Excited to host a workshop at SHP again this year... this time, ditching the seminar room setting for a walking tour of LTU and into Horsforth, to show that colonial links truly are everywhere! Inspired by the wonderful @corinnefowler.bsky.social 's Our Island Stories' walking tours 🚶‍♀️🌍

...and just like that, the prep for this year's HA Conference has begun! @colinmccormick.bsky.social and I will be presenting about our ongoing work on teaching the British Empire, inspired by @corinnefowler.bsky.social 's Our Island Stories 📖 first time attending HA Conference too - can't wait! 🌟

What a wonderful evening at @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire History Forum! Feeling very lucky to have had the opportunity to present about teaching local histories of Transatlantic Slavery to such a great audience. Full of history inspiration ready to power me through until Xmas 🤓

The @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire History Forum has kicked off! Great to see @historyrichk.bsky.social in the front row of @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social's presentation for secondary history teachers, 'Beyond the Metropole', looking at the impact of the Transatlantic slave trade on the regions.

Caitlyn is building a case for how much local history can be done when teaching enslavement - there are local connections all across the UK.

It's the @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire History Forum tonight and we are kicking off with a session from @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social on teaching transatlantic enslavement using local stories.

After weeks of organising behind the scenes, today Hilary Benn MP came to speak to our students. Professionally an incredible opportunity for our students, and personally a real 'wow' moment to meet such a legend in politics. Such a genuine person with a real care for people

10 days to go until the SHP Yorkshire History Forum! Looking forward to sharing principles for teaching Transatlantic Slavery with a local history lens 🔎 @1972shp.bsky.social @danlyndon.bsky.social tickets still available 🎟

A great evening at York Cold War Bunker with other History teachers, trialing their new discovery visits. Followed in the footsteps of previous ROC members by practising triangulating coordinates of potential hits! Another great local histoey example to bring the Cold War to life

A wonderfully Christmassy day at Harewood House, with a hint of History - always make a point to pause in front of the portraits of David Harewood (pictured) + Arthur France. One way that Harewood tells their entire story, and a story I always share with my students when we discuss legacy

Is there any better way to spend a Monday evening - hosting a workshop AND handling Viking artefacts!

After one of the longest weeks ever, buying tickets for @davidolusoga.bsky.social 's latest talk was exactly what I needed! The historian who made me love History again, in the city where I trained to teach...what could be better?! (+ the topic is a great throwback to my British Warfare A Level)

On Nov 24 we will be hosting our 3rd Yorkshire History Forum with 2 workshops for primary and 2 for secondary history teachers, led by wonderful teachers like @petejackson.bsky.social and @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social. Tickets are now available from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...

Tickets now available from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata.... Secondary teachers come and see @petejackson.bsky.social share his great wisdom in helping students to improve their historical writing and listen to Caitlin Palmer's fascinating work on local links to the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Nothing like a bit of mid-week CPD on the Yorkshire Museum's new Viking North exhibit - handling 1000 year old objects is such an amazing feeling! @yorkmuseumstrust.bsky.social

So excited to be presenting at the next @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire History Forum! Can't wait to continue the conversation about teaching Transatlantic Slavery in different lenses

Post #SHP25 purchase finally arrived! Can't wait to start reading 📖

WOW! What a weekend. #SHP25 was my first @1972shp.bsky.social conference but definitely won't be my last Had the opportunity to present for the 1st time, on teaching TAST on a local/national/international scale. Padlets were produced during the sessions - showing how we work best when sharing ideas🧠

Caitlyn and @colinmccormick.bsky.social using narratives about the Transatlantic slave trade to 'open up the past'.

Kicking-off day 2 of @1972shp.bsky.social Conference 2025 with @colinmccormick.bsky.social & @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social’s powerful presentation of local, national and international approaches to learning about Liverpool’s history of slave-trading and enslavement. #SHP25

What a day! Today I hosted a full day of CPD for Uni of York's History ITTs - action-packed, with a morning inspired by a mini-Fellowship on Health + Post Office @histassoc.bsky.social & an afternoon using the new Transatlantic Slavery textbook to go Beyond the Metropole. A great day with great ITTs

Come join us at SHP Conference from 11th-13th July! It's set to be a great weekend, AND I'll be presenting on Saturday and Sunday with @colinmccormick.bsky.social ! 🏙 Beyond the Metropole 🌎: our workshop on how to teach the local, national, and international story of the TAST

Proud to share the resources I made for HA about Health and the Post Office - the final project I ever did with Helen Snelson, who introduced me to the incredible world of history teaching, so it means even more 🌟 www.history.org.uk/secondary/mo...

First ever podcast feature! 🎧 Thanks to Carmel & the Reteach team, Colin & Dan for inviting me to join them in talking about the textbook, and to Luke for starting off such a great discussion in the episode! 🌟 @carmelbones.bsky.social @colinmccormick.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/66sD...

SO excited to share the hard work of myself + all the teachers involved with the world next month. Sources, historians, narratives, all included in a high quality book. So honoured to be involved with this project! 🌟

MASSIVE thanks from me and Katie to all the brilliant teachers who wrote... @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social Eoin Gallagher, Sorcha O'Callaghan, Dan Procter, Sherlon Atkins, @johnhough.bsky.social, Rebecca Chadwick. Out early May @katieamery.bsky.social pls rt

Coming soon... hopefully to a school near you🤞

Nothing I love more than a local history talk, *especially* when it's all about legacy too! 🌳 what a great event to mark 100 years since Joseph Rowntree's funeral

Such an exciting afternoon today - my first ever podcast recording! Was great to be a part of & thanks to all involved - such an engaging discussion about local history that I can't wait for others to hear 🌟

'No one should feel like human history doesn't include them' - THIS is why I love teaching History. Thanks @sachacoward.bsky.social for a great talk, can't wait to read Queer as Folklore 🧜🏻‍♀️🏳️‍🌈

Have to decorate my feed just like my classroom... nothing better than mixing Taylor Swift & the History curriculum 🎶

Finally made the move to Bluesky 🦋 looking forward to (re)engaging with productive & positive discussions