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Re: [xmca] Howard Zinn passed away

In the midst of the reflections on Zinn, it occurred to me that folks on this list might like to know about the Zinn Education Project:

http://www.zinnedproject.org

It was a project started by a former Zinn student who became wealthy in the mobile electronics industry and wanted to get classroom teachers (mostly middle school and above) to find ways to use "A People's History" in their classrooms. The original project included a special printing of 4,000 free copies of "A People's History" that went out free to teachers who signed up online - this also included a specially produced Rethinking Schools book, "Teaching A People's History of the United States." Needless to say, those copies were gone within a day.

Now, in conjunction with Rethinking Schools as well as Teaching for Change, the Zinn Education Project has produced a fabulous online collection of resources and teaching ideas that match quite well with the politics of A Peoples History. It is free to access with downloadable pdfs of the teaching ideas.

When I taught "drop out" high school students in Seattle, A People's History was our only U.S. history text book - and our students, being the alienated outcasts they were, took to the perspective and politics immediately. I can think of no greater honor than to continue to use his work with students today and in the future.

Wayne

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Wayne Au
Assistant Professor
Department of Secondary Education
CSU Fullerton
P.O. Box 6868
Fullerton, CA 92834
Office: 657.278.5481
Editorial Board Member: Rethinking Schools (www.rethinkingschools.org)
http://ed.fullerton.edu/SecEd/Faculty/Full_Time_Faculty/Au.html
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