Preface — v
Introduction: A People’s History, A People’s Pedagogy — 1
Why Students Should Study History:
An Interview with Howard Zinn — 8
Discovering Columbus — 15
The People vs. Columbus, et al. — 21
U.S.-Mexico War Tea Party — 29
"We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God"
by Howard Zinn — 39
Unsung Heroes
by Howard Zinn — 51
Teaching About Unsung Heroes — 54
Lawrence, 1912: The Singing Strike — 63
Rethinking the Teaching of the Vietnam War — 81
"A School Year Like No Other"—
Eyes on the Prize: "Fighting Back: 1957-1962" — 89
Whose "Terrorism"? — 97
About the Authors — 109
June 2008