Summary

Students are immersed in a powerful learning journey exploring the complex struggles of residents in Black-majority urban centers. By visiting Flint, Michigan, Jackson, Mississippi, and Newark, New Jersey, learners confront the daily realities of safe water access and basic sanitation during high-stakes political moments. This immersive activity utilizes a Democracy Now documentary as a central narrative thread.

A deep dive into voter ID laws, gerrymandering, poll closures, and pandemic-era voting protocols reveals how systematic disenfranchisement continues to erode democracy. The program transforms traditional political discourse into an urgent case study, highlighting the critical issues facing the ballot-boxed people.

Title

Teaching People's History | The Zinn Education Project

Description

Free lessons and resources for teaching people’s history in K-12 classrooms. For use with books by Howard Zinn and others on multicultural, women’s, and labor history.

Keywords

teaching, read, history, activity, students, more, free, materials, teach, activities, full, project, lessons, wolfe, peoples, contact, education

NS Lookup

A 104.21.26.154, A 172.67.137.15

Dates

Created 2026-04-14

Updated 2026-04-14

Summarized 2026-04-14