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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Interesting! My sense is that in North America the distinction is often if the viewer generally agrees with the messaging = publicity, advertising, messaging. If not, then = propaganda.

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I have noticed that "propaganda" didn't have the same connotations in the past that it does nowadays? When did this shift?

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

What happens when students evaluate responses instead of answer questions themselves? In our experience, they can be quite forthcoming in their critiques, which can provide a great window into their thinking! 5 new CHATs in the Library debuting new frameworks! #cdnhistory #bced #historicalthinking

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What happens when students critique instead of answer?

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Thinking Historically for Canada's Future @thinkhist.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Congratulations to Drs. Alan Sears and Carla Peck on the publication of their new book, Rescuing Reason: How History Education Can Help Save Democracy (UTP, 2026)! utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/... @carlapeck.bsky.social @ualbertaed.bsky.social

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Lindsay Gibson @lsgibson.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Join us on the beautiful UBC campus for the UBC Social Studies Education Winter Professional Development Conference Friday, February 13, 2026 | 9:00– 3:30 (PST) edcp.educ.ubc.ca/social-studi... Registration opens January 5, 2026. #socialstudies #education

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Thinking Historically for Canada's Future @thinkhist.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Read the recent publication by members of Thinking Historically for Canada's Future titled: Never the two shall meet? Connecting historical and democratic consciousness in Canadian K-12 history textbooks. DOI: doi.org/10.14324/HER.... @carlapeck.bsky.social @ualbertaed.bsky.social

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

If you are in the Lower Mainland on November 21st, you are invited to join To The Past for a workshop on designing effective formative assessments of historical thinking @ Eric Hamber secondary: Registration link for teachers outside of the VSB: addins.sharepointsapiens.com/training/enr... #bced

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Training registration

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Taking in the keynote from Andrew Coyne at the BCSSTA fall 2025 conference. #bced #bcsocialstudies #bcssta

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

What a useful process! I think we often assume that telling/reading about historical thinking and possible classroom strategies is sufficient. It takes expertise, practice, and reflection!

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Is there a link I can follow up on without scanning a QR code and continuing with my phone?

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

History curious? You don't need to be in London (or the UK) to attend many Institute of Historical Research seminars, although if you're in Bloomsbury you'll enjoy doing so. Most are hybrid (online/in person). They're free, usually fortnightly and open to the public. Starting this week:

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Events

Stay up to date with the upcoming events organised or hosted by the Institute of Historical Research

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

The 2025-2026 Social Studies cohort is fortunate to have you!

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

“It’s about recognizing how the past is used and how that impacts society today" Grateful for this feature of an excellent teacher guiding students towards a deeper understanding of history as a discipline. I've learned a lot from Carly and use some of the lessons she developed and describes here.

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National Council for History Education @historyed.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Teaching history means asking tough questions and uncovering new perspectives. This fall, NCHE is offering back-to-school webinars to put those ideas into action. Please share so history educators in need of great PD can find the support they deserve. Learn more and register here: buff.ly/WhembxH

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Canadian Social Studies Educators Network of Canada has released their Fall 2025 Salon Newsletter! @actioncanada.bsky.social shares their Public Policy 101 resources on why policy matters, how it gets created, and the role of citizens in the process: ssencressc.ca/publications... #sschat #bced

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Salon - SSENC

These are our archived issues of Salon, our newsletter.

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Good thinkers having good discussions. As we gear up for another year in the classroom, how can we make our classrooms hubs of rich discussion? #sschat #cdnhistory #historyeducation #historicalthinking #bced

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Sometimes when conducting research, you get a glimpse into the imaginations of former readers. The legacies of shared textbooks. #Kilroy, bookworms and pencil imprints of pennies❤️. archive.org/details/hist... #cdnhistory #historicalthinking #sschat

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts (Wineburg), Why Won't You Just Tell us the Answer? (Lesh), New Possibilities for the Past (Clark), Knowing, Teaching, and Learning History (Stearns, Seixas, Wineburg).

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Joe Schmidt @madisonteacher.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

For the #FIELDGuide primary sources are the heart of Foundational Evidence. How do you use them to bring history to life? Share your favorite primary source and how you use it in your classroom and check out socialstudiesfieldguide.com to learn more #PrimarySources #Inquiry @glennwiebe.bsky.social

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Social Studies Field Guide

Foundational evidence, inquiry-based instruction, & edtech tools

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Working with primary sources is not a "spot the bias" game. Encourage students to attend to source metadata and contextual information to better understand why sources don't always agree with one another: tothepast.ca/contextualiz...

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Contextualization: Stalag XI - To the Past

Stalag XI Topic: Canadian History, WWII Historical Thinking Skills: Contextualization Time Period: 1939-1945 Contextualizing a primary source is the process of utilizing an understanding of historical...

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Lindsay Gibson @lsgibson.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Support Heritage Fairs in schools

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

“I always tell my visitors that history is not the past — it is an interpretation of the past…It is fine to have good-faith disagreements about historical figures and events; that is what the historical process is about”

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

But for me the episode revealed that what allows grandmasters to play with such tactical acumen is not only skills, and practice, but as you note, knowledge. How have historians approached similar problems in the past, how does their produced work help me better understand my current inquiry?

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

When games do finally go out of book, it's a real dramatic moment, wonderfully illustrated in the podcast episode.

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Both players have already consulted the database, and have so much of "The Book" memorized that whole portions of the game are played in a noticeably rote manner, not dissimilar to the way a child who has played too much tic-tac-toe. Sometimes, whole games are played “within The Book”.

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

For years afterwards he is booed booed by chess fans at major tournaments. For now, when two players face off in a major tournament, a certain phenomenon occurs:

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The Rules Can Set You Free

Play is something we all do--it seems so natural, it feels a little bit ridiculous to ask why we need it.

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Hi @lightningjay.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social has a particularly memorable episode in which they describe how Frederic Friedel convinced the Russian Chess Federation in the 1980s to upload their database of games played onto an online database. www.radiolab.org/podcast/1538...

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The Rules Can Set You Free

Play is something we all do--it seems so natural, it feels a little bit ridiculous to ask why we need it.

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

A little louder for the people in the back! Sourcing, close reading, and questioning without robust historical knowledge is unlikely to generate robust demonstrations of historical thinking. @lightningjay.bsky.social directing us appropriately towards "skills, practice, AND knowledge".

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Lindsay Gibson @lsgibson.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

We're looking for historians and history teachers in Canada to share their beliefs about history and presentism. If you're interested in participating in this study, please click the following link: ualbertauw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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We'd love to hear from you to learn more about your beliefs about history and its relationship to the present.

Click the above link to take the survey.

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We're conducting a survey and interview research study at the University of Alberta focused on how teachers and historians thinking about the problem of presentism. University of ALberta Research Ethics ID (Pro00144497)

Please be aware that interacting with the social media post via "liking" or "following," will publicly identify you with the study.

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

"...a lack of pedagogical supports to help teachers use them effectively." That checks out. I remember collecting a few as a new teacher ...and then not knowing what to do with them. Read about the "Rise and Fall of Jackdaws" from the man who has them all (or nearly) @lsgibson.bsky.social

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

A glimpse into how Canadian teachers from across the country are are tackling the teaching of the past. #canhistory #socialstudies #canada #Canadianhistory #HTed

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Thinking Historically for Canada's Future @thinkhist.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

We are excited to announce the launch of our Portraits of Professional Practice (PPP) webpage! The PPP project focuses on understanding how the context where history is taught shapes educators’ practices. Learn more at thinking-historically.ca/ppp/ @carlapeck.bsky.social

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Lindsay Gibson @lsgibson.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Attention BC Teachers. Check out the "Developing Minds Conference: For the Love of Critical Thinking" that is being offered on the February 14, 2025 Professional Development Day. Note, this is not just for social studies teachers. bcssta.wordpress.com/devminds2025/

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Developing Minds 2025

For the Love of Critical Thinking! 14 February 2025 Professional Development Conference Conference Co-Chairs: Dr. Nic Fillion and Dr. Dale Martelli Conference Coordinator: Cem Erkli (devminds@sfu.c…

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

When I have time, it would be interesting to create a type of flow chart and explore which ideas were temporarily subsumed into other categories and when or if they emerged distinct or changed later.

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

This is really fascinating to see the evolution of an idea. Curious of the return to "primary source evidence" in 2017. "Epistemology and Evidence" is my preferred version, and not only because its fun to hear teenagers use the word epistemology.

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Lindsay Gibson @lsgibson.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Attention K-12 Educators: Free seminar focused on bringing Holocaust education into the classroom with respect and consideration. Hosted by the Canadian Museum of Human Rights and Dr. Andrea Webb, the co‐director of Survivor‐Centred Visual Narratives project. humanrights.ca/event/webina...

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Webinar: Supporting Educators in Holocaust Education | CMHR

This webinar will discuss supports for educators to bring Holocaust education into the classroom.

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Lindsay Gibson @lsgibson.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

The first of seven sessions for the 2025 Virtual Historical Thinking Institute (VHTI) is coming up soon. There are still a few spaces available in the English and French groups. @canadashistory.bsky.social @thinkhist.bsky.social

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Lindsay Gibson @lsgibson.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Attention Canadian K-12 social studies & history teachers. The Treaty Map includes every Canadian treaty from 1763-present, & challenges the commonly held view of treaties as land surrenders. Includes an interactive learning & teaching tool, grounded in Indigenous perspectives of treaties.

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Propose new designations, revise existing texts...National historic sites are rich spaces for exploring historical thinking, historical consciousness and public memory. #sschat #iteachsocialstudies #bced #HTchat #cdnhistory

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Is Mackenzie King frustrated with European politics, or completely opposed to Canadian participation in a looming conflict? CHATs can serve as both formative assessment and an entrance point for deeper historical inquiry. #sschat #iteachsocialstudies #bced #cdnhistory tothepast.ca/close-readin...

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Lightning Jay @lightningjay.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

As we close the door on 2024, I want to bump this project. Free resources for Social Studies Teacher Educators. @socialstudies.org and @librarycongress.bsky.social were generous enough to support a few of us in thinking about deepening teaching practice. www.socialstudies.org/tps/teaching...

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Teaching with Primary Sources to Prepare Students for College, Career, and Civic Life Volume 2

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To The Past @tothepast.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Like "discrepant events" in science class, reading conflicting accounts of a historical event generates the types of questions and curiosity that drive historical enquiry. (@kcbarton.bsky.social). #SSchat #CdnHistory #CanadianHistory #bced #HTchat #Iteachsocialstudies tothepast.ca/corroboratio...

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