> Many educators are looking for ways to act in solidarity with Palestinians > > Latest Issue > <https://rethinkingschools.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe148910632882c1c736a18ff&id=38a495ac1b&e=9efcc27f3c> > | Subscribe > <https://rethinkingschools.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe148910632882c1c736a18ff&id=cb8028169e&e=9efcc27f3c> > | All Books > <https://rethinkingschools.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe148910632882c1c736a18ff&id=4b3564896b&e=9efcc27f3c> > | Events > <https://rethinkingschools.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe148910632882c1c736a18ff&id=fa9b7bbfad&e=9efcc27f3c> > | Donate > <https://rethinkingschools.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe148910632882c1c736a18ff&id=4e015f63d6&e=9efcc27f3c> > > <https://rethinkingschools.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe148910632882c1c736a18ff&id=86c77fa8f6&e=9efcc27f3c> > > <https://rethinkingschools.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe148910632882c1c736a18ff&id=ee1d164690&e=9efcc27f3c> > > > *American Muslims for Palestine Rally to Defend Jerusalem and Palestine in > Milwaukee Photo credit: Joe Brusky > <https://rethinkingschools.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe148910632882c1c736a18ff&id=31f29511d4&e=9efcc27f3c> > * > *The Time to Teach About the Palestinian Struggle Is Now* > Dear Friends - > > Many educators are looking for ways to act in solidarity with > Palestinians, in their classrooms and curricula. The mainstream media often > censors Palestinian voices and downplays the occupation and confiscation of > Palestinian land. The result is a one-sided narrative that justifies > Israel's policies of ethnic cleansing, oppression, and violations of > international law. > > *To help bring understanding to the history of the Palestinian struggle > and the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, initiated by > Palestinian civil society,* *we've compiled a list of resources on > teaching Palestine from the Rethinking Schools archives:* > > <https://rethinkingschools.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe148910632882c1c736a18ff&id=d7c542e58f&e=9efcc27f3c> > *Boycotting Occupation: Educators and Palestine* > By The Editors of Rethinking Schools > > > When the United States was about to invade Afghanistan and again in the > lead-up to the war against Iraq, Rethinking Schools argued that these were > situations of such magnitude that educators had a moral and an > *educational* responsibility to speak out. We think that Palestine is > just such a situation. We’ve had long discussions about what that means for > us as educators. > > *Continue Reading About the Occupation and the Palestinian BDS Movement* > <https://rethinkingschools.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe148910632882c1c736a18ff&id=44155af4d2&e=9efcc27f3c> > > <https://rethinkingschools.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe148910632882c1c736a18ff&id=b12eea573e&e=9efcc27f3c> > *As an Arab American Muslim Mother, Here Is the Education I Want for My > Children* > By Nina Shoman-Dajani > > > Of the hundreds of assignments my children have brought home from school > over the years, not one of them has referred to Palestine or to Muslims. As > a Muslim, a Palestinian American, and a mother, I want this to change. > > *Continue Reading* > <https://rethinkingschools.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe148910632882c1c736a18ff&id=3526c61898&e=9efcc27f3c> > > <https://rethinkingschools.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe148910632882c1c736a18ff&id=a9e94db6ff&e=9efcc27f3c> > *Books About Contemporary Palestine for Children* > By Katharine Davies Samway > > U.S. media coverage of the Middle East is frequently Israel-centric and > does not explore the enormous financial support that the United States > provides each year to Israel and its occupation of Palestine. When this is > coupled with a sometimes virulent anti-Muslim and anti-Arab, feeling > educators must help unpeel these biases and encourage students to think > critically about human rights in Palestine/Israel. Reading books about > contemporary Palestine and the Israeli occupation may raise conflicting > points of view, but that is part of supporting students to become critical > readers, thinkers, and, we hope, activists in support of justice and peace. > > *View the list of books & resources* > <https://rethinkingschools.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe148910632882c1c736a18ff&id=b756b30f1d&e=9efcc27f3c> > > <https://rethinkingschools.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe148910632882c1c736a18ff&id=25b99b1145&e=9efcc27f3c> > > *Independence or Catastrophe? Teaching Palestine through multiple > perspectives* > By Samia Shoman > > A social studies teacher uses conflicting narratives to engage students in > studying the history of Palestine/Israel, focusing on the events of 1948. > > *Continue Reading* > <https://rethinkingschools.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe148910632882c1c736a18ff&id=2038f9db64&e=9efcc27f3c> > > <https://rethinkingschools.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe148910632882c1c736a18ff&id=fc3a9da62b&e=9efcc27f3c> > > *Teaching Palestine An interview with Palestinian educator Ziad Abbas* > By Jody Sokolower > > It is important that students learn factual history and are able to think > critically about Palestine and Israel. Otherwise, they are left with the > stereotypes so widely disseminated in the mainstream media. > > *Continue Reading* > <https://rethinkingschools.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe148910632882c1c736a18ff&id=fbf706c272&e=9efcc27f3c> > > <https://rethinkingschools.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe148910632882c1c736a18ff&id=0511da595b&e=9efcc27f3c> > *Free eBook Teaching About the Wars* > Edited by Jody Sokolower > > *Teaching About the Wars* breaks the curricular silence on the U.S. > military engagement in the Middle East. The articles and lessons in this > volume explore “the realities of how we got here.” This collection of > articles and hands-on lessons shows how teachers prompt their students to > think critically about big issues. 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