A rainbow over Giant’s Causeway on a blustery day.

#OnThisDay : Fifty-six years ago today, on March 31, 1968, #PresidentJohnson stunned the world by announcing a bombing halt in #Vietnam and that he would not be seeking re-election.

✍️ presidency.ucsb.edu/node/238065
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Y’all…my #APGOV students have been building candidates for the 2028 presidential election, complete with websites, press releases, & social media, & the the results are so good. I can’t wait to share their work with you. #sschat #PBL

Today in #USHistory , my freshmen used a short article about the Freedom Riders to create a #SketchandTell comics story followed by a #ThickSlide #Archetypes smashup. They used their stories from Slide 1 to write their own summaries of the event on Slide 2. #sschat #eduprotocols

I am so proud of my husband and the work he is doing for Kentucky’s public schools.

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No brainer. I attend any sessions put on by Retro Report. Add New American History, and it's going to be extra awesome.

On Friday, my freshman US History students used what they had learned from their class notes & an @iCivics DBQuest to tell the story of the Little Rock 9 in a #SketchandTell Comics activity. #eduprotocols Justin Unruh

I was so happy to be able to share some of my favorite #EduProtocols (with templates & student examples) at #KySTE24 this morning. bit.ly/kystezorn24

My freshman US History class really knocked the #HerosJourney & #Archetype combo out of the park! #sschat #eduprotocols Dr. Scott M. Petri Adam Moler Justin Unruh

Inspired by Mr. George, my #APUSH students left Yelp reviews for the 1920s. Their challenge was to write their reviews from different perspectives (Flapper, Bootlegger, African American Vet, etc.). So good! #sschat

Every history teacher is a professional.

They are historians, librarians, storytellers, researchers, and mentors. They are the bridges that connect students to the past.

NCHE celebrates your daily commitment to bringing history to life for your students.

On this day 82 years ago, on February 19, 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in the height of insanity of racism after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, signed Executive Order 9066.

It ordered all Japanese Americans on the West Coast to be summarily rounded up and imprisoned…

Happy Birthday, to the powerful and persuasive spokesman for the cause of abolition, equality, civil rights, and suffrage—Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Douglass! #FrederickDouglass #HappyBirthday #HappyValentinesDay #FindYourPark #History #BlackHistory #BlackHistory Month

Today I welcomed my freshman US History class back from a 3-day weekend with a #WickedHydra activity to kick of our Cold War unit. #sschat #eduprotocols

Today in #APUSH , we used a #ThickSlide to analyze responses to the sinking of the Lusitania & then connected those ideas to an #Archetype in order to better understand the role key figures played in the American story. #sschat #EduProtocols

On February 12, 1909, a multi-racial group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells and others met in New York City to found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in response to violence toward African Americans.
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#OnThisDay in 1909 the NAACP is founded. Visit the #FoundersLibrary to read their platform, adopted to advance their cause for immediate recognition of Black people’s full constitutional rights. #BlackHistoryMonth

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This is amazing!

I posted my Civil Liberties & Civil Rights resources for #APGOV . On my blog. It’s the 1st time I’ve taught it in 10 years & I had to keep adapting around snow days, so they still need work but feel free to download & make changes. kyteacher.org/unit-3.html #sschat #eduprotocols

I spent yesterday afternoon updating the Great Depression & World War II resources on my website. And I’ll share out more student work samples as I get caught up on grading this weekend. kyteacher.org/unit-7.html #sschat #eduprotocols