If this blogpost of mine from 2018 is averaging 100+ hits per day (which it is) … then this is probably August. #FirstDayOfSchool #HistoryTeaching #histodons #ClassroomIdeas https://bluebook.life/2018/08/21/my-favorite-first-day-activity/

In an age when everybody wants to be a "content creator," it astonishes me that historians are so reluctant to center true-story-telling in the skills and practices they can teach. #histodons #HistoryTeaching

Presenting DATELINE, a new free template for history #teachers (and anybody else). https://bluebook.life/2023/05/06/dateline-a-powerpoint-template-for-humanities-and-social-science/ #histodons #HistoryTeaching #humanities #SocialStudies #SocialScience

It's common to think of historical narratives as *mere* stories, and to think interpretation is something different. It's also common to treat #lectures and #ActiveLearning as opposites. So here's a simple #HistoryTeaching activity I developed to show how constructing a narrative is an interpretive act—and to draw students into the work of the lecture. https://bluebook.life/2023/04/22/storytelling-and-interpretation-a-classroom-activity/ #pedagogy #histodons

#Teaching students to make their own historical #narratives: https://bluebook.life/2023/04/22/storytelling-and-interpretation-a-classroom-activity/ #HistoryTeaching #histodons #storytelling

"The reality of actual society and the reality of #stories are inevitably connected at a fundamental level in people's souls (or in their unconscious). In any age, when something major occurs and there's a shift in social reality, there's a related yearning for a shift in the reality of stories as well."

— Haruki Murakami, 'Novelist as a Vocation,' 201-202 #narrative #storytelling #literature #history #HistoryTeaching

Future #histodons playing Pirates in the Spanish Main while listening to #Caribbean music in the background. Followed by discussion of historical interpretation embedded in games. But having fun as a group towards the end of the semester is a good goal in itself. #HistoryTeaching

ICYMI: In February, I went to see the 25th-anniversary theatrical rerelease of TITANIC, and then I sat down to write five lessons I think the movie has for history teachers. https://bluebook.life/2023/02/17/titanic-and-the-art-of-historical-narrative/ #histodons #HistoryTeaching #pedagogy #narrative #movies #HistoricalFiction

The debates over #HistoryTeaching in America today are often traceable more or less directly to the ideological program laid out almost 50 years ago in this film series.

In addition to recapping the episodes, I explain their context—describing how they were distributed across North America, how they intervened in *internal* debates happening among evangelical Christians in the 1970s ... and how they were discussed in the White House itself.

ICYMI: Two classroom activities inviting students to clarify their own ideals when reflecting on industrialization and the Age of Revolutions. https://bluebook.life/2023/03/09/two-reflection-activities-for-the-age-of-revolutions/ #histodons #HistoryTeaching #sschat

This week in #HistoryTeaching: I wanted to engage #WorldHistory students in a conversation about revolutions, the good society, and their own core values. Here's how I did that. https://bluebook.life/2023/03/09/two-reflection-activities-for-the-age-of-revolutions/

On Monday, before starting our exploration of the Industrial Revolution, I asked students to form small groups and get something to write on. https://bluebook.life/2023/03/09/two-reflection-activities-for-the-age-of-revolutions/ #HistoryTeaching #pedagogy #histodons

"Willingham also offers useful guidance for faculty. Some of that advice is surprising: Making material relevant to students' interests generally doesn't work. Instead, personally connect with your students and organize your material in ways that are interesting and easy to understand." https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/secrets-college-success #HistoryTeaching #pedagogy

Three teachers running the pilot version of #AP #AfricanAmericanStudies this year in Oregon, Maryland, and Texas spoke with NPR about its contents and effects. https://www.npr.org/2023/02/27/1159821913/educators-speak-on-the-importance-of-the-new-ap-african-american-studies-course #HistoryTeaching

A friend of mine who teaches HS English language learners has asked me for #HistoryTeaching resources in Spanish or Arabic. His students will need to pass a #USHistory test in English to graduate—"a huge challenge." Any ideas, #histodons?

Nos dias 16 e 17 de Fevereiro, temos encontro marcado na Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal para o colóquio "Lugares e práticas historiográficas: Educação, Património e Cultura Impressa", sobre as interseções nos campos da Educação, Património e Cultura Impressa e seus desdobramentos para a escrita da História.

#histodons #Education #Heritage #PrintedPress #HistoryTeaching

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Using #VR to teach #History is a great way to capture student engagement!

#classvr #historyteaching #humanities #socialsciences #edtech #VRARinEDU https://twitter.com/Bnichols112/status/1613557782199803907

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