Lessons Students Can’t Stop Talking About

As an Ethnic Studies history teacher, I have used many lessons from the Zinn Education Project. One of the most popular ones with my class was Deportations on Trial. I heard one student talking with multiple administrators about her defense strategy for the next day.

I also learn something new every time I use your lessons. Thank you for the immense amount of labor, time, and energy it takes to put them together. — Nick Cream, high school ethnic studies teacher, Holyoke, Massachusetts

We need YOUR support to produce more lessons and to keep our people’s history lessons, classes, and study groups free for teachers. Donate so that more students have the experience that Nick Cream describes. 

People’s History Events

We'd love to see you at these events hosted by the Zinn Education Project and our colleagues. Online unless noted otherwise.

National Council for the Social Studies Conference in person, December 5–7, Washington, D.C. Several workshops are led by Zinn Education Project contributors and we’ll have a booth. Let us know by reply email if you plan to attend.

Howard Zinn Book Fair — Fight Supremacy: Actions Against Authoritarianism, in person, December 7, San Francisco. Look for the HowardZinn.org table.

The Indigenous Origins of the American Revolution with Ned Blackhawk, December 11. The class is in preparation for teaching about the American Revolution on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026. Blackhawk, in conversation with Jesse Hagopian, will draw on stories and primary documents from his book, The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History. Attendees can receive a free copy of the book.

Mapping Deportations Curriculum Workshop with Kelly Lytle Hernández, December 15. Learn about “Mapping Deportations,” a classroom-friendly digital resource that invites visitors to see the history of U.S. immigration enforcement not as a series of disconnected events, but as a pattern. Mapping Deportations offers classroom-friendly data visualizations and a timeline on how the history of anti-immigrant legislation and racism are intertwined. 

2026 Black Lives Matter at School Curriculum Fair, January 24. Consider submitting a workshop proposal.

Education Censorship

Free Book for Your Story

To receive one of the books featured above, share a story about the impact of anti-history education laws, executive orders, the chilling effect in your school or school district, and whether or how educators and communities are resisting this repression. Our appreciation to Seven Stories Press, Haymarket Books, and individuals for donating the books.

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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.

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