[Nesabes] FW: Free Zinn Education Packets-Special Offer

[Bower, Carol]

Dear Change Agent subscriber:

Thanks to an anonymous donor (a former student of Howard Zinn's)
Rethinking Schools <http://www.rethinkingschools.org/>  and Teaching for
Change <http://www.teachingforchange.org/>  are offering a limited
number of free Zinn Education Packets for middle and high school
teachers and teacher educators.  History is often written by and focused
on "the winners" and overlooks the vast majority of those who lived it.
Howard Zinn has spent a lifetime trying to bring balance to our
understanding of history so we can learn from it and make positive
change.

Professor Zinn couples his academic observations with a call for
action. While teaching at Spelman College in Atlanta, he became
embroiled in the emerging civil rights struggle and then became a
national leader in the anti-Vietnam War movement. His book, A People's
History of the United States, is one of the most popular history texts,
with more than 1.7 million copies in print. Many have praised this work,
but perhaps Bruce Springsteen put it best:

"Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States had an enormous
impact on me. It set me down in a place that I recognized and felt I had
a claim to. It made me feel that I was a player in this moment in
history, as we all are, and that this moment in history was mine,
somehow, to do with whatever I could. It gave me a sense of myself in
the context of this huge American experience ..." 

If you are a middle or high school teacher, teacher educator, or adult
educator, you are invited as a friend of The Change Agent
<http://www.nelrc.org/changeagent>  to apply to receive a free Zinn
Education Project packet. (All others are welcome to visit
www.zinnedproject.org  <http://www.zinnedproject.org/>  for
information about the project and a free downloadable version of the
teaching guide.)

The packets (a $60 plus value) include one copy each of: 
*	A People's History of the United States, the classic text by
Howard Zinn. 
*	A People's History for the Classroom, by Rethinking Schools
editor Bill Bigelow. This teaching guide includes an introductory essay,
"A People's History, A People's Pedagogy," linking Howard Zinn's
approach to history with a more critical, participatory teaching
methodology; and features a sampling of role plays and activities from
Rethinking Schools books. 
*	Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train by Deb Ellis
and Denis Mueller. A DVD documentary about the life of Howard Zinn,
First Run Features.  To download the teaching guide or request a free
packet, visit www.zinnedproject.org <http://www.zinnedproject.org/>  and
select Packet Request. 

Be sure to enter this key code: ZNE

While online, you can also find additional resources for teaching U.S.
history from a "people's history" perspective and view a clip from
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train.  In addition,
donations can be made online <http://www.zinnedproject.org/> to increase
the number of free packets for teachers. The funder for this project
will match donations dollar for dollar.

Thanks for your work!
Cynthia

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Cynthia Peters
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