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Presented by the Zinn Education Project
A Collaboration between Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change
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An Earth Day Message: Take Heart from the Abolition Movement
By Bill Bigelow
Co-director of the Zinn Education Project and curriculum editor
of Rethinking Schools
Every Earth Day, some of us are tempted to say things like "We live on the same planet; we're all in this together." But no, we're not. This Earth Day we need to recognize that the fossil fuel industry is waging war on the planet ----and on the future. And, like the abolition movement before us, we need to act accordingly. READ MORE. _____________________________________________________________
"An Earth Day Message: Take Heart from the Abolition Movement" is the newest article in the Zinn Education Project's column called If We Knew Our History posted on Common Dreams and GOOD magazine. You can help us reach a wider audience in three steps:
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Related resources at the Zinn Education Project website
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Teaching Activity. By Julie Treick O'Neill and Tim Swinehart. 16 pages. A role play on the Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change that asks students to develop a list of demands to present to the rest of the world at the U.N. climate change treaty meeting.
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Teaching Activity. By Bill Bigelow. 16 pages. A role play putting students in the position of abolitionist groups working together to end slavery.
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