Equality, unity, rebellion, complaints, Good reading. 📜 www.archives.gov/founding-doc...

Equality, unity, rebellion, complaints, Good reading. 📜 www.archives.gov/founding-doc...

The Declaration of Independence belongs to all of us. 📜 Read any part of it or in whole-it speaks to us today. Words as action-what is it doing for you/with you this anniversary year? #civics #250to250

In honor of #Juneteenth, we put together a list of some of our favorite books on the history of slavery, freedom, and the African American experience in California and the West. Do you have additional favorites or suggestions? Drop them in the comments! #skystorians #westernhistory #cahistory

Teaching and learning are radical acts of resistance. Resources for teaching LGBTQ history: chssp.ucdavis.edu/lgbtq-primar... 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ #sschat 🍎

A round up of this week's @250to250.bsky.social one-minute videos about U.S. History:

One minute video stories-gotta check these out! Share w students -quick interesting history and civics to discuss #historyteacher #sschat #edusky #WeAreAmerica250

One minute video stories-gotta check these out! Share w students -quick interesting history and civics to discuss #historyteacher #sschat #edusky #WeAreAmerica250

No better way to commemorate the intersection of AAPI Heritage Month & Military Appreciation Month than with the story of Japanese American baseball legend turned war hero Joe Takata, & the Aloha team & 100th Battalion he helped lead. That & more in my new column! 🗃️ @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Past and present and the Voting Rights Act-good charts for students to read, discuss, investigate. #TeachReconstruction #teachinghistory 🎁 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Past and present and the Voting Rights Act-good charts for students to read, discuss, investigate. #TeachReconstruction #teachinghistory 🎁 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This episode is next in our queue -w Guest, Professor Kidada Williams :) and its lessons includes documents good for the classroom 📜 #TeachReconstruction #historyteaching #sschat podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

#TeachReconstruction uncpress.org/freedom-was-... Great way to finish out the year! @katemasur.bsky.social

We SO appreciate, thank, and love all you teachers! Thanks for continuing to teach truthful complex inclusive histories while fostering students’ critical and independent thinking and sense of belonging! It’s a difficult job, especially now-thank you!! #teacherappreciationeveryweek!!! #sschat

We’ve had the pleasure and honor to work with teachers on several projects this year. Including this one where teachers integrated #medialiteracy lessons into their curriculum! Check it out! #edchat #teachingwithprimarysources sites.uci.edu/medialiterac...

We SO appreciate, thank, and love all you teachers! Thanks for continuing to teach truthful complex inclusive histories while fostering students’ critical and independent thinking and sense of belonging! It’s a difficult job, especially now-thank you!! #teacherappreciationeveryweek!!! #sschat

On checks and balances, the Voting Rights Act. #civics #TeachReconstruction 🎁 article www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/o...

Voting rights are central to a multiracial democracy. This doc is part of the past we are trying to leave behind. (W a good contexualizing headnote :) #teachinghistory historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5352/

#TeachReconstruction Thread⬇️

#TeachReconstruction Thread⬇️

Congressman John Lewis, 2013, “Why we still need the Voting Rights Act” - ready for your students to read #democracymatters #teachinghistory docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Useful review #sschat 🎁 #teachinghistory www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/u...

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📰 Join us for a Media Literacy Community Event on Saturday, April 25th at 1:00 pm with Distinguished Lecturer, Janine Zacharia. Learn more and sign up for your (free, but limited) seats: www.medialiteracycoalition.org/events @montereycountynow.com @voicesofmonterybay.bsky.social #MediaLiteracy

It’s Tax Day and a good day to mention we ♥️ our shared public funds being invested in the #humanities and social sciences-research, teaching & learning, preservation, and more! Learning to question and contextualize, the power of voice and the collective - essential. #talkabouthumanities

In a HUGE VICTORY for library and cultural workers, we have reached a favorable resolution in our ongoing lawsuit with @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social against the illegal dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, protecting the IMLS' funding, staffing & services!

Civics, history, ethnic studies K-12 lessons from the Dolores Huerta Foundation for Community Organizing. Practical, powerful & “designed to inspire action and community engagement“ ✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾 #sschat doloreshuerta.org/about-us/les...

Dolores Huerta is a transformative pioneer for the farm labor movement. She is a powerhouse for working people, civil rights, and justice. This Dolores Huerta Day, I urge all Californians to take inspiration from her example and work to make a positive impact in their community.

Good clear explanation starting w Constitutional text and including primary & secondary evidence-help your students understand the 14th Amendment & #birthrightcitizenship From @marthasjones.bsky.social and @katemasur.bsky.social 🎁 #sschat #civics #teachinghistory www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/o...

Freedom of the press as a first, essential principle. We hail investigative, ground breaking, courageous journalism and journalists to close this month of March- Inc the brave truth teller Ida B. Wells. shorturl.at/sb1RI #sschat

Making -beautiful- art when imprisoned under Executive Order 9066. Learn more about Hisako Hibi at www.becomingvisible.si.edu/stories/hisa... from the Smithsonian #caedchat #teachinghistory #sschat

Women’s rights-a deep collection of primary sources from the National Archives. Hard fought rights indeed, including suffrage. #teachinghistory #sschat docsteach.org/topics/women/

My pleasure!!! Thank you for creating such wonderful and important things to share! ✊🏻🇺🇸❤️

“True patriotism springs from a belief in thedignity of the individual, freedom&equality not only 4 Americans but 4 all people on earth, universalbrotherhood & good will, & a constant striving toward theprinciples & ideals on which this country was founded. erpapers.columbian.gwu.edu/quotations-e...

Civics, history, ethnic studies K-12 lessons from the Dolores Huerta Foundation for Community Organizing. Practical, powerful & “designed to inspire action and community engagement“ ✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾 #sschat doloreshuerta.org/about-us/les...

Hey there, have your students read the Constitution lately? Mini-lessons - say on Article 7 or the 19th Amendment or maybe the First Amendment? 📜#teachinghistory #teachingdemocracy

good storymaps for students⬇️ talking historiography, place, sources, visibility. from Women’s History Illuminated -National Historic Landmarks Program. Visit their website and find more 💯 storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9871...

good storymaps for students⬇️ talking historiography, place, sources, visibility. from Women’s History Illuminated -National Historic Landmarks Program. Visit their website and find more 💯 storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9871...

Are you attending the California Council for Social Studies conference? Please stop by our CA History-Social Science Project booth! Say hi and learn more abt CHSSP and the site in your region. #CCSS2026 #caedchat

This is cool. Changemaking women across time and space coupled with themed contemporary data. #sschat #pastandpresent #teachinghistory interactive.unwomen.org/multimedia/t...

This is cool. Changemaking women across time and space coupled with themed contemporary data. #sschat #pastandpresent #teachinghistory interactive.unwomen.org/multimedia/t...

Teacher leaders sharing such good lessons! Tomorrow, March 5-#media literacy in practice. Session 2. Free for You!!

Teachers! ⬇️ Good short current clips, find more at this account on TikTok, insta, and YouTube and Google will take you to some also. The war and misinfo. #medialiteracy

youtu.be/01-2pNCZiNk #teachinghistory #musicasprotest #sschat

On the blog today @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social explores how Black students fought for justice in a forgotten school sit-in in 1968 Cincinnati, Ohio. This is a timely read for Black History Month 👇 uncpressblog.com/2026/02/27/h...

Silent protest parade in New York [City] against the East St. Louis riots, 1917, organized by the NAACP. #marchfordemocracy #dissentisdemocratic #sschat www.loc.gov/pictures/res...

Silent protest parade in New York [City] against the East St. Louis riots, 1917, organized by the NAACP. #marchfordemocracy #dissentisdemocratic #sschat www.loc.gov/pictures/res...

Teaching #MediaLiteracy or interested in doing so? Register and attend our virtual sessions Feb 26 (!) and March 5-hear from secondary educators abt lessons they’ve taught & learn about digital Library of Congress resources! #sschat historyandcivicsproject.sites.ucsc.edu/2026/02/05/m...

TODAY! Join us virtually at 5:30 p.m. EST for a panel discussion featuring JCB Director Karin Wulf, Laurent Dubois (University of Virginia), Nicole Hemmer (Vanderbilt University), and Martha Jones (Johns Hopkins University). Register here: brown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...