Ben Jerrit FCCT History Teacher
@benjerrit.bsky.social
Chartered Teacher (CTeach) 2023. #HistoryTeacher
Former #HeadofDept, current #Headofyear. Mark scheme enjoyer.
I work in a busy #Boardingschool in SE England (Boarding Practitioner Level 3). Keen to learn new pedagogical ideas.
#Educator #UKTeaching #UKEd
Former #HeadofDept, current #Headofyear. Mark scheme enjoyer.
I work in a busy #Boardingschool in SE England (Boarding Practitioner Level 3). Keen to learn new pedagogical ideas.
#Educator #UKTeaching #UKEd
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The superb #RobinBriggs #WitchesandNeighbours. Brings the era of the European witch hunts to life and explores the varied aspects of the different cases. Majestic and impressive, covers a broad range while also able to focus on the illustrative detail. #Booksof2025 No.1 #HistoryEducation
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My analysis as a human rights lawyer where I cite:
•The international & constitutional laws Trump violated
•His absurd justification for this attack & why it will absolutely fail in any court of justice
•The horrifying global implications that Trump just unleashed
www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-ill...
•The international & constitutional laws Trump violated
•His absurd justification for this attack & why it will absolutely fail in any court of justice
•The horrifying global implications that Trump just unleashed
www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-ill...
Trump's Illegal Act of War In Venezuela
Trump’s bombing of Venezuela and abduction of Maduro shatters sovereignty, invites global chaos, and establishes a doctrine no democracy can survive
www.qasimrashid.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:22 PM
My analysis as a human rights lawyer where I cite:
•The international & constitutional laws Trump violated
•His absurd justification for this attack & why it will absolutely fail in any court of justice
•The horrifying global implications that Trump just unleashed
www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-ill...
•The international & constitutional laws Trump violated
•His absurd justification for this attack & why it will absolutely fail in any court of justice
•The horrifying global implications that Trump just unleashed
www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-ill...
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Celebrate all the works that have moved into the public domain at our virtual party on January 21!
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1977502652...
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1977502652...
January 3, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Celebrate all the works that have moved into the public domain at our virtual party on January 21!
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1977502652...
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1977502652...
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Anytime some yahoo says, “all serious historians agree…” I want to say:
1. What is a “serious” historian?
2. Have you ever actually been in a room with more than one historian? We can’t even agree with how long the 19th century was.
1. What is a “serious” historian?
2. Have you ever actually been in a room with more than one historian? We can’t even agree with how long the 19th century was.
January 1, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Anytime some yahoo says, “all serious historians agree…” I want to say:
1. What is a “serious” historian?
2. Have you ever actually been in a room with more than one historian? We can’t even agree with how long the 19th century was.
1. What is a “serious” historian?
2. Have you ever actually been in a room with more than one historian? We can’t even agree with how long the 19th century was.
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November 27, 2023 at 9:08 PM
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We had congressional hearings when parents just suspected heavy metal was leading some kids to suicide.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We had congressional hearings when parents just suspected heavy metal was leading some kids to suicide.
December 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/
December 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/
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It did not "go viral". It was intentionally filmed and disseminated using a network of coordinated bots, amplified by an algorithm designed to spread this kind of content quickly. This was a harassment campaign, intended to silence everyone. Call it what it is.
December 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It did not "go viral". It was intentionally filmed and disseminated using a network of coordinated bots, amplified by an algorithm designed to spread this kind of content quickly. This was a harassment campaign, intended to silence everyone. Call it what it is.
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This Is Just To Say
I have eaten
Tiny
Tim, who did
NOT die,
and who
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
he was delicious
so sweet
and so cold
I have eaten
Tiny
Tim, who did
NOT die,
and who
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
he was delicious
so sweet
and so cold
"My name is Tiny Tim, who did NOT die,
Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair"
Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair"
‘It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite, Tiny Tim who did NOT die, when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me’
December 26, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This Is Just To Say
I have eaten
Tiny
Tim, who did
NOT die,
and who
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
he was delicious
so sweet
and so cold
I have eaten
Tiny
Tim, who did
NOT die,
and who
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
he was delicious
so sweet
and so cold
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White folks on here…
What are you doing with all the extra time you have now that you don’t have to apologize for being white anymore.
What are you doing with all the extra time you have now that you don’t have to apologize for being white anymore.
December 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
White folks on here…
What are you doing with all the extra time you have now that you don’t have to apologize for being white anymore.
What are you doing with all the extra time you have now that you don’t have to apologize for being white anymore.
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Hey losers leave trans folks alone
December 18, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Hey losers leave trans folks alone
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Hello!! You can now listen to ep1 of our new family-friendly BBC history show, Dead Funny History. It’s fun, factual, silly, and based on academic research used for You’re Dead To Me episodes
This episode is about the history of football ⚽️
listen now on BBC SOUNDS
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
This episode is about the history of football ⚽️
listen now on BBC SOUNDS
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
December 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Hello!! You can now listen to ep1 of our new family-friendly BBC history show, Dead Funny History. It’s fun, factual, silly, and based on academic research used for You’re Dead To Me episodes
This episode is about the history of football ⚽️
listen now on BBC SOUNDS
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
This episode is about the history of football ⚽️
listen now on BBC SOUNDS
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Yesterday I resumed my 'perambulation' of the 17th century parish boundary of Portishead, the subject of my current research on 'Everyday Life in the Seventeenth Century English Village'. My 'research walk' started where the parishioners would have done, at the church...🧵
December 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Yesterday I resumed my 'perambulation' of the 17th century parish boundary of Portishead, the subject of my current research on 'Everyday Life in the Seventeenth Century English Village'. My 'research walk' started where the parishioners would have done, at the church...🧵
Great idea. I like the layout and building up of analysis. I can see a use for it in my A Level and GCSE classes as revision and review next term (they'll have forgotten everything in the holiday!) #HistoryTeacher #EduSky #SkyStorians
Trialled this last week and I think there will be a lot of ‘visual mapping’ in the crawl to the finish line. Applicable to all Key Stages, initial connection of knowledge to the icons, push to discuss how they link and then explanation questions to finish. #historyteacher
December 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Great idea. I like the layout and building up of analysis. I can see a use for it in my A Level and GCSE classes as revision and review next term (they'll have forgotten everything in the holiday!) #HistoryTeacher #EduSky #SkyStorians
Family has decided to watch #LoveActually. Very much against my better judgement.
December 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Family has decided to watch #LoveActually. Very much against my better judgement.
Great thread. #SkyStorians #EduSky
THREAD 🧵On November 14, 1960 six-year-old Ruby Bridges was escorted by federal marshals in order to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans, LA. This was done in the wake of SCOTUS Brown v. Board decision that mandated integrated schools.
Who was Ruby Bridges?
Glad you asked.
Who was Ruby Bridges?
Glad you asked.
December 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Great thread. #SkyStorians #EduSky
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Okay, as promised, here are my 25 boardgames that would make good presents for historians or the historically-inclined.
- I've played them and enjoyed them
- They have to have a historical theme or be related to the practice of history
- They were within the first 25 I thought of...
- I've played them and enjoyed them
- They have to have a historical theme or be related to the practice of history
- They were within the first 25 I thought of...
December 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Okay, as promised, here are my 25 boardgames that would make good presents for historians or the historically-inclined.
- I've played them and enjoyed them
- They have to have a historical theme or be related to the practice of history
- They were within the first 25 I thought of...
- I've played them and enjoyed them
- They have to have a historical theme or be related to the practice of history
- They were within the first 25 I thought of...
Great thread.
An academic disliked an Oxford Very Short Introduction (145 pages) in his field so much that he wrote a 200 page book review attacking it. www.pierre-legrand.com/ewExternalFi...
December 12, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Great thread.
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We are pleased to announce the first publication from the latest research conducted by the @uclholocaust.bsky.social
It can be downloaded for free from: holocausteducation.org.uk/research/80-years/
@andypearce.bsky.social
@arthurjchapman.bsky.social
@eddorrell.bsky.social
It can be downloaded for free from: holocausteducation.org.uk/research/80-years/
@andypearce.bsky.social
@arthurjchapman.bsky.social
@eddorrell.bsky.social
Teaching and learning about the Holocaust 80 years on: A study of student knowledge and understanding in England – Centre for Holocaust Education
holocausteducation.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We are pleased to announce the first publication from the latest research conducted by the @uclholocaust.bsky.social
It can be downloaded for free from: holocausteducation.org.uk/research/80-years/
@andypearce.bsky.social
@arthurjchapman.bsky.social
@eddorrell.bsky.social
It can be downloaded for free from: holocausteducation.org.uk/research/80-years/
@andypearce.bsky.social
@arthurjchapman.bsky.social
@eddorrell.bsky.social
Quite right. Plenty of other ways to find good info about looking after your offspring. Talking to people, for instance. He clearly doesn't do that...
Sometimes I want to pity these people for the way they've clearly lost any semblance of self or expertise or creativity or joy or thought, but then I hear them talk and start humming La Marseillaise.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Quite right. Plenty of other ways to find good info about looking after your offspring. Talking to people, for instance. He clearly doesn't do that...
Very interesting article about the social niceties of the Austen-era ball. #Skystorians
It’s Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary and @britishacademy.bsky.social postdoctoral fellow @hillaryburlock.bsky.social helps us understand what going to the ball was all about, including the months of preparation required
theconversation.com/inside-the-r...
theconversation.com/inside-the-r...
Inside the Regency ballroom: what you’d experience on a night out with Jane Austen
Ball-goers needed months to prepare for these events.
theconversation.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Very interesting article about the social niceties of the Austen-era ball. #Skystorians
Fascinating article about current investigation into the causes of the Black Death. #Skystorians #HistoryTeacher
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Rare set of varied factors triggered Black Death
Volcanic eruptions in the mid-1340s triggered a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe.
arstechnica.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Fascinating article about current investigation into the causes of the Black Death. #Skystorians #HistoryTeacher
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Anyone interested in marking weightings in Strictly should read this excellent blog post from exam board AQA. #ILoveaMarkScheme www.aqa.org.uk/aqi/what-str...
Strictly Come Dancing and assessment or: How I learned to st…
You may see Strictly Come Dancing is a bit of TV glitz and glamour that enlivens Saturday nights for millions. Or, if you were so inclined, …
www.aqa.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Anyone interested in marking weightings in Strictly should read this excellent blog post from exam board AQA. #ILoveaMarkScheme www.aqa.org.uk/aqi/what-str...
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Absolutely agree l that this is a failure of our current exam curriculum broadly
"Of the 991 history exam questions set in 2023, 357 featured a named individual, but only 31 were women – and nine of those were references to Elizabeth I or her reign."
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Women are still absent from how history is taught and assessed in England
Over a third of GCSE, AS and A-level exam papers in 2023 made no mention of women at all.
bit.ly
December 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Absolutely agree l that this is a failure of our current exam curriculum broadly