Teaching Guide about Daniel Ellsberg, whistleblowing, and the Vietnam War

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On the occasion of the WikiLeaks release of close to 400,000 documents on the war in Iraq, with Daniel Ellsberg at the press conference, the Zinn Education Project is pleased to release a 94-page teaching guide on the film The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers.

The teaching guide offers eight lessons on the Vietnam War, Daniel Ellsberg, whistleblowing, the Pentagon Papers and more -- for U.S. history, government, and language arts classrooms. The Most Dangerous Man in America Teaching Guide offers a "people's history" approach to learning about the U.S. war in Vietnam and engages students in thinking deeply about their own responsibility as truth-tellers and peacemakers.

The guide uses a variety of teaching strategies, including role play, critical reading, discussion, mock trial, small group imaginative writing, and personal narrative.

Developed by the Zinn Education Project in collaboration with The Most Dangerous Man in America filmmakers Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, the guide was written and edited by Bill Bigelow, Sylvia McGauley, Tom McKenna, Hyung Nam, and Julie Treick O’Neill.

The teaching guide is available for free download at the Zinn Education Project (Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change) website. http://www.zinnedproject.org/posts/7325

View The Most Dangerous Man in America for free online at POV through October 27:
http://www.pbs.org/pov/mostdangerousman/watch.php

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2. HooRay for Howard Zinn!!!

I have found photos and news stories about Howard Zinn that are very interesting.
He has won several awards and has been at cerimonies with many celebrities, movie stars, ect.
Many people respect his views and I was saddened by his death.
I am glad that you mentioned Mr. Zinn.