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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

1. My Friends Over You. New Found Glory. 2. You Can Call Me Al. Paul Simon. 3. We’re Going To Be Friends. The White Stripes. 4. I’ll Be There For You. The Rembrandts. 5. See You Again. Wiz Khalifa. #FridayFive

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Make the CEO, board and owners play all the matches. See how desperate to win they are on a cold night in Stoke (...if the EFL will have them).

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

1. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go. Wham! (primary) 2. Born Slippy. Underworld. (secondary) 3. Digital Love. Daft Punk. (university) 4. Starboy. The Weeknd. (thirties) 5. Watermelon Sugar. Harry Styles. (forties) #FridayFive

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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted.

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'm no longer looking forward to the 2026 season #packers

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Doors and windows. "How did the Tudors control Parliament? Doors first, 123...Go".

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In classes with an odd number of students I'm always left with a row of three, which poses a problem for tasks involving paired talk. Any suggestions of how to go about paired talk in a group of three?

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Trying something new in September with our KS3 history booklets. Each lesson has been reformatted to start with an immersive story. The section is called 'Entering the Past' and is followed by a longer, more analytical section called 'Understanding the Past' where the main content is delivered.

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

New KS3 history curriculum on the way in September. It is being built upon these substantive and disciplinary progression models.

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

1. Brian Johnson. Back In Black. 2. Constant Craving. KD Lang. 3. Etta James. At Last. 4. Barcelona. Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe 5. Steven Tyler. Dream On. #FridayFive

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

1. Keep It 100. Migos & Fetty Wap. 2. Welcome to the Jungle. Guns and Roses. 3. Paradise. Coldplay. 4. Free Bird. Lynyrd Skynyrd 5. What a Wonderful World. Louie Armstrong #FridayFive

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

1. Intergalactic. Beastie Boys. 2. Sleeping Satelitte. Tamsin Archer. 3. Drops of Jupiter. Train. 4. Come Sail Away. Styx. 5. Contact. Daft Punk. #FridayFive

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I can see the usefulness of drawing out the web of connection between your foundational and supporting concepts that you might explicitly teach students - via a story like 'a king, count and duke' - and the enriching concepts that you 'bump into' as you say.

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Lots of great ideas in TH202 from @alistairdickins.bsky.social @historyteacher89.bsky.social on how to use substantive concepts in curriculum design. I'm working on KS3 and these are the foundational/supporting concepts I've got. The articles suggest a wider range but I'm worried about overload.

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

1. In My Life. The Beatles. 2. This Is A Low. Blur. 3. Shelter From The Storm. Bob Dylan. 4. Unfinished Symphony. Massive Attack. 5. California Love. Tupac. #FridayFive

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

1. Radio Free Europe. Murmur. REM 2. Get Miles. Bring It On. Gomez 3. The Fun Lovin' Criminal. Come Find Yourself. Fun Lovin' Criminals 4. In It For The Money. In It For The Money. Supergrass 5. Tick Tick Boom, The Black And White Album. The Hives #FridayFive

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I nearly piped up when the booklets question was asked!

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Kristen Radtke @kristenradtke.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

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I grew up with Alex Pretti

The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

#FridayFive 1. Death Letter. White Stripes (Under Blackpool Lights, 2004) 2. With Or Without You. U2 (Boston, 2001) 3. Purple Rain. Prince. (Super Bowl, 2007) 4. Money For Nothing. Dire Straits & Sting (Live Aid, 1985) 5. Free Fallin. John Mayer (Nokia Theatre, 2007)

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Congrats to the #49ers. Incredible effort with so many key player injured.

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Teachers Talk Radio @ttradioofficial.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

A selection of the fantastic speakers in the History Strand at TTR Connect 2026 - Saturday 14th March in Manchester, make sure you get your free ticket here: www.ttradio.org/connect2026

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

Here's the first in a series of posts looking in detail at the workshops for the Schools History Project's Developing Teachers' Conference, Sat Jan 31st '26. Kicking us off is the SHP legend, Dale Banham, who'll be helping you to motivate your secondary history students #DTC26

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Next week we will be trying out this new interpretation enquiry with Year 7. The aim is for the students to be able to name, describe and explain why @marcmorris.bsky.social used the ASC, Malmesbury and royal charters to write his chapter on Athelstan.

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

#FridayFive 1. Into the Unknown. Frozen 2. 2. How Far I’ll Go. Moana. 3. You’ve Got a Friend in Me. Toy Story 4. Under The Sea. Little Mermaid. 5. This Is The Thanks I Get. Wish.

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Adam Boxer @adamboxereducation.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

The Greatest Do Now Ever™️ This is the story of how one teacher set out to create the greatest Do Now Ever, and he changed my teaching for the better. Please share if you can 🙏 carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-greate...

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Pretend Best Friend pushes it close, but the 'goodness, my gracious' middle 8 on Oblivion is ridiculously catchy.

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

#FridayFive 1. Dance to the Music. Sly & The Family Stone. 2. Sir Duke. Stevie Wonder. 3. Good Vibrations. Beach Boys. 4. You Can Call Me Al. Paul Simon. 5. Theme from Superman. John Williams.

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Yes that’s the tightrope. Better to explain fully a limited number of comparisons rather than compare everyone to each other without explaining why they are sim/diff.

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Chronologically. Thematic must involve lots of repetition.

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

With nearly half of the Russia and its Rulers course done (OCR) I've been thinking this week about the thematic essay questions. I'm going to try to get students to think thematically about the course as a whole but also comparatively. @harryhudson21.bsky.social

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Thanks I’ll DM my email if that’s ok?

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Help! I need a copy of the 2025 edexcel politics paper 1 - but I can't get on the website. Has anyone got a copy they send via DM?

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

#FridayFive 1. Fancy. Iggy Azalea. 2. The Less I Know the Better. Tame Impala. 3. Unstoppable. Sia. 4. Where The Wild Roses Grow. Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue. 5. Thunderstruck. AC/DC

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

1. Come On Baby Stop Your Crying. Spiritualised. 2. Take It With Me When I Go, Tom Waits 3. Broken. Jake Bugg. 4. Old Man. Neil Young. 5. Always On My Mind. Pet Shop Boys (had to include a sad banger) #FridayFive

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

#FridayFive 1. The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly). Missy Elliot. 2. Missing. Everything But the Girl. 3. Dry The Rain. The Beta Band. 4. I'll Take the Rain. REM. 5. A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall. Bob Dylan.

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

I've seen enough. The Packers are winning the SB.

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

We do ‘Why do Griffin and Hobsbawm disagree about the Industrial Revolution?’

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