacher I can finally incorporate the materials in my classes! — Plano, Texas I’ve been following the Zinn Education Project for a long time, and have attended many PD events, and I am excited to use their lessons in my classroom. — Minneapolis, Minnesota
October 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” -- Steve Biko, South Africa

Defend the #FreedomtoLearn #NoKings
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October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Friday report: This week 220 teachers signed up at ZEP for people’s history lessons from Fairbanks, AL; Orlando, FL; Chicago, IL; Lawrence, KS; Saint Paul, MN; Clifton, NJ; Farmville, NC; Zap, ND; & many more cities.

Some reasons why ⬇️

Help us support more teachers. www.zinnedproject.org/donate/
I believe in teaching history via the people, not the "great men" of history. — Zap, North Dakota I’m teaching The Crucible and would like more information on McCarthyism. — Orlando, Florida I’m looking for resources for Indigenous Peoples’ Day and the NEA guided me here. — Saint Paul, Minnesota I would like access to culturally relevant and responsive social studies lessons to use in my classroom. — Lawrence, Kansas Registering for resources! I heard about y’all from multiple colleagues. — Farmville, North Carolina I love the lesson on Columbus. My students are excited to put him on trial! — Chicago, Illinois I was looking for Indigenous Peoples’ Day activities and ZEP was one of the top websites. — Fairbanks, Alaska I am a new teacher and want to build my own library of resources to incorporate the many diverse voices of history. — Clifton, New Jersey
October 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Weekend report:

Last week 160 teachers signed up at ZEP for people’s history lessons from SF, CA; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta and McDonough, GA; & many more cities.

Read some reasons why ⬇️

Donate so we can reach & support more educators with free lessons & classes: www.zinnedproject.org/donate
Why I Signed Up at ZEP: l found this site while searching for information on COINTELPRO. — McDonough, Georgia The Zinn Education Project provides exceptional teaching materials. — Washington, D.C. I love the resources at ZEP and would like to use them in my classroom.— Atlanta, Georgia I teach in jail and want to talk with my students about doing history from below. — San Francisco, California
October 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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"So Iran/Contra was . . . a way both to bypass specific restrictions in the wake of Vietnam and Watergate . . .

& to neutralize a more diffuse antiwar & anti-interventionist sentiment that had overcome the American public." -- Greg Grandin via @thenation.com
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October 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Despite & in response to EOs censoring teaching honestly, teachers are bravely signing up in greater numbers to access people’s history lessons.

Donate so we can reach & support more teachers with free people’s history lessons & defend their right to use them, here: www.zinnedproject.org/donate/
To access lessons which provide my students with opportunities to read and think critically. — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania I am interested in teaching students to critically think about the past and how it shapes both the present and future. — Brooklyn, New York I am about to teach the book Warriors Don’t Cry and want to prepare my freshmen students with historical context. — Kamuela, Hawai’i
October 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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More reasons ⬇️ why teachers signed up this week to access people's history lessons for the classroom from the Zinn Ed Project.

In many cases, the teachers face risks for teaching truthfully.
I want to incorporate a ZEP lesson for Indigenous Peoples’ Day. — Avondale, Arizona I would like to access a lesson plan that I saw in Teaching Palestine. — Minneapolis, Minnesota I read good things about your Reconstruction lessons and want to try them in my U.S. history class. — San Diego, California I love ZEP. It’s a critical lens and resource list for any teacher fighting the good fight, as I am lucky to be doing. — New York, New York
October 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Weekly report.

This week 187 teachers signed up at ZEP for people’s history lessons from Avondale, AR; San Diego, CA; Wilmington, DE; Kamuela, HI; Mayfield, KY; Minneapolis, MN; Brooklyn and New York, NY; Pittsburgh, PA; Lehi, UT; Chantilly, VA; & many more cities.

Some reasons why. ⬇️🧵
I’m teaching about McCarthyism. — Lehi, Utah To be able to teach history the way it is meant to be taught. — Wilmington, Delaware I like the lessons and content because they tell the truth about U.S. history. — Chantilly, Virginia I want to access and share high quality, historically accurate resources that highlight the contributions and struggles of marginalized communities. — Mayfield, Kentucky
October 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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The SNCC Legacy Project @sncclegacy.bsky.social offers a free teaching resource -- an informational booklet and a set of six toolkits on SNCC voting rights, women & gender, art & culture, Black power, organizing, & freedom teaching.

View & download free here: sncclegacyproject.org/sncc-grassro...
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October 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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"I would like to make a special appeal to the men of the National Guard, the police & the military. Brothers, . . . you are killing your own brother peasants. No one has to obey an immoral law. I implore you, I beg you, I order you in the name of God: stop the repression." — Archbishop Óscar Romero
Three dimensional mural with drawings of faces, wearing scarves, holding a black and white photo and someone behind bars. Mothers of the Disappeared hold a picture of Romero. Part of the “Memorial Wall” mural in El Salvador on the history of the war of the 1980s back to 1932, when a peasant uprising was brutally repressed by the U.S. backed military dictatorship. Source: Compadres, a Canadian teachers’ organization. (c) Walkyman
October 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Read about the roles of the NAACP, Ida B Wells, and the Black press (including Chicago Defender) and the white press during 1919 Elaine Massacre and the trial of Elaine 12 at @blackpastonline.bsky.social here:

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Archival black and white photo of head and shoulders of Ida B. Wells. Looking slightly away from camera.
September 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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The Encyclopedia of Arkansas provides detailed description with photos & primary docs of 1919 Elaine Massacre & subsequent trial of "Elaine 12" (Black men convicted for massacre by whites).

Photo: Elaine 12 attorney Scipio Africanus Jones #tdih

Read: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia...
Black and white photo of Elaine 12 attorney Scipio Africanus Jones seated (wearing a suit) and desk with large book, open on the table. Lamp with two bulbs and one bulb missing.
September 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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The terrible 'crime' these men had committed was to organize their members into a union for the purpose of getting the market price for their cotton." -- Ida B. Wells in a booklet she wrote called "The Elaine Riot."

Read primary doc in full here: archive.org/details/TheA...
Cover of archival Elaine Riot report. Sepia colored paper with text on one side and photo of 12 Black men on the other.
September 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Despite & in response to EOs censoring teaching honestly, teachers are bravely signing up to access people’s history lessons.

All the people's history lessons & classes (& many books) we offer are free -- thanks to individual donors.

Please help us keep it that way: www.zinnedproject.org/donate
The 1860 election role play! — Punta Gorda, Florida I’m excited to try out your lessons on Reconstruction. — Palo Alto, California To access materials for my 8th grade students as we explore various topics such as the Reconstruction era. — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania I’ve been using Zinn Education Project resources for years to supplement my South Louisiana curriculum, and now I’m in a new school district. — Metairie, Louisiana
September 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Friday report

This week 260 teachers signed up at ZEP for people’s history lessons from Palo Alto, CA; Washington, D.C.; Punta Gorda, FL; Metairie, LA; Ocean Springs, MS; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Austin, TX; & many more cities.

Read a few of the many reasons why ⬇️ 🧵 #TeachTruth
I am going to download the Constitution Day resources. — Washington, D.C. I’m deep diving into COINTELPRO and would like to download the lesson. — Ocean Springs, Mississippi I am teaching American music history and wanted to explore resources to help frame that history clearly. — Austin, Texas I came across some lessons at a workshop with the National Museum of the American Indian that I would love to use! — New York, New York
September 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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"I began to talk about the Decl. of Independence . . . & Henry D. Thoreau. At this point, Judge Larsen interrupted, pounded his gavel & said:

‘You can’t discuss that. That's getting to the heart of the matter.’" - Howard Zinn | art by @justseeds.bsky.social
See: zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/mi...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM