Zinn Education Project and a Young Person's History of the United States: Easy & comprehensive way to learn unbiased history

Zinn Education offers online lesson plans and teaching activities covering many different social studies topics for all age groups. It gathers a vast amount of resources and topics in one place cohesively. William Holtzman was excited about how Boston University's Howard Zinn’s way of teaching history was so more accurate than the traditional history taught in high school, so he launched the Zinn Project to help spread the different way of teaching. You register for the site for free, and then access all teaching materials and lesson plans for free. You can use the material to make your own lessons or draw from the ones recommended on the site. It's a good choice for someone who values the historical content their students consume. The resource seems to be unbiased and tells history from a unique perspective-- from the peoples perspective. It's a good choice for students relatively interested in history and teachers who adore teaching it. It can be a bit boring to go through the lesson plans and activities, they're designed to be educational, not really fun. It's not suited for people who don't like sifting through a decent amount of information to teach. Look at the lesson plans, the teaching activities, and the tips on the website!

Grades: PK-12th grade

Cost: All teaching activities are free as long as you register (registration is also free).

OTHER DETAILS

Key features

Type of Tool: Website

Time required: The resource is a history resource, so given a student's interest in the topic they can spend anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour on this...daily. I think 20 minutes at least a few times a week is mandatory to learn from this resource.

Special Needs:

Literacy Requirement (does a child need to know how to read):

Screens

Screens:  Yes, an electronic device is required

Online requirement:

Time

Parent/Caregiver Involvement: No, parent/teacher/caregiver involvement is necessary

Prep Time:  Depends on the lesson, some require minimal prep time if you're just doing readings with your students, some require more extensive work if you want to add additional activities.

Other characteristics

Modality: Visual

Adaptive: No, it is the same for every student

Educational Philosophy: Not really, doesn't seem to be influenced by a particular educational philosophy

Other characteristics:   Self-directed learning, Interdisciplinary, STEAM, Inclusive of diverse viewpoints and perspectives, Fun and entertaining

Accountability

Assessment: No, there is no assessment component

State Standards: unsure

Teacher Accounts:

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Purchase:  https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials