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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 19h

I only just found out about these! Wow! Just ordered - will see how I can work into my World History course.

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 1d

Happy National Coming Out Day and International Day of the Girl.

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 21h

I’d love to do something like this…

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Nicholas A. Emmanuele (he/him/his) @naemmanuele.bsky.social · 21h

You know, @historycomics.bsky.social, if you ever need more work or a project in PA…

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Steve "It's TAY-tro" Tetreault @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social · 23h

@glma-inc.bsky.social -- this is pretty awesome for GA educators!

www.comicsappreciationproject.com/class-set-pr...

#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

Graphic Novel Class Lending sets – Comics Appreciation Project

Contact us to access FREE class sets of award-winning graphic novels.

www.comicsappreciationproject.com

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 23h

For my fellow civics teachers, here is a lesson I wrote for @pbsnewsclassroom.bsky.social and that I use in my own classroom- www.pbs.org/newshour/cla... . I am a proud supporter of @whyy.org and serve on the PBS Newshour Classroom advisory board. Please support your local station.

Lesson plan: American democracy and you

Learn about the U.S. government and your role in democracy through a comic called "This Is What Democracy Looks Like"

www.pbs.org

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 1d

Happy National Coming Out Day and International Day of the Girl.

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 1d

So proud to have written the teacher guides for two of the most powerful and favorite graphic novels with my family and students. www.scholastic.com/content/dam/...

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 2d

Check your mailboxes - Jana and I have an interview in the new @neatoday.bsky.social magazine - all about the power of teaching with comics! Sad about missing NYCC this weekend - but this certainly helps!

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 2d

Check your mailboxes - Jana and I have an interview in the new @neatoday.bsky.social magazine - all about the power of teaching with comics! Sad about missing NYCC this weekend - but this certainly helps!

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 2d

And…. The increasing number of comics being integrated in classrooms….

Heidi MacDonald @comixace.bsky.social · 2d

Also Gen Z is searching for in person community and it can be found in comic stores, and that is part of what is driving young readers.

The media acceptance of comics materials is also part of growth. Comics characters are ubiquitous and ever present.

#nycc #icv2

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 4d

We were given the afternoon without kids today so I was able to get some grading and feedback done! Whew - finally had a come to catch up a little. The pile is not completely gone, but it’s a lot smaller!

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 7d

For #bannedbooksweek, Here is the teacher guide my wife and I wrote for the powerful graphic novel adaptation of Laurie Halsen Anderson’s Speak www.mackidsschoolandlibrary.com/teachers-gui... @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 8d

A great way to open important conversations in class and the power of representation in comics is this inspiring talk centered on Ms. Marvel from G Willow Wilson - I show it every year. Young people are helping to change our world and we need to encourage them. #TeachingWithComics

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 8d

Reading Rainbow… is back! 🥹

This LeVar Burton/Reading Rainbow raised human is feeling all of the library joy. We hope your kids believe they belong in books, just like you ✨

Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋🌌
youtu.be/gHAIjSkmnYI?...

No Cats In The Library 🐱📚 | Reading Rainbow 📖 🌈 | Full Episode | @Kidzuko

YouTube video by Kidzuko

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 8d

Anyone who posts a book selfie or pet pic with Good Old-Fashioned Korean Spirit gets a drawing of an antifascist barnyard animal.

Why? I dunno, I did something similar for Banned Book Club and filks were into it. First up is @historycomics.bsky.social with a BAAnned Book Sheep for #BannedBooksWeek

An ink and crayon drawing of a cut sheep reading Ewe Kid and saying "Lets read BAAnned books together, Tim!" Various ither banned books with sheep puns are scattered about.

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 8d

Use to open powerful research and conversations in my classroom this week. Can’t understand current issues without understanding the roots of the problem.

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 15d

Glad to see this article - but nothing new. This is how I’ve always taught. Less screen time and more deep thinking. We annotate prose, political cartoons, comics… www.scientificamerican.com/article/go-a...

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Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish.bsky.social · 9d

This is great!!

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 10d

I say this all the time. Often, all you need to kickstart vital conversations and engaging lessons is the cover of a comic. I put this up on the smartboard and asked - who should the new Captain America be? What would he/she/they look like? Symbolize? Background? Allies? Enemies? Then explain why.

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 10d

My students study pop culture as artifact and history. They analyze comics from different decades as historians and write about what they can learn about society at that time. Gender roles. Technology. Politics. Culture. Economics/prices. Letters to the editor. So much more! History is all around us

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 10d

My students study pop culture as artifact and history. They analyze comics from different decades as historians and write about what they can learn about society at that time. Gender roles. Technology. Politics. Culture. Economics/prices. Letters to the editor. So much more! History is all around us

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 10d

I say this all the time. Often, all you need to kickstart vital conversations and engaging lessons is the cover of a comic. I put this up on the smartboard and asked - who should the new Captain America be? What would he/she/they look like? Symbolize? Background? Allies? Enemies? Then explain why.

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 11d

Introducing nationalism in history class today. From: Captain America, Vol 7, #14 – “Loose Nuke: Part 4.”

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