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Title:
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Calling upon the Philadelphia School District to make Howard Zinn's best-selling book "A People's History of the United States" a required part of the high school U.S. history curriculum as Philadelphia City Council recognizes the need to expose students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of United States history than is typically found in traditional textbooks that often ignore the influence that people of color, women, and the working-class had in shaping our nation's history.
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Action:
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Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
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Action text:
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A motion was made by Councilmember Kenney that this matter be Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar. The motion carried unanimously.
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