Gabrielle Plastrik
@gplastrik.bsky.social
MG and YA reader, curator of learning experiences, parent, executive function coach, baker, and poet. I work toward a more just world with little choices every day.
Looking to update high school ELA novels for lit circles with more culturally responsive and diverse authors/perspectives. Gr 8/9 bins are looking especially dated! For gr 9/10, Born a Crime by Trevor Noah and The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline are definite keepers. Suggestions?
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Want to follow history teachers, PGCE tutors and historians? Follow the #HistoryEducation feed bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Want to follow history teachers, PGCE tutors and historians? Follow the #HistoryEducation feed bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
#OnThisDay, 25 Nov 1960, sisters Patria, Minerva and Maria Teresa Mirabal were assassinated for their political opposition to the Dominican dictator Trujillo.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #16Days 🗃️
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November 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
PBS @NewsHour Classroom Daily News Lesson: National Cathedral stonemasons work to tell a more truthful history
Ask students: How have the new stained glass windows aimed to tell a more accurate story of American history?
w/ @ReportingLabs #sschat #artsED #EduSky #apush bit.ly/49Z2gQH
Ask students: How have the new stained glass windows aimed to tell a more accurate story of American history?
w/ @ReportingLabs #sschat #artsED #EduSky #apush bit.ly/49Z2gQH
National Cathedral stonemasons work to tell a more truthful history
And learn more about its first female stonemason, Brianna Castelli
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November 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Looks like the explainers of the constitutional amendments are liked by folks. Working on the Fourth Amendment now! #apush #constitution #amendment #buildinpublic #solodev youtu.be/TCHoE4S_B2E
Constitution Explained! The Amendment Protecting Your Home! The Third Amendment Explained! #apush
Is Your Home Safe From Government Intrusion?
The Third Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is a fundamental provision of the Bill of Rights that strictly limits the government's ability to house…
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November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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I added you to the #iteachsocialstudies feed. Feel free to post with a 🗺. Welcome!
I added you to the #iteachsocialstudies feed. Feel free to post with a 🗺. Welcome!
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
@hooverstreetrag.org
I added you to the #iteachsocialstudies feed. Feel free to post with a 🗺. Welcome!
I added you to the #iteachsocialstudies feed. Feel free to post with a 🗺. Welcome!
Call for submissions! I'm currently looking for math fiction, social studies fiction, and authors writing about disabilities. Learn more and submit here: freespiritpublishing.submittable.com/submit
Free Spirit Publishing and Shell Education Submission Manager
Submission GuidelinesDetermining Whether Your Work Is a Fit If you are interested in being a Teacher Created Materials, Free Spirit, or Shell Education author, please familiarize yourself with our boo...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
@religionmatters.bsky.social Have you read either? 🗺
Congratulations Mona Oraby and Toni Alimi, who are finalists for @aarweb.bsky.social Book Awards!
Devotion to the Administrative State, Excellence in the Study of Religion: Analytical-Descriptive Studies: hubs.ly/Q03QP0030
Slaves of God, Best First Book in the History of Religions: hubs.ly/Q03QP0j50
Devotion to the Administrative State, Excellence in the Study of Religion: Analytical-Descriptive Studies: hubs.ly/Q03QP0030
Slaves of God, Best First Book in the History of Religions: hubs.ly/Q03QP0j50
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
@religionmatters.bsky.social Have you read either? 🗺
As a teacher in Canada, one thing I'm really curious about right now is what the lessons look like in American middle and high school social studies classes. Are kids still being taught that there's a system of "checks and balances," and that the US constitution is a glorious and flawless document?
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Virginia social studies leaders are raising red flags as the Virginia State Board of Education considers a shift from inquiry-based assessments to multiple-choice exams — warning it could sideline critical thinking.
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Virginia social studies leaders warn proposed testing shift could sideline critical thinking • Virginia Mercury
Some Virginia social studies leaders are sounding the alarm over a proposed change to how student performance in history and social science is measured, warning it could swap critical-thinking assessm...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Paulina Luisi (September 22, 1875 – July 17, 1950) was Uruguay’s first woman to earn a medical degree, a trailblazing physician, educator, and feminist whose work helped transform women’s rights and public health in Latin America
#GirlPower
#RadicalWomen
#GirlPower
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November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
In case you were wondering how social studies standards get made, (in Texas at least) this thread is full of the nitty gritty details. Also, someone needs to order @drwhit.bsky.social a pizza.
Chairman Kinsey says that they're going to soldier through Items 7 and 8 and requested dinner be ordered. I should probably take a cue.
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
A bit of lighthearted fun. What colour would you put as a book cover for mathematics?
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🗺 A good example of why teaching #medialiteracy matters.
"A massive Swedish study examined hormonal birth control risks. But the nuances of such studies get lost on social media."
Comment: nuances were lost also in traditional media-outlets and the initial press-release by Uppsala University
Comment: nuances were lost also in traditional media-outlets and the initial press-release by Uppsala University
A Swedish study found hormonal birth control is safe overall but shows a small breast cancer risk increase during use. TikTok claims it causes cancer as dangerous as smoking. Originally published by @kffhealthnews.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🗺 A good example of why teaching #medialiteracy matters.
Middle school sucked for me, as it did most people my age. 9/11 happened smack in the middle of it, we were in a disgustingly conservative suburb of a military town that kind of operated like a small town.
However. My 8th grade social studies teacher is probably the reason a bunch of us survived.
However. My 8th grade social studies teacher is probably the reason a bunch of us survived.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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I may have gotten a little carried away with how many books I did for this year's @npr.org Books We Love list for 2025. I CARE NOT! #kidlit 📚👍 apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Cannot recommend this book highly enough: it takes history education seriously and is a history of ideas about it - it’s also a powerful philosophical enquiry.
#historyeducation
#historyeducation
Empathy and History @berghahnbooks.bsky.social—the principal arguments:
1) Empathy designates the attempt to grasp the 'context' in which people’s actions made sense
2) The methodological question raised by empathy concerns the way in which this 'context' enters a historical explanation 1/2
1) Empathy designates the attempt to grasp the 'context' in which people’s actions made sense
2) The methodological question raised by empathy concerns the way in which this 'context' enters a historical explanation 1/2
Empathy and History: Historical Understanding in Re-enactment, Hermeneutics and Education | Berghahn Books
Independent Publishing since 1994
www.berghahnbooks.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Cannot recommend this book highly enough: it takes history education seriously and is a history of ideas about it - it’s also a powerful philosophical enquiry.
#historyeducation
#historyeducation
💡 Put news literacy into action!
✏️ In our NEW Capstone activity, students work through a fictional scenario & develop a personal code of ethics for the info they seek, share & produce.
🔗 Log into Checkology® to access versions for both middle & high school: go.newslit.org/Checkology
✏️ In our NEW Capstone activity, students work through a fictional scenario & develop a personal code of ethics for the info they seek, share & produce.
🔗 Log into Checkology® to access versions for both middle & high school: go.newslit.org/Checkology
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I have so many copies of my books sitting around and I would love to give them away for the holidays. Kids, teachers, librarians, bookfluencers... who wants 'em?
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
@oldenglishteacher.bsky.social I added you to the #iteachenglish feed! Hello!
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
@oldenglishteacher.bsky.social I added you to the #iteachenglish feed! Hello!
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On the podcast this week, @emilykm-lpc.bsky.social shares a brilliant, comprehensive exploration of the strengths neurodivergent educators bring to the work, the unique challenges they face, and strategies for helping these teachers thrive.
www.cultofpedagogy.com/neurodiverge...
www.cultofpedagogy.com/neurodiverge...
Supporting Neurodivergent Teachers: How Schools Can Help the Helpers | Cult of Pedagogy
Neurodivergent educators bring unique gifts to their work, but they also face unique challenges.
www.cultofpedagogy.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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November is in full swing, so it's time for the latest Cybils Scribbles. In this edition:
📚 Celebrating National Native American Heritage Month
📚 A social justice book list for Nonfiction November
📚 News about a new film adaptation of a children’s book classic
📚 And more!
📚 Celebrating National Native American Heritage Month
📚 A social justice book list for Nonfiction November
📚 News about a new film adaptation of a children’s book classic
📚 And more!
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Maya civilisation topic books for children, including titles by Maz Evans, Katherine Rundell, Alex Scarrow, Alastair Humphreys, Clare Hibbert, Davide Domenici, Jerome Martin and Rupert Matthews and more. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/mayan... #teachersofx #kidlit
Maya civilisation topic books for children
Maya civilisation books for children with titles by Maz Evans, Katherine Rundell, Alex Scarrow, Alastair Humphreys, Clare Hibbert and more.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Sorry for the delay in #SundayMacbethChat posting (kiddos woke up in our household—breakfast was summoned!)
Thanks for all who have responded so far and please keep adding on throughout the day, if you want!
NEXT WEEK: Macbeth Act 1 — grab your books and lets dive into this!
Thanks for all who have responded so far and please keep adding on throughout the day, if you want!
NEXT WEEK: Macbeth Act 1 — grab your books and lets dive into this!
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 AM