Authored By Linda Christensen
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 […]
Edited by Wayne Au and Melissa Bollow Tempel
This powerful collection from the groundbreaking Rethinking Schools magazine takes high-stakes standardized tests to task. Despite overwhelming evidence that the tests are invalid ways to measure teaching and learning — […]
Edited by Nancy Schniedewind and Ellen Davidson
Summary The fourth edition of Open Minds to Equality contains a wealth of updated information and resources. New lessons address immigration, anti-Muslim discrimination, gender identity, and bullying. The comprehensive, annotated […]
Authored by Bill Bigelow
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
Edited by Bill Bigelow and Tim Swinehart
Five years in the making, A People’s Curriculum for the Earth is a collection of articles, role plays, simulations, stories, poems, and graphics to help breathe life into teaching about the environmental crisis. The book features some of the best articles from Rethinking Schools magazine alongside classroom-friendly readings on climate change, energy, water, food, and pollutionÑas well as on people who are working to make things better. A People’s Curriculum for the Earth has the breadth and depth of Rethinking Globalization: Teaching for Justice in an Unjust World, one of the most popular books we’ve published.
At a time when it’s becoming increasingly obvious that life on Earth is at risk, here is a resource that helps students see what’s wrong and imagine solutions.
Edited by Michael Charney, Jesse Hagopian, and Bob Peterson
An anthology of more than 60 articles documenting the history and the how-tos of social justice unionism. Together, they describe the growing movement to forge multiracial alliances with communities to defend and transform public education.
In May 2016, the Portland, Oregon school board unanimously passed the most comprehensive climate literacy policy of any school district in the country, pledging to abandon the use of text […]
Gretchen Kraig-Turner, Liza Finkel, Jana Dean, and Jen Sauer
Science Teaching for Social Justice helps students and educators dig into science as a tool of oppression and means of liberation.
Adbusters: www.adbusters.org; 1243 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6H 1B7; 800-663-1243; fax: 604-737-6021; info@adbusters.org. Canadian journal that promotes critical thinking about consumer culture. See Adbusters Media Foundation under Organizations. Colorlines […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
This file is being posted on the Rethinking Schools Web site (www.rethinkingschools.org) to accompany “Math, Maps, and Misrepresentation,” by Eric Gutstein, which appears on p. 112 of Rethinking Our Classrooms, Volume […]
This file is being posted on the Rethinking Schools Web site (www.rethinkingschools.org) to accompany “A New U.S. Bill of Rights,” by Larry Miller, which appears on p. 70 of Rethinking Our Classrooms, Volume […]
This file is being posted on the Rethinking Schools Web site (www.rethinkingschools.org) to accompany “A New U.S. Bill of Rights,” by Larry Miller, which appears on p. 70 of Rethinking Our Classrooms, Volume […]
This file is being posted on the Rethinking Schools Web site (www.rethinkingschools. org) to accompany “A New U. S. Bill of Rights,” by Larry Miller, which appears on p. 70 […]
This file is being posted on the Rethinking Schools Web site (www.rethinkingschools.org) to accompany “A New U.S. Bill of Rights,” by Larry Miller, which appears on p. 70 of Rethinking Our Classrooms, Volume […]
This file is being posted on the Rethinking Schools Web site (www.rethinkingschools.org) to accompany “Rethinking the U.S. Constitutional Convention: A Role Play,” by Bob Peterson, which appears on p. 63 […]
This file is being posted on the Rethinking Schools Web site (www.rethinkingschools.org) to accompany “Rethinking the U.S. Constitutional Convention: A Role Play,” by Bob Peterson, which appears on p. 63 […]
Social Studies Name _____________________ Date ________________ What role did you play in the Constitution role play? Give yourself a score from 1 – 4 (1=poor. 2= OK, 3= good, 4= excellent) […]
Your real name ________________________ Your group ___________________ Hi, my name is ________________________. I am _________________________ On the question of slavery I think: I think the following groups should be […]
List the title, date, and abbreviation you’ll use to reference each reading: According to the articles, what are the effects of NAFTA on: jobs in the United States jobs in […]
by Tim Swinehart and Sandra Childs You are members of the Immigration Justice Alliance (IJA), a cross-border organization of people from the United States and Mexico that works to promote […]