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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Man, when I post anything on X, it's like I'm speaking into a black hole. I super miss the interaction and collaboration amongst teachers from 2020-2021.

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PBS News Classroom @pbsnewsclassroom.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

What has the Trump administration done with its first 100 days? Well, so much that some of it is easy to miss, even if you pay close attention to the news. Discuss with your students using this @pbsnews.org Classroom lesson. #sschat #EduSky bit.ly/4hRiMoD

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The first 100 days of Trump's second term

Follow the Trump administration's actions and discuss the president's priorities in the first months of his second term

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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

History speaks. Europe’s lessons from a century ago can wake up and inspire our democracy…in 2025 America. Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I added the rest of my lessons to this 🧵 🍎 🗺️ #sschat #iteachsocialstudies

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

🍎 🗺️ #sschat #worldhistory A great documentary episode for the Age of Revolution is on Amazon Prime "The Story of Europe" S1 E5.

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I'm starting a new unit when I go back next week - Worse than War. We will take a speed drive through some of the genocide during wars in the 20th century. I'm using sources from lots of places. 🧵👇 🗺️ 🍎 #sschat #worldhistory

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

@jonahg.bsky.social Just now on CNN you suggested a couple authors. I heard Applebaum, but what was the other author you suggested?

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

In #econ we have been learning about economic systems. To start, we did a simulation called The Bead Game. It's always a hit. docs.google.com/presentation...

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The Bead Game

The Bead Game Economic Systems in Action Original Lesson https://drive.google.com/drive/search?q=bead%20game

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Should we tack on one year of school and get "caught up" from the pandemic? In rural OH we took off 1 quarter, but there were tons of outages through quarantine. If we took a year to redo, would that do more benefit, or do we just need the workers? #sschat 🍎 🗺️

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 23/02/2025

Every day, the goals become clearer: The point of DOGE is not efficiency, but regime change www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing

How regime change happens in America

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Side note- I'm not getting the trolls and "adult content" things on this app the way I was on X. Is that a just for now thing? Is there a bigger vetting process here?

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Ugh. I hate *so much* that my typo from the intended "butt kicking" to "butt kinking" cannot be undone. It gives a completely different visual to the sincere concern. 😳

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Dang typo on the very 1st part of my 🧵! We have *47* months to go of "47". Please read and discuss.

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

#sschat 🍎 🗺️ Friends, I try to maintain a historical viewpoint of modern events, but I am increasingly alarmed about the blitzkrieg the feds are propagating. As we are only 1 month in, and have 27 months to go, I need some historical comfort from my peers. 🧵👇

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

This week in #econ we learned about the Production Possibilities Frontier using resources from @mrroughton.bsky.social , Jacob Clifford, and Econiful 🧵👇 🍎 🗺️ #sschat

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Assuming the executive maintains the pace and direction, and assuming the legislative remains passive, how can America have another balanced gov't? It's difficult to claw back power, and anyone who cedes the power back looks like a Calvin C type of president. Have we entered our Authoritarian Era?

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I have a new bulletin board I created for the 3 branches. Make a copy and modify it to fit the needs of your classroom. #sschat 🍎 🗺️ docs.google.com/presentation...

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I watched this video last night, and *did not look over the sources*, but thought it was a logical set of facts. I'm interested in making this a part of an econ lesson, perhaps on PPF, and the Economics of disasters. youtu.be/Eb0zfCuiqek?... 🍎 🗺️ #sschat

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L.McFarren @lauramcfarren.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I have really been working hard at making sure I’m including *more* of the untold stories into my history class. This is the latest addition, modified for a middle level class. 🍎🗺️ #sschat americanindian.si.edu/nk360/gold-r...

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The Impact of the Gold Rush on Native Americans of California

Do American actions against California Native Americans during the gold rush meet the United Nations definition of genocide?

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

🍎 🗺️ #sschat I'm starting to think about summer PD opportunities. I went to Europe last summer for 3 weeks, and plan to mostly stay home this year. I'll definitely do an FTE week, but wonder what else I should do as a WH and Econ teacher. What are your plans? What have you done that's beneficial?

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Breaking: Florida woman vows to lead seances to get to the bottom of 60 year old crime which doesn't matter in any way to anyone at all, later goes on news and loudly complains about wasteful spending of government resources and "endless investigations".

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a glass ball with a woman 's face in it is on a table .

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

The book, Powerful Teaching, is a fantastic read. Give this author a follow, mes amis, and learn from a pro! #sschat 🍎 🗺️

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Emily Francis @emilyfrancis.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

“Learning and using multiple languages does not just facilitate communication—it actively strengthens the brain.” So much research on this…YET, teachers are still “worried” about students using home language to access content 🤦🏽‍♀️ #EduSky #ELLsky #MLsky 🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/power-...

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Hey #sschat 🍎 🗺️ I'm looking for an activity to analyze pol cartoons about the following: Nazi Soviet Pact, Japanese Aggression, Appeasement, Nazi Aggression. I want to do a 7ish min of each, then use all 4 together for a culminating assessment. Anyone have parts of this to share?

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Peter Pappas @pappas.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

My lesson exploring how systemic inequality has shaped communities, using redlining maps and the 1940 Census. A powerful way for students to connect history with personal narratives and understand the impact of policy on people's lives. #edusky #history peterpappas.com/2020/11/mapp...

A historical black-and-white photograph showing four young Black children standing in front of a tall concrete wall in Detroit, Michigan. The wall, built in August 1941, was constructed to separate Black neighborhoods from a white housing development. A quote by John Vachon reads: ‘Negro children standing in front of half mile concrete wall, Detroit, Michigan. This wall was built in August 1941, to separate the Negro section from a white housing development going up on the other side.’ The image is part of a graphic titled ‘Designing Inequality: How Government Policies Segregated America’s Cities.

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

This week in #econ we are using resources from @mrroughton.bsky.social, Jacob Clifford, and Econiful to learn about the Marginal Principal and the Production Possibilities Frontier. This 🧵👇 will discuss the Marginal Principal #sschat 🍎 🗺️

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

The feeling of camaraderie I got this morning when I logged into BlueSky and scrolled the #sschat stack really rhymes with 2020 Twitter. Resources, books, articles - all things that are helpful and interesting. 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

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a group of power rangers are fighting each other with a windmill in the background .

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Reading the chapter in @clintsmithiii.bsky.social's *How The Word Is Passed* on Monticello with students from D.C. in preparation for a visit to Charlottesville in April. I am also going to take them to the site of the "Unite the Right Rally" and the new memorial to enslaved workers at UVA. 🗃️

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

🍎 🗺️ #sschat In WH we have been learning about the Russian Rev. Yesterday was a 2hr delay so with the shorter classes we took about 5 min to organize our binders, read "Exterminate the Insects" as a class, and sorted and analyzed different identities from the VOC lesson plan.

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

The State of Ohio curriculum for Economics suggests that when teaching about the unintended consequences of government actions, one should teach about the Smoot-Hawley Tariff. Feels relevant today. #sschat 🗺️ 🍎

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Julie Carpenter, PhD @jgcarpenter.com · 31/01/2025

Academics, I'm not joking when I say save your work in multiple places outside of your institution's server or Google or MS cloud. A thumb drive. An external drive. Print out the critical documents, e.g., final drafts, approved grants, latest teaching/research statements, teaching assessments, etc.

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

This was such a hit today! Students dove right in and had a great time learning about opportunity costs.

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

🍎 🗺️ #sschat I wasn't sure what I would do for this until today. I merged 2 of the lessons from Econiful into 1 day and made my own fill-in notes as well as a meaningful exit ticket. Here is the presentation docs.google.com/presentation... And here his the handout docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Instruction Slides (Thinking Like an Economist) Direct Instruction

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Matt Wimpenny-Smith @mwimpennys.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

These are the current books which on the go in my #Kindle library. #ebooks #AI #Reading #TeamCompSci #EduSky

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

#sschat 🍎 🗺️ I'm a book lo🩷er, so this is my kind of 🧵👇

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I'm my WH course, we are starting my favorite unit: Interwar. We start with Russia and I'll share the lessons on this 🧵👇 #sschat 🩷 🗺️

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

This week in #econ we are going to explore decision making as we continue fundamentals. Resources are sources from @mrroughton.bsky.social, FTE, Econiful, and a Focus Lesson from the Council For Economic Education 🧵👇 🍎 🗺️ #sschat

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Pierre Salmon @pierresalmon.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

On aura attendu, mais il est enfin sorti ! Merci aux coordinateurs d'avoir réuni ces travaux, qui proposent une belle synthèse historiographique.

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Just like to add that on Sunday we thought this would be big news and now all we know is that instead of *adding* individual rights and protections to the Constitution, we are potentially losing some. Geeze Louise this is going to be a long journey to 2029! #iteachsocialstudies 🍎 🗺️ #sschat

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Dammit- I never remember the tags. Am I even doing this right?? 🍎 🗺️ #iteachsocialstudies

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Today in #econ we did retrieval practice. I had students apply our terms to the lessons and activities we have done so far. Make a copy and modify it to fit your classes. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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1.5 Scarcity Retrieval

1.5 Scarcity Retrieval Step 1 - Read the assigned bookwork. Step 2 - The vocabulary words we have learned so far are listed below. Complete this paper by explaining how these terms have been used th...

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Myra Frazer @francofonewannb.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Just finished Mr (Dr?) Nichols' book and IDK how they found the narrator, but he *embodies* Nichol's - it's a fun listen! 4.5/5

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PBS News Classroom @pbsnewsclassroom.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

PBS @pbsnews.bsky.social Classroom Daily News Lesson: Trump returns to office Explore key takeaways from inauguration speech. Ask students: What do you think "American exceptionalism" means? Why do you think Trump uses the term? Do you agree w/ its framing? #EduSky #apush #sschat bit.ly/40GrSie

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Trump returns to office

Watch a short video of the inauguration and news of executive orders and pardons

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