Over the years, study groups have requested additional support to expand on topics found in an article or chapter of the book. Below, you’ll find resources that have been requested the most.
As you implement or adapt Zinn Education Project lessons and resources, please take photos and share your teaching stories via this link or email Julia Salcedo at jsalcedo@zinnedproject.org.
Black Lives Matter at School website and curriculum guide
D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice Resources
Several Teaching for Black Lives study groups participated in the 2024 week of action. Read their stories.
Rethinking Schools, Defending the Early Years, and Black Lives Matter at School hosted a “Centering Collective Value in the Early Years” webinar that celebrated Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action theme for 2024 and offered related resources (you will be prompted to create a copy).
Rethinking Schools Books: Rethinking Early Childhood Education and Rethinking Elementary (25% discount code T4BLSTUDY)
Rethinking Schools 2023–2024 winter issue features several articles on elementary. Here are some newer articles that are also for the elementary level:
Zinn Education Project’s Teach Climate Justice campaign includes classroom-tested lessons and more!
Articles by Rethinking Schools:
Books by Rethinking Schools (25% discount code T4BLSTUDY):
Download Zinn Education Project National Report: How State Standards Fail to Teach the Truth About Reconstruction
Discussion prompts coming soon.
Resources recommended by Cierra Kaler-Jones, Rethinking Schools executive director.
How to — and How Not to — Teach Role Plays (appeared in the Winter 2022 issue of Rethinking Schools as “I Saw Eyes Begin to Widen” Joys, Pitfalls, and Dilemmas in Using Role Play in the Classroom.”)
This article offers some cautions and guidance about teaching role plays, especially in these politically contentious times. We also describe concerns and suggestions teachers have shared with us over the last several years. What is offered here is not final, but an invitation to join us in the ongoing dialogue about the design and implementation of role plays.
We offer a collection of lessons, films, primary documents, infographics, articles, podcasts, and more.
In December 2023, we hosted a Teaching Media Literacy workshop with author Norman Solomon for Teaching for Black Lives study groups.
The spring 2024 Rethinking Schools: Teach Palestine issue offers a collection of articles and other resources on teaching about Palestine-Israel amid the growing attack on social justice education.
Media Guide to communicate about the dangers of anti-history education legislation and book bans, the importance of teaching truthfully, and the rights of LGBTQ+ students.
Read about Teaching for Black Lives Study Groups’ Teach Truth Actions on June 10, 2023
Published on the Zinn Education Project website:
Book Recommendations:
Other resources:
Teaching for Change’s Social Justice Books offer more than 90 booklists on a variety of themes, a database of critical reviews from See What We See, and recommended articles on multicultural children’s literature and critical literacy.
If you are interested in studying another text after your first year, consider purchasing Rethinking Schools books (using your 25% discount code T4BLSTUDY). Here are our recommendations with related study group resources:
Share reading or discussion prompts that lead to rich discussions by emailing Julia (jsalcedo@zinnedproject.org).
