Reposted by KileDiana Laufenberg @dlaufenberg.bsky.social · 05/08/2025I've been working with these folks for a while now... Always happy to share what I think is interesting in the world of primary sources and inquiry! Check out the other minutes, fascinating work. #edusky #sschat 043
Reposted by KilePeggy O'Neill-Jones, Ed.D. @peggyoneilljones.bsky.social · 04/08/2025“Just One Day” uses the front pages of historical newspapers to contextualize momentous events, both joyous and heinous. What happened the day before the Tulsa Race Massacre? Learn more here: tpsconsortiumcreatedmaterials.org/primary-sour... #ChronAm #TeacherSky #sschat #MediaLiteracyyoutu.bePrimary Source Minute - Just One Day - Historical Newspaper ActivityYouTube video by TPS Western Region at MSU Denver 163
Reposted by KilePeggy O'Neill-Jones, Ed.D. @peggyoneilljones.bsky.social · 09/07/2025It only takes a minute to learn a strategy for teaching with a primary source, courtesy of a Library of Congress TPS Consortium member. When is a source a primary source and how do we know anything about Sacajawea? youtu.be/vsuApPhFT3s tpsconsortiumcreatedmaterials.org/primary-sour...youtu.bePrimary Source Minute – Is it a Primary Source or Secondary Source?YouTube video by TPS Western Region at MSU Denver 033
Reposted by KileNext with Kyle Clark @nexton9news.bsky.social · 28/05/2025The National Teachers Hall of Fame, established in 1989, selects only five teachers annually through a rigorous process that includes essays, recommendations and interviews.9news.comColorado middle school teacher to be inducted into National Teachers Hall of FameMichelle Pearson, a social studies teacher at Century Middle School in Thornton, will be inducted into the 2025 class of the National Teachers Hall of Fame. 0166
Reposted by KilePeggy O'Neill-Jones, Ed.D. @peggyoneilljones.bsky.social · 27/05/2025It only takes a "Primary Source Minute" to learn a strategy for teaching with a primary source, courtesy of a Library of Congress TPS Consortium member. tpsconsortiumcreatedmaterials.org/primary-sour...youtube.comPrimary Source Minute - Teaching Data Literacy with the Slow RevealYouTube video by TPS Western Region at MSU Denver 1138
Kile @kilewithani.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Last stop for truth. Will the librarians fight back? #edu #trump #resist www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-f... 000
Reposted by KileJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 26/03/2025There are RULES for gov’t documents—who has them, sees them, keeps them, where they’re kept—because they’re a record of gov’t business. Not open to all—but containing the doings & ACCOUNTABILITY of what our gov’t does. The Nat’l Archives stores much of that vital data. DJT fired the archivist. 29288642437
Kile @kilewithani.bsky.social · 26/03/2025JD Vance everyone, 50th VP in of the US of Amedia.tenor.commr. burns from the simpsons says excellentALT: mr. burns from the simpsons says excellent 010
Reposted by KileGlenn Wiebe @glennwiebe.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Loving 1st day of @historyed.bsky.social conference! Hanging out with other TPS Library of Congress projects. Collaborating/connecting/creating with some very smart people! Some cool data stuff at: www.dl4ss.com @retroreport.org #sschat #socialstudies #primarysources 2196
Kile @kilewithani.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Been routing around in the Local Rumor Control Project during WWII, specifically in the Denver office. The rich will always only worry about themselves. This is a class war, always has been. www.loc.gov/resource/afc... #edusky #sschat 140
Kile @kilewithani.bsky.social · 26/02/2025👏 The question is: how do we ensure AI remains a tool for learning rather than a crutch? 👏 The first step is recognizing the power AI can contain for teachers and students, the second recognizing the drawbacks, and third, finding a way forward. Flat out bans will never work. 020
Reposted by KileRandall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Seems like the relevance of this Reagan-era Herblock cartoon has risen by 200%. Washington Post, 12/22/1988. 233112463469
Reposted by KileSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles. 458168175320
Reposted by KileAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Join us in solidarity—fly your American flag upside down, the traditional signal of distress and extreme emergency. 465208522991
Reposted by KileGeorge S @harmonygritz.bsky.social · 21/02/2025TGIF, #HigherEd #academia #EduSky. What are you saying to your students about any of this? What are your students saying to you? 031
Kile @kilewithani.bsky.social · 20/02/2025So teachers, librarians, administrators, what are you doing to resist today? #edusky 211
Reposted by KileJennifer Elemen, Ed.D. @jenniferelemen.com · 15/02/2025Critical AI Literacy: Empowering Youth for Education Justice www.ciscsymposium.org #CISC2025 #EduSky #EduSkyAI #CritGenAI #AILiteracy #AIEthics #MediaLiteracy #DigCit #CivicEdEquity 2102
Reposted by KilePhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 15/02/2025What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted. 476179815647
Reposted by KileL.McFarren @lauramcfarren.bsky.social · 14/02/2025I 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...americanindian.si.eduThe Impact of the Gold Rush on Native Americans of CaliforniaDo American actions against California Native Americans during the gold rush meet the United Nations definition of genocide? 2305
Kile @kilewithani.bsky.social · 14/02/2025This is a class war #historymatters chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020... 000
Kile @kilewithani.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Been struggling with understanding how AI effects primary source pedagogy. Came across this article from @foundhistory.bsky.social that boils down to 8 simple steps👇 foundhistory.org/2023/03/gene... #edusky #sschat #AI #academicskyfoundhistory.orgTeaching and Learning with Primary Sources in the age of Generative AI – Found History 120
Kile @kilewithani.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Sage research 👏 Within #inquiry process and meaning making, mistakes and failure can be a more enriching learning tool than simply succeeding without challenge. 000
Kile @kilewithani.bsky.social · 03/02/2025You can make whatever silly EO you want. History is still history! Exploring African American History with Library of Congress Teacher Resources 👇 blogs.loc.gov/teachers/202... #edusky #sschat #blackhistorymonthblogs.loc.govExploring African American History with Library of Congress Teacher Resources | Teaching with the LibraryA sampling of Library of Congress teacher resources related to the study of African American history, which have been developed and published over the past year. 043
Kile @kilewithani.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Forget where I heard this... "Slavery is White history. How [Blacks] survived it is Black history.” “Learning [Black] history is about truth. But it is also about reconciliation: making amends for the pain caused to generations of Black Americans.” #sschat #edusky #blackhistorymonthblogs.loc.govExploring African American History with Library of Congress Teacher Resources | Teaching with the LibraryA sampling of Library of Congress teacher resources related to the study of African American history, which have been developed and published over the past year. 021
Kile @kilewithani.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Smoot-Hawley.... Anyone? Bueller? youtu.be/X_wHBlouFSc?...youtu.beVoodoo EconomicsYouTube video by John Kessler 000
Kile @kilewithani.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Is teaching about history DEI? 'depends where that unit is housed under' 🤦 #sschat #edusky apnews.com/article/air-...apnews.comMore DEI fallout: Air Force scraps course that used videos of Tuskegee Airmen and female WWII pilotsThe U.S. Air Force has removed training courses for service members that included historical videos of its storied Black Tuskegee Airmen and Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs — female World War ... 050
Kile @kilewithani.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Student exercise - Update old propaganda to new propaganda. credit update pic - u/404_11 OG - www.archives.gov/exhibits/pow... #edusky #sschat 040
Kile @kilewithani.bsky.social · 22/01/2025"[Websites] are weapons in the war of ideas." www.loc.gov/item/96502725/ #sschat #edusky 010
Kile @kilewithani.bsky.social · 21/01/2025AI isn't going away and will only get ubiquitous. This is the tool of our students. Work together, not against. “What kinds of human textual production will continue to be of value in this new future and what kinds will not?” foundhistory.org/2023/03/gene... #edusky #AI #sschat #academicskyfoundhistory.orgTeaching and Learning with Primary Sources in the age of Generative AI – Found History 043
Reposted by KileTom Mullaney @tommullaney.bsky.social · 19/01/2025A reminder to never use generative AI to mimic historical figures. #EduSky futurism.com/the-byte/ai-...futurism.comSchools Using AI Emulation of Anne Frank That Urges Kids Not to Blame Anyone for HolocaustA Utah-based startup has graced us with an AI-powered Anne Frank chatbot, and it's very eager to forgive and forget. 4138
Reposted by KilePeter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Please Don't Use Generative AI To Mimic Historical Figures www.criticalinkling.com/p/generative...criticalinkling.comPlease Don't Use Generative AI To Mimic Historical FiguresAn atrocious misuse of technology. 173
Reposted by KileJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Been thinking about this cartoon. For no reason. Really. It's from 1889 -- during the Gilded Age. 672366631
Kile @kilewithani.bsky.social · 21/01/2025So... Uh... We all supposed to just wake up and go to work tomorrow like normal? 010
Reposted by KileKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Musk comes from a family that moved to South Africa *for* the racism. He has repeatedly endorsed Great Replacement Theory in the US & Neo-Nazis of the AfD in Germany. He championed the rights of white nationalists and restored Nazi accounts to Twitter. But I'm sure the Nazi salute was an accident. 12973601765
Reposted by KileDiana Laufenberg @dlaufenberg.bsky.social · 14/01/2025As part of my work as a mentor w/ TPS Teachers Network, I periodically pick a topic from the news & then roundup the resources from the Network, the Library of Congress and on the web. Here is Panama Canal - History in the News - Resource Roundup! www.dlaufenberg.com/bl0g/panama-... #sschat #eduskydlaufenberg.comPanama Canal - History in the News - Resource Roundup — Living the Dream** Cross posted on TPS Teachers Network where I serve as a TPS Teachers Network Mentor *** Recently there has been a ton in the news about the Panama Canal. Regardless of your politics, it is impor... 1183
Kile @kilewithani.bsky.social · 14/01/2025What do you think? Will you resist or embrace AI in your classroom? #edusky #sschat 230
Kile @kilewithani.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Some awesome #primarysource bell-ringers for purposefully occupying students while you prepare, take attendance, etc. My fav - Lincoln's Pockets. How long ago do you think these items were used? See all 20👇 tpsteachersnetwork.org/single-group... #edusky #sschat #inquiry 110
Reposted by KileGlenn Wiebe @glennwiebe.bsky.social · 18/12/2024We all know Sam Wineburg & his work with #SHEG / #DIG. But have you read his latest? Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online. Great stuff for making sense of #medialiteracy! #historyteachers #sschat #iteachsocialstudies #edusky #edtech 0156
Reposted by KileDigital Civics @digitalcivics.bsky.social · 08/01/2025If you’re interested in knowing more about fact checking, here’s some valuable recent research conducted by MIT scholars @dgrand.bsky.social and @cameronmartel.bsky.social #EduSky #EdTech mitsloan.mit.edu/press/warnin...mitsloan.mit.eduWarning labels from fact checkers work — even if you don’t trust them | MIT SloanFact-checker warning labels on social media can significantly reduce belief in and spread of misinformation, even among those who harbor doubts about the fact-checkers themselves. 11710
Reposted by KilePeter Pappas @pappas.bsky.social · 08/01/2025You know Currier & Ives for their picturesque winter scenes. But have you heard of their Darktown Comics? These wildly popular prints mocked Black ambition and sold white supremacy. My latest post dives into "The Cruelty of the Darktown Comics." forgottenfiles.substack.com/p/the-cruelt... 101
Reposted by KileDiana Laufenberg @dlaufenberg.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Learning about the Transforming Teacher Initiative - to work on providing rich, interesting resources for methods professors. Collaboration amongst a wide range of folks. They are looking for 20 methods instructors brand new to the LOC TPS Network. All disciplines, all grade levels. #sogood 042
Kile @kilewithani.bsky.social · 07/01/2025The first few words says it all, "From drunk VPs to frozen canaries..." 😂 The blueberry Jelly Belly was created for Reagan's #Inauguration Wonder what will happen this year?! blogs.loc.gov/headlinesand... #primarysources #edusky #sschat 021
Kile @kilewithani.bsky.social · 02/01/2025For all you #geo nerds, there were some killer maps digitized at the @librarycongress.bsky.social last year. My favorite - Print blocks from 1812 of a political cartoon for gerrymandering. Read more 👇 blogs.loc.gov/maps/2025/01... #edusky #sschat # 280
Reposted by KileLouisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Please tell your kids, every damn day if necessary, that chatGPT is not a goddamn search engine and you shouldn’t believe a word it says. Tell the adults too, but it’s especially imperative to inoculate kids against this 19122654920
Reposted by Kilejohnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 06/12/2024What's your favorite bell ringer primary source, #sschat and #iteachsocialstudies friends? 012