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Presented by the Zinn Education Project
A Collaboration between Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change
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What the Koch Brothers Want Students to Learn About Slavery
By Adam Sanchez
Given that the billionaire Charles Koch has poured millions of dollars into eliminating the minimum wage and paid sick leave for workers, and that in 2015 he had the gall to compare his ultra-conservative mission to the anti-slavery movement, he's probably the last person you'd want educating young people about slavery.
Yet the
history-teaching wing of the Koch brothers empire is seeking to promote an alternate narrative to slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. The political goal of these materials is to ensure students see racism and slavery as flaws in an otherwise spotless U.S. record, rather than woven into the fabric of our country from its inception.
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Teach Reconstruction
Because Reconstruction is so often mistaught and misunderstood, the Zinn Education Project has launched a Teach Reconstruction campaign.
We offer lessons for middle and high school, a student campaign to make Reconstruction history visible in their communities, and an annotated list of recommended teaching guides, student friendly books, primary document collections, and films.
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