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Please tell us your "Teaching a People's History" Story
Teachers have told us that reading Howard Zinn's A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES influenced their decision to become a teacher. The Zinn Education Project would like to hear your story. P…
Started by diane burrowes Feb 2.
Introductions 51 Replies
Please take a minute to introduce yourself to the group.
Started by Angela Cunningham. Last reply by Relvis D Zeigler Jan 27.
If you missed Howard Zinn's interivew with teachers....
You can listen to it now at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/topshelf/2010/01/19/h
Started by diane burrowes Jan 22.
Community for History Students
Hello everyone. Just wanted to let you all know that the My History Network (http://myhistorynetwork.ning.com/) is ready to go for 2010! This project where high school history students from around th…
Tagged: communities, collaboration, ning, classes, students
Started by David Hilton Jan 14.
Howard Zinn will answer questions from teachers
January 19, 6 pm EST. A web-radio event. Harper Perennial and The Zinn Education Project are pleased to present a conversation with Howard Zinn on A People's History of the United States. The Zinn E…
Started by diane burrowes Jan 13.
Modern World History Collaborative Project 1 Reply
Hello Everyone. I teach a Modern World History 1945 to the Present class at my school for 17 and 18 year-olds. In January and February they will be looking at the development of different regions of…
Tagged: history, world, collaboration
Started by Ryan Folmer. Last reply by Abby Chill Jan 10.
Teaching Social Justice 9 Replies
I'm bouncing around ideas for a social justice project I hope to use with my students later this year. And that's all I have right now...social justice. Anyone want to jump in?
Started by Angela Cunningham. Last reply by Abby Chill Dec. 25, 2009.
Need Help...
I have been given the unique opportunity to develop a course from scratch...with essentially no limits. In short, my principal is allowing me to pull 5-10 carefully chosen students everyday during m…
Started by Angela Cunningham Dec. 19, 2009.
History Teachers Group
Hello. We've got a group for history teachers and enthusiasts to share resources, bookmarks and ideas with each other at http://groups.diigo.com/group/history-teachers. The focus is on helping histor…
Tagged: diigo, groups, sources, history
Started by David Hilton Oct. 31, 2009.
The History Lab
One of my goals this year is to help my students become more active participants and contributors in my classroom. And while I have several ideas of my own about how to make this happen (Class Notebo…
Started by Angela Cunningham Oct. 26, 2009.
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