@zinnedproject.bsky.social#tdih 1968 We all recognize iconic photo of Black Power salute by Tommie Smith & John Carlos at Olympics.
But, what were their demands?
What happened before & after?
How did they organize?
What was Peter Norman's role?
#TeachOutsideTextbook Read ⬇️ 🧵
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@zinnedproject.bsky.socialTime to #TeachOutsideTextbook about Central America
Join #TeachCentralAmerica Week (Oct. 5–9), hosted by @teachingchange.bsky.social
Sign up ⬇️for the campaign.
Find lessons, books, films, poetry, art, biographies, teaching stories, & more for pre-K–12.
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@zinnedproject.bsky.social#tdih 1935 Fascist Italy invaded Ethiopia with poisonous gas, bombs, concentration camps.
"From Kingston to Johannesburg, from Detroit to Ghana, Port-of-Spain to Paris, Black communities rallied in defense of Ethiopia." #PanAfrican #TeachOutsideTextbook Read ⬇️
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@zinnedproject.bsky.social#tdih 1919 #RedSummer Black sharecroppers met in Elaine, Arkansas to organize for fair pay for cotton.
More than 100 of them were massacred by a white mob.
Twelve Black men were sentenced to death for “riots.” #Terrorism #TeachOutsideTextbook 🧵
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@zinnedproject.bsky.socialMeanwhile, as more teachers commit to #TeachOutsideTextbook, GOP criminalizes teaching the history in this 🧵
Everyone can highlight key role of K–12 education & student inquiry.
Testify at school board. Defend #FreedomtoLearn at every rally you attend. ⬇️
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@zinnedproject.bsky.social#TeachOutsideTextbook about long, ongoing struggle for voting rights with free 3-lesson unit ⬇️
“Textbooks offer false impression that history of voting rights in U.S. is a hopeful tale of steady progress, culminating in 1965.” — educator Ursula Wolfe-Rocca
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@zinnedproject.bsky.socialThere are many primary documents from 1868 Camilla Massacre investigation to #teachoutsidetextbook, including affidavits by witnesses, newspaper clippings, letters, and more collected online by the Digital Library of Georgia, here: dlg.galileo.usg.edu/camilla/
@zinnedproject.bsky.socialLearn more about the Reconstruction era & how it is taught (or not) in ZEP report ⬇️
Just as more teachers #TeachOutsideTextbook about Reconstruction & more, the GOP is passing laws to criminalize those lessons.
NOT a coincidence.
@zinnedproject.bsky.social#tdih Stono Rebellion (1739), Association for the Study of African American Life and History @asalh-bhm.bsky.social
founding (1915), Attica Prison Uprising (1971).
Read about each event in 🧵 ⬇️ and consider the connection between all three.
Defend right to #TeachTruth #TeachOutsideTextbook
