There’s a great source I use for Stalin’s cult of personality- a survivor of the Terror saying he’d been very sure that Stalin could do brain surgery better than anyone. Sure, he didn’t- he was busy! - but he could, if he chose…

What a great read, combining well established disciplinary practice with current generic practice in schools- love this!

I miss being in a city for stuff like this. Fells and fields good. Not having opportunities like this on your doorstep… less good.

Obviously, it’s been a tough day for the BBC. Big organisations, working under big pressure, will sadly make errors But I still feel huge pride in hosting a BBC podcast, and having previously spent 11 years making a world-renowned children’s show that no other broadcaster would have made

Huge thanks to Educate for this feature on our @endsexisminschools.bsky.social History report, alongside @katemossewriter.bsky.social ‘Change is needed’. 💪🏻

‘P.S. Please say howdy to George and thank him for taking the pistol from you when you were shooting at me.’ Looking forward to using one of my favourite ever sources with Year 12 on Monday. Epic burn doesn’t even cover it.

This book looks terrific and the fact it’s open access is amazing! One of the strongest misconceptions children bring to the history classroom is that ‘women were just at home.’ Can’t wait to read this! 👏👏👏

Just to say that teachers do an incredibly difficult job, with all the right intentions, and can be the defining influence on a young person's life. They are the exact opposite of poisoners because good teaching provides the antidote to so many dangers

Right wing media has had it in for Angela Rayner from the start - they couldn’t bear a working class woman being so powerful & dynamic. She made a mistake and has paid heavily for it. Very much hope she’ll return at some point in the future - our politics desperately needs more voices like hers

So I’ve started a #Substack to share stories from my new book #Heiressss plus general history thoughts now I’m free from the book, but I currently have a grand total of 4 subscribers! Please join me there if you’d like to. Any tips on dos & don’ts also welcome! substack.com/@drmirandaka...

Anyone teach @aqaeducation.bsky.social A Level USA 1865-1975? I’ll be new to it next year and looking to network! @spbeale.bsky.social is this yours? @katiehall.bsky.social know anyone? Always wanted to teach this unit so v excited! #historyteacher

What a great #haconf25… inspired by @msquinnhistory.bsky.social on Irish history, @mrbajkowski.bsky.social on assessment and barnstorming keynote from Diarmaid MacCulloch… loved presenting and thank you to my little group for all the enthusiasm for criminal women at GCSE!

Seeing a lot of train tweets from folk off to #HAConf25! Sad to miss tomorrow but all for the good reason of orchestrating leavers’ day for a fab bunch of Y13. See you on Saturday for some misbehaving GCSE women…

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✨ Thanks a lot for all the re tweets on this (I’m still in Twitter language!) Do get in touch if you’d like a chat about the school and department. Closes 11th March ✨

www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy... Come and work with me!! Teach in a dept with an ace HOD (*not* me!), representative history, fab pupils, in a welcoming community & stunning location. Please RT NW folks @carmelbones.bsky.social @mrbajkowski.bsky.social @histassoc.bsky.social @1972shp.bsky.social

Booking my Saturday @histassoc.bsky.social conference sessions- blimey that was a tough choice. Time turner please. But think @mrbajkowski.bsky.social session is just what I need at the moment and excited for @msquinnhistory.bsky.social too! @gemmamh.bsky.social I can’t fit you in, gutted!

www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy... Fancy working in a beautiful bit of the world with great colleagues and sparky, engaged sixth formers? Come and work with me!! Any NW colleagues please give us a retweet!

I’m especially touched that people made an effort to reply to this given that the original post *did not mention the word Roanoke* 🤦‍♀️

OCR Elizabethans… help a department out! Always thought it was well established that colonists vanished / different theories / etc. Textbook calmly states they were all rescued by Francis Drake?! @hughrichards.bsky.social do you teach this? Anyone else shed any light?? #historyteacher

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/y... Finally, the episode you didn’t realise you’d been waiting for! Thank you @gregjenner.bsky.social and @jonathanhealey.bsky.social for getting the 17th century into the spotlight. #historyteacher

This ⬇️ Yes to more curriculum time; also free travel to school for 16-18 please!!

My outdoor gym. I’m a lucky duck.

Play about John Blanke. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Today I got to introduce a favourite topic- the Puritans! We all chose a Puritan name for our imaginary 16th century ancestor and then made notes on why they were so stressed about church ales. I had fun. Less sure about Year 10…

What a total joy to present to such a sparky bunch of History ITTs @official-uom.bsky.social today. Fun to trial some stories from my upcoming @histassoc.bsky.social workshop- Madame Rachel, Ann Holland and naughty medieval baker Alice will return!

Very excited to see the programme for the @histassoc.bsky.social conference in May! Can’t wait to share some of the stories I’ve used that slot into GCSE C&P nicely… what a great line up too!

Hi all. Just a quick #historyteacher reminder that loads of exciting @1972shp.bsky.social Curriculum PATHS things are going on. see 🧵 for details: 1) We have our new Sharing Hub for Unit PATHS 2) We have new units live 2) Our PATHfinders is connecting teachers with sources to inspire planning /1

This is a really excellent read for anyone shaping strategies around AI in assessment in schools.

Righty ho that’s it. I hadn’t realised how many people I really used to enjoy engaging with on The Other Place are now here. I’ve been hovering between the 2 but pressing delete on the other one now. Bye bye toxic bot-ridden hate factory.

Really excited by this new part of the #CurriculumPATHS project. We are collaborating with various bodies to share sources and interpretations to inspire #historyteacher s in their planning for school. Our first set is a collab with the BL looking at Britain and India 1600-1947. Please share!

‘Helping’

This poppy field infographic – designed by Valentina D’Efilippo, from our 2013 book – shows every major conflict of the 20th and early 21st centuries. It shows the period, duration, and toll of conflicts. And how relentlessly they continue.

Got a much needed holiday coming up and v excited for this… Hang on - 1792?! We’re not getting 17th century Kingsbridge?! I mean I’m still excited but also a bit gutted.

I belatedly realised this weekend that I’ve been teaching 20 years. Started @arthurjchapman.bsky.social PGCE course September 2004. Feeling pretty proud of that. With all its challenges, I still love my job. #historyteacher