Elisa Litvin

@elisalitvin.bsky.social

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History teacher, historian, American/Australian, Michigander/Victorian, interested in living and learning

Living on unceded Wurundjeri land

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For anyone who needs it today, here's a baby bunny eating a leaf.

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Social studies teachers: Do you teach about white Christian nationalism? It is a major threat to U.S. democracy, pluralism, and justice. I have put together an overview of what it is with resources for teaching it in this blog post. #sschat christophermartell.blogspot.com/2024/06/teac...

Teaching About White Christian Nationalismchristophermartell.blogspot.com Above: (Top) A man carrying a Bible in front of American and Trump flags during the January 6th Insurrection. (Bottom) Civil rights and reli...

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In a small English village, a group of residents has unearthed the remains of a long-lost palace that had been home to Henry VIII’s grandmother. Historians from the University of York have verified their findings.

Amateur Historians Heard Tales of a Lost Tudor Palace. Then, They Dug It Up.www.nytimes.com In a small English village, a group of dedicated locals has unearthed the remains of a long-vanished palace that had been home to Henry VIII’s grandmother.

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This article is so good and packs so many killer lines that are so insightful that I literally could not decide on which to copy and paste here so just go read the whole thing.

A Woman Who Left Society to Live With Bears Weighs in on “Man or Bear”bikepacking.com In this piece, long-term bicycle traveler Laura Killingbeck reflects on the "Man or Bear" debate and adds her unique perspective...

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Just incredible news on reviving Voyager I. Think of it: a computer chip 15 billion(!) miles away is broken. The solution is to repackage & move key software, w/ code sent via radio signal that takes 22+ hrs to reach that little 46yr old machine. AND IT IS WORKING. blogs.nasa.gov/voyager/2024...

NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth – Voyagerblogs.nasa.gov

You've been murdered. Who do you want on the case?

You’ve been murdered. Who do you want on the case?

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bit.ly/3PoQbLL Such a strong argument for the teaching of the humanities. 🗺🍎

Landmark study shows that ‘transcendent’ thinking may grow teens’ brains over timebit.ly CANDLE scientists find that adolescents who grapple with the bigger meaning of social situations experience greater brain growth, which predicts stronger identity development and life satisfaction yea...

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Social studies teachers! Are you teaching about the State of the Union Address tomorrow? Mark Kissling and I wrote this piece in Social Education years ago to help. Check it out here: drive.google.com/file/d/1kSpy... #sschat

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Some thoughts on quadrant diagrams a tools for thinking about historical responsibility and reparation. @toddclio.bsky.social @lsgibson.bsky.social @chrismartell.bsky.social @elisalitvin.bsky.social @freereed59.net thecamelsback.org/2024/03/02/t...

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Planning for the 2024 HTAA National Conference to be held in Sydney by HTANSW is marching ahead with exciting keynotes locked in from Professor Kate Fullagar, Professor Matthew Fitzpatrick, Dr Alina Kozlovski and Dr Oleg Beyda. The Call for Papers is now open. For more info, see: bit.ly/3wxT6Ld

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I've been reading _Verified_ by @mikecaulfield.bsky.social and Sam Wineberg. It's a masterclass in how to make sense of the things we encounter online. Here's a gem from chapter 1, in which they encourage folks to get more context on a claim before thinking about its plausibility.

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With thanks to the National Endowment for Humanities (#NEH) & the World History Center at Pitt for crucial funding that got this work on the #2ndPlaguePandemic going over a decade ago. Forever grateful for their vision & foresight that this work would be important. And, of course, #TheMedievalGlobe.

The brilliant @monicamedhist.bsky.social has produced a teaching module for the H21 Project on the Black Death/2nd Plague pandemic. If you aren’t pulling www.history21.com content into your classroom, you’re missing out.

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Apropos of nothing: In October 1867 the following were among the acts deemed "sufficient to establish the charge of aiding and abetting rebellion": "Encouraging war by speeches," "In company with raiders when a man was shot," & "Commanding rebels who took United States arsenal at Fayetteville."

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Today 25 historians submitted an Amicus Brief to the United States Supreme Court on whether Donald Trump is eligible to hold office. Among the authors were Nell Painter, James McPherson, Vernon Burton, Manisha Sinha, Steve Hahn, and myself. You can read it here. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23...

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Revisions in Indian secondary school curricula have removed a number of chapters on the 235 years of Muslim Mughal rule from national textbooks. Hamaad Habibullah explains why this matters in Perspectives on History. 🗃️

Erasing the Past: The Indian Government’s Dishonest Historywww.historians.org Textbook “rationalization” has become the primary means of erasing Muslims from India’s history.> <meta name=

I'm happy to finally be here. I hope I can reconnect with my history education community.

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