“The history of Black History Month 100 years in.” 35 min And yes we will be buying Professor Jarvis Givens’ book and yes we will be sharing it with teacher candidates. www.npr.org/sections/cod...

“The history of Black History Month 100 years in.” 35 min And yes we will be buying Professor Jarvis Givens’ book and yes we will be sharing it with teacher candidates. www.npr.org/sections/cod...

Today, February 7, 2026, is officially the 100th anniversary of Negro History Week and the 50th anniversary of Black History Month. Carter G Woodson purposely started Negro History Week on February 7th so that it would end on February 14th, which is Frederick Douglass's birthday

Are you reading Langston Hughes with your students this year? Maybe Theme for English B? Or Ballad of the Landlord? Poetry, race, America, history, context. So much to talk together about. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47880/...

Are you reading Langston Hughes with your students this year? Maybe Theme for English B? Or Ballad of the Landlord? Poetry, race, America, history, context. So much to talk together about. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47880/...

Have you seen this set of lessons that spans a significant time period? Includes an essay- The African American Struggle vs Racism since the Civil War by @drpenieljoseph.bsky.social and loads of primary sources. 💯 #sschat @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social www.gilderlehrman.org/history-reso...

Have you seen this set of lessons that spans a significant time period? Includes an essay- The African American Struggle vs Racism since the Civil War by @drpenieljoseph.bsky.social and loads of primary sources. 💯 #sschat @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social www.gilderlehrman.org/history-reso...

Do you or your students need to review or learn parts of Black American history? Remember Clint Smith’s crash course! 💯 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Do you or your students need to review or learn parts of Black American history? Remember Clint Smith’s crash course! 💯 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

This is a beautiful powerful book for classrooms including high school and beyond - The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson. Do u know it? Poetry, history, and could be a launching pad for student chosen inquiry :) #sschat

This is a beautiful powerful book for classrooms including high school and beyond - The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson. Do u know it? Poetry, history, and could be a launching pad for student chosen inquiry :) #sschat

Good news! Juristac protected! openspacetrust.org/post-news/sa...

This looks so good! Saturday, Jan 31. #sschat

One week until publication day! us.macmillan.com/books/978125... My wife made me a poster.

Please join us Wed, Jan. 28, for what is sure to be an interesting, lively panel and conversation re: teaching the Declaration of Independence! 📜🌎Register here- tinyurl.com/zc8rcc97 #sschat

Please join us Wed, Jan. 28, for what is sure to be an interesting, lively panel and conversation re: teaching the Declaration of Independence! 📜🌎Register here- tinyurl.com/zc8rcc97 #sschat

Addendum to CA Civic Engagement Seal-AB 422 -next version of criteria to include “a demonstrated understanding of the importance of preserving democracy & its vital institutions, including, but not limited to, the free press, free access 2 libraries, compulsory education, & the federalist system.”💯

On #teachinghistory, inquiry, and ethnic studies and connecting past to present-a nice practical synthesis situated in, and from, the indispensable densho archive. 🌎🗃️@denshoproject.bsky.social densho.org/catalyst/fro...

On #teachinghistory, inquiry, and ethnic studies and connecting past to present-a nice practical synthesis situated in, and from, the indispensable densho archive. 🌎🗃️@denshoproject.bsky.social densho.org/catalyst/fro...

Looking forward to listening and sharing at this event Saturday! Honored to join. #NativeAmericanheritagemonth #santacruz historyandcivicsproject.sites.ucsc.edu/2025/10/11/b...

Do you support teaching #medialiteracy in K-12 classrooms? If so, pls consider donating to our efforts/programs to support that goal! We are newbies to #UCSCGivingday which ends at midnight and we appreciate any donation! We’ve got a generous donor who will match your donation! ⏰💲🤳🏼🙏🏻

Do you support teaching #medialiteracy in K-12 classrooms? If so, pls consider donating to our efforts/programs to support that goal! We are newbies to #UCSCGivingday which ends at midnight and we appreciate any donation! We’ve got a generous donor who will match your donation! ⏰💲🤳🏼🙏🏻

Short films and also students’ podcasts re: Dia de Muertos-explaining and also sharing traditions- maybe something for your classroom even if the week after?… watsonvillefilmfest.org/dia-de-muertos

Sunday! Santa Cruz! The opening of a new multimedia tour at #SantaCruz mission - People Who Lived Here - created in partnership :) www.parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/...

Sunday! Santa Cruz! The opening of a new multimedia tour at #SantaCruz mission - People Who Lived Here - created in partnership :) www.parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/...

We had the good fortune to participate in #Misinfo Day 2025 -Monterey style - today! Good stuff and good energy and good people all working on #democracy #medialiteracy (and we will share more of the good stuff soon!)

We had the good fortune to participate in #Misinfo Day 2025 -Monterey style - today! Good stuff and good energy and good people all working on #democracy #medialiteracy (and we will share more of the good stuff soon!)

The Legislature makes the laws, the Executive executes those laws. The Legislature has the power of the purse. Revisiting the #U.S.Constitution, the supreme law of the land. (See Articles 1,2,6). #ruleoflaw #foundationsofdemocracy

The Legislature makes the laws, the Executive executes those laws. The Legislature has the power of the purse. Revisiting the #U.S.Constitution, the supreme law of the land. (See Articles 1,2,6). #ruleoflaw #foundationsofdemocracy

Please Join us for this #teaching #medialiteracy event! October 20, zoom—let’s listen, learn and plan together! #sschat #caedchat 🌎🗃️🔎 historyandcivicsproject.sites.ucsc.edu/2025/10/09/9...

Please Join us for this #teaching #medialiteracy event! October 20, zoom—let’s listen, learn and plan together! #sschat #caedchat 🌎🗃️🔎 historyandcivicsproject.sites.ucsc.edu/2025/10/09/9...

Don’t sleep on this exciting teacher event! This coming Monday 🗃️🌎

Don’t sleep on this exciting teacher event! This coming Monday 🗃️🌎

Reminded of the value of this video series for the classroom-free with the pbs app #teachinghistory www.pbs.org/show/voces-a...

Freedom of speech is a fundamental right of every human being. Press freedom is the life blood of a democracy. Academic freedom is the foundation of education. #freedom #democracy #academicsky #commsky

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution…”

We the People

In 1885, royal Hawaiian brothers were studying at a military school in California. There, they introduced a sport known as "surfboard swimming." The Princes of Surf exhibit tells what happened next.

Today marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall. One last thing I wanted to share is this video we did as part of Crash Course Black American History that examines the storm and its aftermath. Thinking about all my New Orleans people today. And always. youtu.be/VmqZvlj07-w

Are you an educator local to the #santacruz region? Check this event out next weekend, Sept 6! Join us! At the Whale museum ;) santacruzmuseum.org/event/educat...

If you want a fuller history of the Confederate monument being returned to Arlington National Cemetery, check out my essay in this book. That’s it on the cover.

Watch the seismic waves from the magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Russia sweep beneath seismic stations in North America. By the time the waves reached North America, they are far too small to be felt by people, but can still be detected by seismic instruments. 🧪

#civics #epluribusunum #NEHrocks

Civics Ed in this on point article (with some great phrasing/sentences and references to specifics in CA HSS Framework) by historian @jrakove.bsky.social #teachdemocracy washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...

#teachtruth at Santa Cruz Mission Plaza - a few years ago- Bell Removal Event.

This⬇️. And Ms.Sutton’s 1783 petition. #teachtruth royallhouse.org/belinda-sutt...

Proud to be a part of this! And work w fab people on timely media literacy education 📱🧠 @jenniferelemen.com @gomehead2000.bsky.social @sarahayleyrubin.bsky.social @wendyrootaskew.bsky.social @montereycountynow.com @daisymsc.bsky.social

Teachers! Thank you ♥️ For teaching, talking with, connecting with your students! For working for the public good. So many thing you do-we see you- and applaud and appreciate you 💯

Teachers! Thank you ♥️ For teaching, talking with, connecting with your students! For working for the public good. So many thing you do-we see you- and applaud and appreciate you 💯

Busy weeks and our latest event-Supper,Sources, and Sharing-May 1-was heartening. Yay :) Included conversations across districts, sharing sources, resources at the #LibraryofCongress, and stories. One source we shared tinyurl.com/AttentionWor...