All starred resources [*] are available from the Teaching for Change catalog, www.teachingforchange.org; 800-763-9131. *Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education, Sonia Nieto. White Plains, NY: Longman, 1996, second edition. Of […]
Note: All books and curricula that are starred are available from the Teaching for Change catalog, www.teachingforchange.org, or 800-763-9131. THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: FRAMING THE ISSUES Against Empire Michael Parenti.San Francisco: City […]
We asked the contributors to Rethinking Early Childhood Education to recommend some of the resources that they find useful in their work. Below are their recommendations. Julie Bisson recommends: Anti-Bias Curriculum: Tools for […]
As President Trump pushes the United States toward war with Iran, it is more important than ever to equip students to think deeply and critically about U.S. military interventions around […]
A Teacher Struggles with Encouraging Direct Student Action By Steven Friedman To protest or not to protest, that was the question. After showing my seventh- and eighth-grade Judaic studies class […]
By Bill Bigelow and Bob Peterson We began this book with the intention of focusing on sweatshops and child labor around the world. Like many others, we’d been outraged by […]
By Bill Bigelow Videos can help “story” the world visually for students. They can bring global realities into a classroom in a way that the printed word cannot. Through follow-up […]
pp. 31-40 By William F. Tate The teaching of mathematicss needs to be connected to the lives and experiences of African-American students, thereby enabling them to take part fully in […]
Teaching for Joy and Justice is the sequel to Linda Christensen’s bestselling Reading, Writing, and Rising Up. Christensen is recognized as one of the country’s finest teachers. Through stories, Christensen demonstrates […]
Teaching for Black Lives grows directly out of the movement for Black lives. We recognize that anti-Black racism constructs Black people, and Blackness generally, as not counting as human life. […]
Adbusters Media Foundation; www.adbusters.org. 1243 West 7th Ave., Vancouver, BC, V6H 1B7, Canada; 604-736-9401;fax: 604-737-6021; e-mail: adbusters@adbusters.org. Adbusters describes itself as ‘a global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and […]
The prices below are current as of Spring 2001, and in most instances apply only to individual purchasers from the Teaching for Change catalog, www.teachingforchange.org. Institutional purchasers should contact the distributors, […]
Note that in addition to those found below, other valuable websites may be listed with their journals in the category “Journals for Global Justice.” It is impossible to list all […]
Offering practical lessons about how to teach poetry to build community, understand literature and history, talk back to injustice, and construct stronger literacy skills across content areas and grade levels—from […]
For almost two decades, teachers have looked to Reading, Writing, and Rising Up as a trusted text to integrate social justice teaching in language arts classrooms. This accessible, encouraging book […]
Teaching a People’s History of Abolition and the Civil War is a collection of 10 classroom-tested lessons on one of the most transformative periods in U.S. history. These lessons encourage […]
Many of the organizations listed earlier have their own newsletters or journals that may not be listed in this section. Unless otherwise indicated, the addresses below are editorial offices. We […]
A People’s History for the Classroom helps teachers introduce students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of U.S. history than is found in traditional textbooks and curricula.
It includes a new introductory essay by veteran teacher Bill Bigelow on teaching strategies that align with Howard Zinn’s<em> A People’s History of the United States
These exemplary teaching articles and lesson plans — drawn from an assortment of Rethinking Schools publications — emphasize the role of working people, women, people of color, and organized social movements in shaping history, and raise important questions about patterns of wealth and power throughout U.S. history.
An understanding of the “people’s history of the United States” provides the perspective and analytical tools so important for making sense of Ñ and improving Ñ today’s world.
A People’s History for the Classroom was produced in cooperation with Teaching for Change, as part of the Zinn Education Project.
I can think of no better way to excite young people about the history of our country than to introduce them to the teaching activities in </em>A People’s History for the Classroom.”
-Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States
Asian American Curriculum Projects; www.asianamericanbooks.com. 83 W. 37th Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403. 800-874-2242; fax: (650)357-6908.e-mail: aacpinc@best.com. An extensive catalog of resources and services that underscore the importance and diversity of the […]
We asked the contributors to Rethinking Early Childhood Education to recommend some of the organizations and websites that they find useful in their work. Below are their recommendations. Ellen Bravo recommends: Center […]
Rethinking Early Childhood Education is alive with the conviction that teaching young children involves values and vision. This anthology collects inspiring stories about social justice teaching with young children. Included […]
Rethinking School Reform puts classrooms and teaching at the center of the debate over how to improve public schools. Drawing on some of the best writing from the quarterly journal […]
How Much Does it Cost? by Marilyn Frankenstein pp. 19-28 in Rethinking Mathematics: Teaching Social Justice by the Numbers The article in Rethinking Mathematics was adapted from a version that originally appeared in Beyond […]
All starred resources [*] are available from the Teaching for Change catalog, www.teachingforchange.org; 800-763-9131. América Is Her Name, by Luis RodrÍguez, illus. by Carlos Vásquez. Simultaneously published in a Spanish edition, La Llaman […]
By Susan Hersh and Bob Peterson An important part of a person’s understanding of global issues is the recognition of the dramatic inequalities between nations and social classes with-in countries. […]
