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Rethinking Schools — which coordinates the Zinn Education Project with Teaching for Change — has just published a new booklet, Teaching for Climate Justice, edited by Rethinking Schools curriculum editor and Zinn Education Project co-director, Bill Bigelow.

The booklet collects “Earth, Justice, and Our Classrooms” columns that appear in every issue of Rethinking Schools magazine. In addition to Bigelow, contributors include Ursula Wolfe-Rocca, Moé Yonamine, Tim Swinehart, Rachel M. Cohen, Suzanna Kassouf, and Matt Reed.

As the booklet’s introduction explains:

If you followed the most recent COP 27 climate conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, you know that results were mixed, at best. As UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at the gathering’s conclusion, “Our planet is still in the emergency room. We need to drastically reduce emissions now — and this is an issue this COP did not address. The world still needs a giant leap on climate ambition.”

It is urgent that educators also take a “giant leap” and make sure that the climate crisis and the movement for climate justice are central in all the classes we teach — whether these are U.S. History, Government, Economics, Language Arts, Dance, or Chemistry. 

On Monday, December 12, 2022, Bryan Stevenson will discuss his book Just Mercy, the Legacy Museum, and the history of racial terror in the United States. Stevenson is a lawyer and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series. ASL interpretation and professional development certificates are provided.

The Zinn Education Project is one of CREDO’s grant recipients for the month of December. This can make a huge difference. Your vote determines how big of a grant we’ll receive.

This funding allows us to continue to offer free people’s history lessons to teachers and students — lessons on Reconstruction, policing, climate change, voter suppression, reparations, and more. CREDO funding also allows us to defend the right to teach honestly in the face of anti-history education laws.

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