And welcome to Historians At The Movies! Tonight we’re talking about dystopian futures with IDIOCRACY available on Prime Video at 8pm eastern. #HATM 1/

Hi guys, Idiocracy is available on Prime Video tonight #HATM

Sooooo... we're getting a sequel to Constitution USA. Right?

If I had a band or a label, I would do a punk cover of "No More Kings" from Schoolhouse Rock. And then I would gather a bunch of people to write a whole album of next-generation Schoolhouse Rock songs, with songs about Social Security and Medicaid and NOAA. I am not kidding in the least.

The most important work that I do as a historian and educator is with history teachers around the country through professional development programs. I just learned that another workshop that I was scheduled to lead in April has been cancelled due to DEI. This is madness.

More not-greatness for America.

New episode dropped from @civics101pod.bsky.social www.civics101podcast.org/civics-101-e...

Calling #sschat #apgov #hsgovchat #educhat teachers who love/hate/both The West Wing! We want to interview you for a WW episode, comparing fantasy and reality. Truth and fiction. Hit us up at [email protected]. Share with anyone who might fit the bill!!! Let's do The Jackal.

“There has never been a more important time to teach the history of Reconstruction and the importance of birthright citizenship at every level of education.” 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

NEW: That viral video claimed on social media to show looters pillaging a Los Angeles home amid the wildfires? I tracked down the woman who was living there. She says the footage shows her nephews and son rescuing her belongings as her rental home caught fire. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer. These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP. You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇 www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...

Peak #civicsteacher experience: 8th graders playing @icivics.bsky.social Lawcraft with "I'm Just a Bill" playing on a loop 🌏🌎🌍

OK. It's on! We'll face the new year together. Live -- at 11:00 PM ET. On my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@joannefreem... Join us! (Now let's hope that I can get the technology to work...)

Merry Christmas to all! And to all a good nap!!

Number 12 @jedikermit.bsky.social obviously LOVES the Muppets.😁 I believe he is also really into Legos too. And, he is really a passionate history/social studies teacher. If you didn't know this already, he wrote an amazing book for educators.😊

It’s my honor and privilege to share with you the NCSS call for proposals 2025! Please consider submitting! #ncss #ncss2025 @ncssnetwork www.socialstudies.org/conference/p...

🇺🇸 Happy Bill of Rights Day! Let’s have our first poster giveaway here on Bluesky! Interact for your chance to win one poster! 🫡 Ends Monday 12/16, 12AM CST

In honor of Bill of Rights Day on Dec. 15, I'm reposting the link to my presentation for the US Capitol Historical Society. Enjoy! #sschat youtu.be/L4o6izHSVJ4?...

Tomorrow on my live webcast "History Matters:" Vigilante Violence: Past and Present America has a long history of vigilante violence -- supposedly, for justice. What can it tell us about the response to last week's shooting? Join us. Friday 10AM ET NCHEteach.org/conversations

Test yourself about AI! We've teamed up with @edweek.bsky.social on a quiz about artificial intelligence & news literacy. 🔗 Give it a shot & then share with a friend: bit.ly/edweekAIQuiz ➕ Learn more about AI with our infographic ⤵️ #EduSky #EduLib

As someone who spent his childhood in such camps, I implore you: We must not let history repeat. Fascism has come before to America. It destroyed so many lives. We can resist it today and not repeat the mistakes of the past. / end

Anyone else just wandering around @bsky.app doing searches for #iteachhistory civics, social studies, etc and checking all the follow/following lists to try and rebuild the amazing #sschat network that we used to have or is that just me? Help a guy connect w/ educators!

Very excited to listen to this @civics101pod.bsky.social about SCOTUS's only criminal trial and about how students were the ones to bring attention to it. Powerful stuff. #iteachsocialstudies #sschat supremecourthistory.org/society-news...

If you don't know about Mapping West Philadelphia and you study the Philadelphia area and/or the American Revolution, you're missing out! Diving into the recently added plots for Providence Twp to better visualize what wartime Historic Trappe looked like. maps.archives.upenn.edu/WestPhila177...

The Public Domain Review is counting down to the 2025 by revealing a new work entering the public domain every day of the month, advent calendar style. First up is Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own"! #EduSky publicdomainreview.org/features/ent...

We are now entering a challenging time of the year for religious minorities,atheists in public schools. How can schools, teachers be inclusive and educational rather than celebratory and promotional of Xmas? I tackled this question years ago for @usatoday.com. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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Hey #NCSS24 #NCSS2024 participants: New to Bluesky and looking for fellow history/social studies teachers? I got you covered with this starter pack. Hope all of you are having a wonderful time in Boston. go.bsky.app/Ej43Kbg

Thankful to be part of the #EduSky🍎 community! To all my #iteachsocialstudies🗺️ buds, I’m grateful for the positive impact you’ve had on me and my classroom! #sschat HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Middle-age: That point in one's life when you don't recognize / care about at least 1/2 of the celebrity performers on the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

I am also thankful for you CherylAnne, and for all the other #sschat 🌍🌎🌏 folks for recharging & returning to this community.

A brief Thanksgiving message with the help of Robert Gould Shaw. I hope all of you have a wonderful day. Happy Thanksgiving. 🗃️ kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/robert-gou...

Oh my god, if you delete your twitter during this season does it make it the winter of your discontent

Yes!! It was a great discussion at the unconference! #ncss2024 Let's keep it going #sschat

Want to be part of our efforts to migrate #sschat to Bluesky? Please share your favorite resources from #NCSS2024 #NCSS24 if you attended. If you weren't at the conference, what are some things you'd like to know, topics you'd like resources about, etc.?

I’d love to plan a collaborative session in early December to start planning potential sessions for @ncssnetwork.bsky.social #ncss2025 .. yes, I am that guy ready to go 24-7 . Anyone else in? #sschat Thank you and goodbye #ncss2024

Had a great time at #NCSS2024!

Proof that the two Mary Ellens of #sschat fame are actually two different people! @teacher-wessels.bsky.social and Mary Ellen Daneels (perhaps not on 🦋 yet)

Cathy Ruffing from @streetlaw.bsky.social leading a terrific session in a *packed* room for #NCSS2024 🗺 (with special mention for @civics101pod.bsky.social and the @periodicprez.bsky.social infographic about the good ol' shadow docket)

First follower?! Yesssss!!! Look who is on @bsky.app ?! @periodicprez.bsky.social 🇺🇸 Where are all my #iteachsocialstudies and #sschat buds? We need to make sure Periodic Presidents gets some post #ncss2024 love!

Always awesome to hear from Kenneth C. Davis! #ncss2024 #ncss24 #sschat

Kenneth C. Davis in his keynote talk at #NCSS2024 on the importance of books—“book bans are a purge of ideas” and “books are weapons in the war of ideas”🗺️

Wondrous first full day of #ncss2024! We always forget how HUGE this event always feels, but really it's the *tiny* moments of run-ins with colleagues from far away of connections with strangers at an exhibition booth of epiphanies when someone says a thing during a session That's all priceless

Here at #ncss2024 ? Don’t forget to add resources from the sessions in our Wakelet and we all win wakelet.com/i/invite?cod... #sschat

Less than 24 hours to the start of the #sschat unconference at #ncss2024 #ncss24. We will be in Room 200 from 9:45 to 11:15 Saturday for attendee-focused PD. Hope to see you there!

Neat resources from PBS NewsHour Journalism in Action - went to their presentation on their Native American resources at #NCSS2024 www.journalisminaction.org #sschat

Deepest apologies to all #NCSS2024 attendees from around the country: This is the worst weather we've had in *months*... just in time for you to arrive in Boston! Hope you brought some layers

Dave Coulier has lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system. In order to diagnose lymphoma, doctors need to do an excisional biopsy of a lymph node, which means they did indeed Cut. It. Out.