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Dear Zinn Education Project friends,
Despite the national heat wave, there is an air of hope and possibility as we launch the new school year. The desire for meaningful changes in approaches to education can be felt, from July's Save Our Schools March and Rally to the victory in stopping Scholastic from distributing pro-coal curriculum for the American Coal Foundation.
This update offers more evidence that, despite budget cuts and more standardized tests, teachers are looking for new ways to approach the classroom, to engage students, and to teach a people's history that matters.
We are happy to share stories with you about new teaching activities posted at our website, new registrants, a fundraiser, StoryCorps' National Teachers Initiative, upcoming conferences, the Pentagon Papers, and new resources.
Stay tuned, this fall is poised for some colorful leaves of change.
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| More free teaching activities
We have just posted 10 new teaching resources at our website! These include a dramatic role play about the little-known Japanese Latin American internment during World War II; an article on working with Lewis Hine's photos of child labor; activities on the first-ever Indigenous People's Summit on Climate Change; and a role play that puts students in the position of being members of the American Anti-Slavery Society, who must choose the most effective ways to fight slavery. Visit our website to see all 10 of the new teaching tools we have available.
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The Zinn Education Project introduces students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of United States history than is found in traditional textbooks and curricula.
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12,000 Teachers Teaching Outside the Textbook----Help Us
Reach 20,000
 People come across the Zinn Education Project all sorts of ways.
Hector Perez, Mountain View, CA, says he was "mining the net in search of gold nuggets. Found one!"
Grace Mason, Brighton, MI, heard of the Zinn Education Project "through CREDO. . . .I've read Howard Zinn in my education classes, but no one has ever mentioned an entire project devoted to bettering teaching techniques."
Some of you, like Rob Haworth, La Crosse, WI, are simply, "In the know!!!"
However, the strongest form of outreach is word of mouth between colleagues, teachers, professors, school administrators, and parents----thank you for sharing.
Help us reach 20,000 by continuing to share the site information, taking booklets and bookmarks to your school meetings and education conferences, and "liking" us on Facebook.
Read more about 12,000 teachers teaching outside the textbook.
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People's History Across the Country, and Around the World
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Join us on
International Peace Day
for the dedication of the
Howard Zinn Room
Busboys and Poets
Hyattsville, MD
Sept. 21, 2011 | 6-10 p.m.
Special guests, music,
and a The People Speak Live! Reading
Full restaurant event and a fundraiser/reception for the
Zinn Education Project
Hosted by Jeff Zinn and Andy Shallal. Featured presenters: Bernice Johnson Reagon, Amy Goodman, Anthony Arnove, Dave Zirin, Laura Flanders, Marian Wright Edelman, E. Ethelbert Miller, Medea Benjamin, Regie Cabico, Judy Richardson, Craig and Cindy Corrie, Bill Fletcher Jr., Mary Beth Tinker, Barbara Ehrenreich, and more.
 Host committee includes presenters above and Myla Kabat-Zinn, Alice Walker, Steve Kohn, Bill Moyers, Clarence Lusane, Brenda Coughlin, Knox Tull, Phyllis Bennis, William Holtzman, Don Murray, Heather McGhee, Beverly Daniel Tatum, and more. Reception includes appetizers, beer, wine, soft drinks, and gift bags. Reception is $100 per ticket.
Coordinating Organizations:
Can't attend but would like to make a donation? You can donate here.
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Partnering with StoryCorps' National Teachers Initiative
The Zinn Education Project is teaming up with StoryCorps, the national nonprofit oral history project, for their National Teachers Initiative. This initiative seeks to honor and celebrate the impact of public school teachers by recording, sharing, and preserving their stories. We are excited at this opportunity to introduce StoryCorps to teachers in the Zinn Education Project community.
Learn more about the National Teachers Initiative, or email teachers@storycorps.org.
| Upcoming Conferences
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Why the Pentagon Papers Matter Now
Post comments to win free book; grand prize is dinner with Daniel Ellsberg
 Amongst its accumulating laurels, the film The Most Dangerous  Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award. On the 40th anniversary of the Pentagon Papers release, Daniel Ellsberg published an essay: Why the Pentagon Papers Matter Now. The film producers want to get your opinion on this topic. The first 100 people to post will get a free copy of Ellsberg's book, Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers, one grand prize winner will receive dinner with Daniel Ellsberg. Post your story now.
Sincerely,
Lauren Cooper Zinn Education Project www.zinnedproject.org |
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