Tag Archives: Howard Zinn

The Zinn Education Project: Teaching a People’s History

This just in from  Rethinking Schools:  We’re pleased to announce our latest “publication,” The Zinn Education Project: Teaching a People’s History — a new website with free downloadable teaching activities. The Zinn Education Project: Teaching a People’s History is a collaboration between Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change, supported by an anonymous donor (a former… Read More »

Howard Zinn: Three Holy Wars

On the 100th anniversary of Progressive Magazine, Howard Zinn, author of The People’s History of the United States, gave a talk about three holy wars. Not religious wars, he explained, but rather America’s “sacred” wars that are considered to be just and beyond criticism. They are the American Revolution, the Civil War and World War… Read More »