Ali Messer
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Teacher Education. History. Trad music. #HistoryEducation #TeacherEducation #UKteaching #SSChat #ContraDancing
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A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has passed 100,000 signatures | East Anglia Bylines
Russian influence petition surges past 100,000 signatures
A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has passed 100,000 signatures
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has passed 100,000 signatures | East Anglia Bylines
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Social studies teachers: Every year since 1970, the United American Indians of New England has organized the National Day of Mourning. Do you teach about this important challenge to settler-colonial Thanksgiving narratives? Here is this year's protest. #sschat #edusky www.youtube.com/live/6u-jF6p...
[LIVE] National Day of Mourning 2025
YouTube video by hate5six
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November 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Social studies teachers: Every year since 1970, the United American Indians of New England has organized the National Day of Mourning. Do you teach about this important challenge to settler-colonial Thanksgiving narratives? Here is this year's protest. #sschat #edusky www.youtube.com/live/6u-jF6p...
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Here's a political cartoon from 1803 showing a Russian holding up a small figure of Napoleon, preparing to eat him. Title: A tit bit for a Russian ambassador!!!
How could a teacher use this? Perhaps as an entry point for discussing Russia's invasion of Ukraine? #sschat #libraryofcongress
How could a teacher use this? Perhaps as an entry point for discussing Russia's invasion of Ukraine? #sschat #libraryofcongress
November 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Here's a political cartoon from 1803 showing a Russian holding up a small figure of Napoleon, preparing to eat him. Title: A tit bit for a Russian ambassador!!!
How could a teacher use this? Perhaps as an entry point for discussing Russia's invasion of Ukraine? #sschat #libraryofcongress
How could a teacher use this? Perhaps as an entry point for discussing Russia's invasion of Ukraine? #sschat #libraryofcongress
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Newspapers should know better, the correct analogy for chaotic overcrowded scenes in the midwinter at London railway terminuses isn't biblical...
It's the retreat from Moscow
It's the retreat from Moscow
What, a plague of frogs?
Was Jesus chasing moneychangers?
Was Jesus chasing moneychangers?
November 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Newspapers should know better, the correct analogy for chaotic overcrowded scenes in the midwinter at London railway terminuses isn't biblical...
It's the retreat from Moscow
It's the retreat from Moscow
Euston having a normal one
What, a plague of frogs?
Was Jesus chasing moneychangers?
Was Jesus chasing moneychangers?
November 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Euston having a normal one
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What, a plague of frogs?
Was Jesus chasing moneychangers?
Was Jesus chasing moneychangers?
November 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
What, a plague of frogs?
Was Jesus chasing moneychangers?
Was Jesus chasing moneychangers?
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The Telegraph, ladies and gentlemen.
November 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The Telegraph, ladies and gentlemen.
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'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
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The Welfare budget is 1.2% lower than 2012/2013 under David Cameron, the highest it ever was, and 0.8% higher than under Gordon Brown 2007/8. Hence, all the hyperbole from the right-wing media. Labour have laid a welfare election trap for the Conservatives and Reform, which the media missed.
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The Welfare budget is 1.2% lower than 2012/2013 under David Cameron, the highest it ever was, and 0.8% higher than under Gordon Brown 2007/8. Hence, all the hyperbole from the right-wing media. Labour have laid a welfare election trap for the Conservatives and Reform, which the media missed.
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BOOM!! 100,000 signatures! Now let’s have a date for the debate
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
BOOM!! 100,000 signatures! Now let’s have a date for the debate
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Ten Principles of Effective Geography Teaching 🌍
A look at what makes geography powerful in the classroom: clear purpose, strong concepts, real locational knowledge, rigorous enquiry, and cumulative curriculum thinking.
Read the full post:
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A look at what makes geography powerful in the classroom: clear purpose, strong concepts, real locational knowledge, rigorous enquiry, and cumulative curriculum thinking.
Read the full post:
open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
Ten Principles of Effective Geography Teaching
Why powerful geography teaching still matters – and how we can strengthen it across secondary classrooms.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Ten Principles of Effective Geography Teaching 🌍
A look at what makes geography powerful in the classroom: clear purpose, strong concepts, real locational knowledge, rigorous enquiry, and cumulative curriculum thinking.
Read the full post:
open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
A look at what makes geography powerful in the classroom: clear purpose, strong concepts, real locational knowledge, rigorous enquiry, and cumulative curriculum thinking.
Read the full post:
open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
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Average folks kettled ICE
ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Average folks kettled ICE
@beckyfrancis.bsky.social a discussion has emerged here! And it has been exploratory rather than adversarial. Thank you! This is what I am looking for.
I am very much enjoying Bluesky for news and analysis. But where has the education chat gone? I really miss this from Twitter days...where do you think Edu-chat is best represented now?
November 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
@beckyfrancis.bsky.social a discussion has emerged here! And it has been exploratory rather than adversarial. Thank you! This is what I am looking for.
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Which one?
November 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Which one?
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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The sheer scale of media outrage this week about plans to lift hundreds of thousands children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the real priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
The Real 'Benefits Street' Protecting Britain's Wealthiest
The sheer scale of outrage about plans to lift children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The sheer scale of media outrage this week about plans to lift hundreds of thousands children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the real priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
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Powerful historical and history-pedagogic knowledge on a vital topic from leading figures in both fields, open access fom UCL Press.
#historyeducation @heirnet.bsky.social @coe.int @royalhistsoc.org @ihr.bsky.social
#historyeducation @heirnet.bsky.social @coe.int @royalhistsoc.org @ihr.bsky.social
Congratulations 2 CPA's own Robin Whitburn & Abdul Mohamud, 2 Kate Donnington & Nicholas Draper, & 2 our @uclpress.bsky.social colleagues, on the publication of this remarkable & important book - Teaching Slavery: New approaches to Britain’s colonial past. Open access uclpress.co.uk/book/teachin...
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Powerful historical and history-pedagogic knowledge on a vital topic from leading figures in both fields, open access fom UCL Press.
#historyeducation @heirnet.bsky.social @coe.int @royalhistsoc.org @ihr.bsky.social
#historyeducation @heirnet.bsky.social @coe.int @royalhistsoc.org @ihr.bsky.social
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Other works on display include Marg Moll's 1930 Dancer.
November 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Other works on display include Marg Moll's 1930 Dancer.
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This had been the "trendline," to be sure, but this semester has been a striking break from this pattern. The students in my big intro survey course, mostly first-years, are *clearly* more engaged in all parts of the class.
They're also the first cohort whose high school was not disrupted by COVID.
They're also the first cohort whose high school was not disrupted by COVID.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This had been the "trendline," to be sure, but this semester has been a striking break from this pattern. The students in my big intro survey course, mostly first-years, are *clearly* more engaged in all parts of the class.
They're also the first cohort whose high school was not disrupted by COVID.
They're also the first cohort whose high school was not disrupted by COVID.
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This is a fragment of Emy Roeder's Pregnant Woman (1918), confiscated in 1937. It was the first of the sculptures to be recognised - at first they were a puzzle to the archaeologists who came across them in 2010.
November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This is a fragment of Emy Roeder's Pregnant Woman (1918), confiscated in 1937. It was the first of the sculptures to be recognised - at first they were a puzzle to the archaeologists who came across them in 2010.
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There was resistance in North Africa. Aomar Boum researches the Shoah in Africa. He also wrote this graphic novel:
www.sup.org/books/jewish...
www.sup.org/books/jewish...
Undesirables | Stanford University Press
In this gripping graphic novel, a Jewish journalist encounters an extension of the horrors of the Holocaust in North Africa.
www.sup.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:44 AM
There was resistance in North Africa. Aomar Boum researches the Shoah in Africa. He also wrote this graphic novel:
www.sup.org/books/jewish...
www.sup.org/books/jewish...
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Skystorians 🗃️: For my spring Nazi Germany course I want students to think about popular representations of resistance. I’m looking for films, games, and graphic narratives. I have a list started but would love to hear your favorites! Thanks in advance!
November 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Skystorians 🗃️: For my spring Nazi Germany course I want students to think about popular representations of resistance. I’m looking for films, games, and graphic narratives. I have a list started but would love to hear your favorites! Thanks in advance!
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If I had been trying to guess what Jad Abumrad would do next, I probably wouldn't have landed on 9-part podcast about Fela Kuti. Will be tucking in over the holidays.
Great podcast on the creator of Afrobeat, by one of the creators of Radiolab. We don’t hear enough about modern African history and culture.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
Fela Kuti: Fear No Man
Society & Culture Podcast · Series · In a world that’s on fire, what is the role of art? What can music actually…do?
Can a song save a life? Change a law? Topple a president? Get you killed?
In Fela K...
podcasts.apple.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
If I had been trying to guess what Jad Abumrad would do next, I probably wouldn't have landed on 9-part podcast about Fela Kuti. Will be tucking in over the holidays.
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It's finally here. A history of the Nova Scotia lobster fishery.
Morton is truly an historian's historian, and from the installments I've seen, the book is going to have riches of social history, politics, economics, and even some marine biology.
share.google/J3GYgjTkjV9I...
Morton is truly an historian's historian, and from the installments I've seen, the book is going to have riches of social history, politics, economics, and even some marine biology.
share.google/J3GYgjTkjV9I...
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It's finally here. A history of the Nova Scotia lobster fishery.
Morton is truly an historian's historian, and from the installments I've seen, the book is going to have riches of social history, politics, economics, and even some marine biology.
share.google/J3GYgjTkjV9I...
Morton is truly an historian's historian, and from the installments I've seen, the book is going to have riches of social history, politics, economics, and even some marine biology.
share.google/J3GYgjTkjV9I...