Re: [xmca] Howard Zinn passed away

[mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>]

That is great, Wayne and Steve. Thanks.
This pm on the way home, my colleague, Ginny Gordon was telling us
about being called before a magistrate in DC owing to participation in some
demonstration. On her left was Chomsky, on her right, Zinn. When
Chomsky's was called up to the magistrate, the bailiff just called out,
Noam Chomsky. But when Zinn was called up, the bailiff shook his hand,
and said "Its an honor to meet you Professor Zinn."

All fame is fleeting, but the people's history has managed to keep on
keeping on.
mike

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Au, Wayne <wau@exchange.fullerton.edu>wrote:

> 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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