The American Lung Association’s “State of the Air” found that nearly half of U.S. children are regularly exposed to high levels of toxic air pollution.
These harms are also playing out in the courts. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about Roundup weed killer — glyphosate — and its connection to thousands of cancer claims.
Often invisible in air and water, toxins should be visible in the curriculum.
To help students investigate the impacts of environmental toxins, we offer resources like our Water and Environmental Racism lesson, along with stories of organizing for environmental justice.
The Zinn Education Project celebrates six years of our Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online class series.
For educators and learners seeking more than a typical professional development session, the Teach the Black Freedom Struggleonline series is an extraordinary opportunity. It combines direct access to leading people’s historians, structured reflection in small groups, and the ongoing energy of a national community committed to truth, equity, and historical justice.
Listen to audiograms from past sessions. Join this growing community of educators, students, and learners committed to teaching truth, learning together, and building a more just world.
This summer, we ask EVERYONE to make the demand to #TeachTruth visible.
You can host an event on the annual day of action (Saturday, June 6) or bring the demand to Pride parades, Juneteenth commemorations, July 4 activities, and more. The need to protect the freedom to learn is part of every fight for justice.
We offer signs for rallies, pop-up display boxes, materials for activities such as gallery walks, guides for walking tours, and more.
Check out these events hosted by the Zinn Education Project and our coordinating organizations (Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change). All events are online.
On Monday, May 11, Jesse Hagopian, Teaching for Black Lives co-editor and Rethinking Schools editor, will facilitate a 45-minute informational session for educators interested in forming a Teaching for Black Lives study group in their school, district, or statewide.
Join us to learn about the benefits and logistics. There will be time to ask questions and meet other educators in small groups. Learn more and register.
Join Rethinking Schools on Thursday, May 14, for a conversation on how teacher unions are leading the fight against fascism and ICE in their communities and schools. In this webinar, we will learn, celebrate, and amplify the lessons of the people heroically fighting back against ICE occupation — from Chicago to Los Angeles to Minneapolis.
From the classroom to the streets, we need to defend our students and together learn the most effective ways to kick ICE out of our schools and communities.
Join us for a Media Workshop onThursday, May 21.
This is a participatory and informative workshop on effective media strategies — with time to practice responding to Teach Truth FAQs and American Revolution FAQs in small groups. Facilitated by Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian. Learn more and register.
Teachers are under attack for teaching truthfully about U.S. history. Please donate so we can continue to offer free people’s history lessons and resources, and defend teachers’ right to use them.
