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Welchel (education, Wofford College) offers a guide for secondary school and college teachers to the life and work of historian and social activist Howard Zinn and how to use his works in teaching history. Welchel addresses history teaching and texts; Zinn's ideas about education in America, war, and social consciousness; using memoir, biography, and autobiography in the classroom, including Zinn's You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train; his plays; teaching his best-known work, A People's History of the United States; and how teaching Zinn leads educators towards critical pedagogy. Connections to other books are noted throughout the text, and an annotated bibliography of select works by Zinn is included. There is no index. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)