So honored to talk about “What’s Actually Being Taught in History Class” w these amazing teachers! Blessed to teach history in all its complexities alongside countless outstanding K-16 educators across our country.
#HistoryMatters
#TellTheWholeStory
Soooo I’ve been keeping a secret for a while and now I can finally tweet! It’s been such a wonderful magical weekend thanks to Ford’s Theatre Society
@FordsEdu
and so many more who hosted these events & so many friends and allies who helped me prepare.
#BetterTogether
#Gratitude
Students have been panicked about progress report grades, told them to take a deep breath & reflect. More important than grades is that they’re learning how to learn. HW is to reflect, make a plan and email their parents me. Emails keep coming in! Yes!
#HistoryFrogClass
🐸
It was such an honor to be interviewed by
@maddiecarlisle2
& to be included in this incredible
@Time
cover story. So humbled and privileged to represent just a tiny fraction of all our amazing fellow educators across the country did to support our students during the pandemic. 👏🏻
For this week's
@TIME
cover story,
@katiemacreilly
,
@Jas_Aguilera
and I profiled educators who went to extraordinary lengths to support students amid the pandemic. These are their stories:
Wow! So honored to also be featured in the
@nytimes
print ed w fellow awesome history Ts!
@vannabbott
TY
@KassieBracken
& Noah Troop for taking the time to visit us in our towns, to listen, observe, & gather the evidence to share “What’s Actually Being Taught About U.S. History”
@jbf1755
History doesn’t repeat but it can definitely teach.
During a time of extreme contingency it can teach a lot.
You can make a difference.
In a time of great instability, you can make a difference.
That’s what contingency means
It can change for the better or for the worse.
Put on your sunscreen, grab your snacks & join
#SocStudiesNetwork
for our first virtual field trip to Angel Island Immigration Station July 24 1:00pm PST/4:00pm EST. Learn about Chinese Immigration History, visit
@AngelIslandSP
and learn how you can take your students on a trip.
4 yrs ago couldn’t have anticipated: a pandemic, 17 months of remote learning at home, emotions of dropping off at college again, how fast 4 yrs goes, deep gratitude & pride for my son & his journey. Now I’m the proud Mom of a Cal graduate! Congrats to my son👨🏻🎓👏🏻🎓🎉💙💛Class ‘23
Yup I’m “that mom” now. Successfully moved our son into the dorms, enjoyed parent orientation & have started my Cal Mom-Golden Bear-ware collection.😂 Excited for the adventure ahead, grateful he’s well-prepared, already miss him😢❤️
#Gratitude
@jbf1755
I’m so sorry. Thank you for all you do because you care for your fellow citizens and our country so deeply. 💕🤗👊🏻 Perhaps you could use a Joanne Poppins or Joanne good millet today, whatever that may be- a martini, Fresca, ice cream? Stop looking at email & enjoy with Newbs.
Infrastructure is about people, it’s about the structure of the nation, & how the people in the nation can get to each other, communicate w each other & work together. Thanks
@jbf1755
&
@HC_Richardson
Bonus songs by
@jbf1755
& oodles by
@HistoryNewbie
👇🏻Our SUPER, AWESOME, AMAZING news is out
@LucyKirchh
& I wrote a book: Bring History & Civics to Life: Lessons & Strategies to Cultivate Empathetic, Informed Citizens.
#BringHistoryToLife
@iste
TY
@historyherway
helping us spread the news!
Backstage:
Grades aren't a way of declaring in and out or good and bad, but they're part of a conversation.
@jbf1755
They're designed to help you learn to get better at things.
@HC_Richardson
TY for helping us think about what grades mean
Anyone missing the teachers’ lounge as much as I am right now? I will never complain about the noise level again when we return. 😂 Today was the quietest first day lunch ever😢. Missing you my dear
@FirstAveMS
colleagues.💙
#BetterTogether
Congratulations to all the
@Gilder_Lehrman
2021
#HTOY
recipients! So wonderful to celebrate excellence in history education everywhere. Thank you all for representing all of us so well. Welcome to the
#HTOY
family.
@jbf1755
“History offers contexts, offers patterns, offers pathways of how we got to the present…To say that teaching history matters is the most profound understatement.” Thanks
@jbf1755
for another excellent conversation & reminding us what we
#HistoryNerds
already know
#HistoryMatters
What we accept
What we don’t accept
What we protest against
That all matters
Public Opinion Matters
Our opinion matters
Be an active participant in watching & evaluating this process.
Watch & listen and evaluate carefully.
#HistoryMatters
Thanks
@jbf1755
@historyed
@MapM8ker
Being nominated and selected as a
@Gilder_Lehrman
#HTOY
changed my life personally and professionally. The
#HTOY
community is the best! Always a joy to hangout, collab, and consult with one another. Nominate a teacher and change their lives!
@FromLindz
@joczproductions
#NHTOY
Nominate an outstanding K–12 teacher in your community for the 2024 National History Teacher of the Year! State winners will receive $1,000. The national winner will receive $10,000 and a ceremony in their honor in NYC.
➡️
#sschat
#NHTOY
#HTOY
@jbf1755
#HistoryMatters
Episode
#197
👉🏻You don’t need the actual violence to impose terror, to intimidate people to threaten people
👉🏻Be aware and alert to what is going on around us
👉🏻Think about the intent
👉🏻Democracy needs an alert and informed citizenry
Thanks
@jbf1755
@historyed
Tis the season…to visit college campuses. Always happy to visit my alma mater
@Occidental
bonus to bring my kid to hang out with my hero/mentor/dear friend
@janehongphd
#CollegeMom
I didn’t cry when she started kindergarten. But as my senior drove off to her first day of her last year of high school, I admit I felt a bit emotional😢 Good luck and hugs to my fellow moms of seniors 🤗 💚
1st staff meeting today. Still so much to do. A good question raised was what’s the best, easiest, most efficient way to take attendance from your
@zoom_us
classroom? We have to take and report every period.
#RemoteLearning
#attendance
@FirstAveMS
love learning from the pros!
Wow. Now I know what it’s like to be famous 😂! So honored to be interviewed by
@ArcadiaUnified
Apache News! So great to catch up w our
@FirstAveMS
alumni:Tharun, Kamal, Suleiman. They were so professional & an awesome example of collab at its finest! So proud!
#BetterTogether
I'm so glad that so many teachers are providing an opportunity for their students to reflect on their grades. Here is a link to both templates for student reflection. Enjoy!
Students have been panicked about progress report grades, told them to take a deep breath & reflect. More important than grades is that they’re learning how to learn. HW is to reflect, make a plan and email their parents me. Emails keep coming in! Yes!
#HistoryFrogClass
🐸
After 29 yrs of paper & pen, I’m moving to a digital plan book. Now I’ll never misplace it unless I lose my phone, cb, laptop... 😂! 💚customizing, having fun adding
@Bitmoji
& hyperlinks to resources, iGS, docs. Thanks
@SlidesManiaSM
for the inspiration!
@FirstAveMS
#GameChanger