Zinn Education Project

The Zinn Education Project, coordinated by Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change, promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in classrooms across the U.S. and internationally.

With more than 90,000 people registered, the Zinn Education Project has become a leading resource for teachers and teacher educators. Its website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and grade level. The teaching materials from the Zinn Education Project emphasize the role of working people, women, people of color, and organized social movements in shaping history and the world today.

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The People vs. Columbus, et al.

Zinn Education Project

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2019

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Multiple Subjects
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- World Languages
High School

A trial role play asks students to determine who is responsible for the death of millions of Taínos on the island of Hispaniola in the late 15th...

Standing with Standing Rock: A Role Play on the Dakota Access Pipeline

Zinn Education Project

Updated:

2019

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Social Studies
High School

This role play helps students recognize the issues at stake in the historic struggle of the Standing Rock Sioux to block construction of the Dakota...

Reconstructing the South: A Role Play

Zinn Education Project

Updated:

2019

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Multiple Subjects
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
MS, HS

This role play asks students to imagine themselves as freed people who wrestle with a number of issues about what they needed to ensure genuine “...

Stories from the Climate Crisis: A Mixer

Zinn Education Project

Updated:

2020

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Social Studies
High School

No doubt, climate change affects everyone, everywhere. But not equally. Through role play, “Stories from the Climate Crisis” introduces students to...