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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Of course! Dm me an email and I'll send it over :)

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Brilliant, look forward to reading them

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Definitely open to both of those things :)

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Today we are launching the 2026 SHP Summer Conference, which will be taking place July 10-12 at Leeds Trinity. This year, due to the huge increase in proposals for workshops, we have extended our offer to 46 wonderful workshops for primary and secondary teachers of history (see below for a taster!

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Thanks! I'm so glad you found it helpful.

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Have you got 49 seconds to spare? Check out our latest promo video for @1972shp.bsky.social's Developing Teachers' Conference, 31/01/26. Early Bird Tickets available from here store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... #skystorians #historyeducation #edusky www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4s6...

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DTC26 promo

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

We also have Rachel Bruce and Judy Clarke showing how they weave local stories into primary history teaching, helping students engage with the past and the familiar. @1972shp.bsky.social

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Next up at the @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire History Forum we have the inimitable @petejackson.bsky.social sharing some strategies for writing.

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Charlotte's KS2 curriculum looks fantastic, so many different places and times. Her students learn local, national and global history which has been so thoughtfully sequenced.

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Caitlyn is building a case for how much local history can be done when teaching enslavement - there are local connections all across the UK.

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

We also have Charlotte Sellars discussing how we should present chronology to our primary students. @1972shp.bsky.social

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

It's the @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire History Forum tonight and we are kicking off with a session from @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social on teaching transatlantic enslavement using local stories.

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Great analysis from Alex Ford on the Curriculim Review.

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Thanks Alex, really helpful analysis. I think the emphasis placed on Oak National Academy, and the contradictions re autonomy/centralised control are at best signs of myopia and at worst reasons for deep concern.

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Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

World Class or Bottom of the Class? A Deep Dive into the Curriculum and Assessment Review It's taken a while to digest but here are my initial thoughts on the Review and its implications for schools and school History #historyteacher #EduSky #CurriculumReview www.andallthat.co.uk/blog/world-c...

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Looks really useful...I'll take a look!

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Afrua Hirsh did a brilliant podcast, "We need to talk about Empire". In ep3, she explores the journey of certain rice grain from Sierra Leon to Carolina, hidden and nurtured by enslaved people. These grains chart the middle passage in such deeply human terms and could be sources too!

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

2. She could then focus on the journey in terms of what was carried across by the enslaved, unsanctioned or unbeknownst to enslavers rather than the horrors of the journey itself. Lots of sources on that.

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

1. Equiano wrote about it, I'll send you an extract via email. But equally, may be there are better aspects of the topic to achieve her fundamental aims? For instance, has she considered food (esp rice), culture, music and language? Enslaved people brought rice grain across the middle passage?

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I love it when students bring in artefacts and this one is one of the best...a 1735 edition of Dialogues of the Dead in great condition....buzzing

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

We've been having lots of fun threading environmental history through existing parts of our curriculum this year. The only big surprise was how few y7 know the story of Robin Hood!!

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

2. This technique is a powerful way of centering local and indigenous experiences of British colonisation and also discussing British methods of colonisation their impact. Caveat: this is sensitive stuff - prepare students as such. More than happy to share the extract via dm.

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

1. After @btrappy.bsky.social's wonderful @1972shp.bsky.social conf session where she used an extract from Amitav Ghosh's "Sea of Poppies" in her Lessons on the British Empire in KS5, I was inspired to do similar using Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" when talking about Britain and Africa.

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Not to mention reducing the number of people in a department capable of writing curriculum. In some ways, this plays into the hands of those wanting common "allinged" curricula a cross entire MATs.

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

This, 100 times this. "Embedding Affirmation, Critical Thinking, Community, and Democracy is not a wellbeing add-on. It is safeguarding in practice. It is how we make school the place where young people are hardest to exploit." www.class13.org/flags-dont-l...

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Flags don’t land on neutral ground - Class 13

A London flags debate in schools piece from Pimlico Academy to today. Student: “Why are there flags everywhere?” Teacher: “We are not getting into that.” If that question lands in your classroom tomo...

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Awesome! Me and my partner (English teacher) talk often about theses issues. Looking forward to reading!!

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

A mob of angry drunken men screaming abuse outside an asylum hotel have defended their actions, saying all they want is for women and girls to feel safe walking the streets. From the new Private Eye, out now.

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Dr Pete Olusoga @dr-peter-olusoga.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

When you say that flags on roundabouts isn't about racism, that may well be the case for you. But these are the people you're throwing in with... Every argument about immigration has racism at its core. Peel back even one layer, it's always underpinned by racism and white supremacy. Always.

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Couldn't agree more. Regular planning and rubost feedback is so important at the start for teachers. Thanks for all the links, look forward to reading them 😀

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

That's really interesting, definitely worthwhile. I am going to do this a little with A-level students and AI writing this year!!

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

100% I've seen this first hand. Not just lessons but entire schemes of learning. It's concerning because I completely understand the temptation for time poor teachers or those who have not had enough agency over their lessons in early stages of career and are therefore already somewhat de-skilled.

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Great thread. AI planned lessons I've seen are at best very superficial and at worst just plain poor. When teachers deliver lessons without doing the thinking themselves, or understanding the thinking of the person who planned, or without adapting, learning and student thinking are the casualties.

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Looking forward to reading this 😀

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Great resources! Thanks for sharing

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

I use zotero. It works really well for me. Takes a moment to set it up and learn but very efficient after that. It builds a database of references for you so you can easily use them again in other works.

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Thanks! Yes please for word doc! I'll ask Alex at SHP this weekend and see what he has 😀

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

@iandawson51.bsky.social we are planning on doing a version of the classic skeletons at Maiden Castle enquiry next year. Do you have digital versions of the clues/sources by any chance?

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rLR... I'm working really hard on trying to get my students to understand public feeling during of the Cold War. These brilliant street interviews during the Cuban Missile Crisis really help!

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1962: Cuban Missile Crisis: Street Interviews with Londoners

YouTube video by ITN Archive

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I have an inflatable crown you can borrow. Is that too goofy for your plans?

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Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I've only been to one and I sat there thinking, why on earth have I never been until now??? Its going to be great.

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