@mattneil.bsky.social
Teacher, mentor, and coach to young people. I help students find their voice. I teach kids. Co-leader #sschat ➡️ mrneilhistory in the old place.
Interests: Teaching, learning, games, tech, pedagogy, history, psych, soc, philosophy, libraries, tennis & 📚.
Interests: Teaching, learning, games, tech, pedagogy, history, psych, soc, philosophy, libraries, tennis & 📚.
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Each and every day it becomes more clear that our 20+ year focus on stem at the expense of humanities, history, social science, and social studies has been a colossal mistake. We should reverse course immediately and should be pushing for this on a regular basis. #sschat
Appears is a word doing a lot of work these days in major newspapers.
November 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Appears is a word doing a lot of work these days in major newspapers.
Played Scarface 1920 w Bloody Business expansion. Wow, it’s a lot of game mechanics… complex but very, very fun.
Capone eked out control of Chicago despite the Red Dragons domination with the opium and the Rothstein gang’s ongoing kidnap & ransom racket. 🤓
#boardgsmes @redzengames.bsky.social
Capone eked out control of Chicago despite the Red Dragons domination with the opium and the Rothstein gang’s ongoing kidnap & ransom racket. 🤓
#boardgsmes @redzengames.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
Inside the south guard enclosure at the historic Armour Gates which has been boarded up for more than 40 years. The City of South St. Paul voted to tear them down rather than seek historic preservation that the community has been asking for for years.
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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My newest interview is up from Publishers Weekly - honored to be alongside these inspiring librarians! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Comics in the Classroom: Teachers and Librarians Share Their Best Practices
We spoke with three educators about the innovative ways they’re utilizing comics and graphic novels to teach visual literacy and create lifelong readers, one panel at a time.
www.publishersweekly.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
My newest interview is up from Publishers Weekly - honored to be alongside these inspiring librarians! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Surprise! We took last week's Historians At The Movies Watch Party on Ken Burns' The American Revolution and turned it into a podcast. So join me, @lizcovart.bsky.social, @michaelhattem.bsky.social @craigbrucesmith.bsky.social & the #HATM community right here.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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Episode 167: Ken Burns' The American Revolution (Historians' Commentary)
Podcast Episode · Reckoning with Jason Herbert · 11/23/2025 · 2h 13m
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November 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Surprise! We took last week's Historians At The Movies Watch Party on Ken Burns' The American Revolution and turned it into a podcast. So join me, @lizcovart.bsky.social, @michaelhattem.bsky.social @craigbrucesmith.bsky.social & the #HATM community right here.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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Ever enchanted by...
Deep in The Wild Wood
🎨 Chris Dunn
Deep in The Wild Wood
🎨 Chris Dunn
November 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Ever enchanted by...
Deep in The Wild Wood
🎨 Chris Dunn
Deep in The Wild Wood
🎨 Chris Dunn
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If you rebuild it, they will come. #sschat
I haven’t been posting much on Bluesky, still mourning the loss of our wonderful history community formed in the former bird place.
Today I decided to post some of my History (Frog) Hacks🐸, things I wish I knew when I started teaching long ago.
Today I decided to post some of my History (Frog) Hacks🐸, things I wish I knew when I started teaching long ago.
November 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
If you rebuild it, they will come. #sschat
Any teachers out there? Ramping this back up again and figured I would advertise.
I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform.
I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform.
November 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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The American Revolution - Our American Story
Engagement Resource Center
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November 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Teachers—start here: let students search @bunkhistory.bsky.social Bunk Places for their own location and explore local connections, then widen the lens… share your “Aha!” moments in the comments below! #GeographyAwareness Week 🗺️ 🍎 #sschat
Day 2 of #GeographyAwarenessWeek, we’re highlighting @bunkhistory.bsky.social Bunk Places. Search Bunk spatially to see how current events are connected across space & time, dig into history, geography, civics & more through a geospatial lens ...check it out! www.bunkhistory.org/places #sschat 🗺️ 🍎
November 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Teachers—start here: let students search @bunkhistory.bsky.social Bunk Places for their own location and explore local connections, then widen the lens… share your “Aha!” moments in the comments below! #GeographyAwareness Week 🗺️ 🍎 #sschat
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Thor was quite interested.
I muted the video chat b/c I can't hear it and the doc at the same time. The chat is not as nice as doing it in BSKY where we can reply to each other but we still have a good conversation going. #HATM Th
I muted the video chat b/c I can't hear it and the doc at the same time. The chat is not as nice as doing it in BSKY where we can reply to each other but we still have a good conversation going. #HATM Th
November 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Thor was quite interested.
I muted the video chat b/c I can't hear it and the doc at the same time. The chat is not as nice as doing it in BSKY where we can reply to each other but we still have a good conversation going. #HATM Th
I muted the video chat b/c I can't hear it and the doc at the same time. The chat is not as nice as doing it in BSKY where we can reply to each other but we still have a good conversation going. #HATM Th
Great article on images of Boston Massacre and how abolitionists added Attucks back in: daily.jstor.org/crispus-attu... #HATM
Crispus Attucks Needs No Introduction. Or Does He? - JSTOR Daily
The African American Patriot, who died in the Boston Massacre, was erased from visual history. Black abolitionists revived his memory.
daily.jstor.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
If you're interested in how I teach the Boston Massacre to teach students how historians use and weigh primary sources against each other: rmgunter.com/posts/901-in... #HATM
Rachel Michelle Gunter, Ph.D. - Intro to Primary Sources -Boston
After explaining what primary and secondary sources are, I show students how to read and follow these sources. This means keeping an open mind and allowing t...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:23 AM
One last reminder that I’m doing a live watch along of the first episode of the documentary with @lizcovart.bsky.social and @herberthistory.bsky.social of #HATM TONIGHT! We go live at 7:45pm ET.
riverside.fm/studio/histo...
riverside.fm/studio/histo...
November 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
What if Ken Burns’ new documentary felt less like a night on the couch and more like settling into a lively living room of fellow history lovers? Join our Watch Party with 3 early American historians—ask questions, compare insights, enjoy the story together.
This party will be 🔥!
This party will be 🔥!
Ken Burns' The American Revolution Watch Party
Watch the premiere of Ken Burns' The American Revolution on PBS with historians Liz Covart, Jason Herbert, and Michael Hattem.
www.benfranklinsworld.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Exciting news for the new Ken Burns series on the American Revolution. @lizcovart.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social & Historians At The Movies are partnering to bring you a first of its kind watch party next Sunday. Detail below. Share widely. #HATM
open.substack.com/pub/jasonher...
open.substack.com/pub/jasonher...
The American Revolution on PBS
A Historians At The Movies/Ben Franklin’s World Watch Party
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Exciting news for the new Ken Burns series on the American Revolution. @lizcovart.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social & Historians At The Movies are partnering to bring you a first of its kind watch party next Sunday. Detail below. Share widely. #HATM
open.substack.com/pub/jasonher...
open.substack.com/pub/jasonher...
Historians At The Movies is doing something special for the new Ken Burns series. Join in. Details below.
@lizcovart.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social
@lizcovart.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social
Exciting news for the new Ken Burns series on the American Revolution. @lizcovart.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social & Historians At The Movies are partnering to bring you a first of its kind watch party next Sunday. Detail below. Share widely. #HATM
open.substack.com/pub/jasonher...
open.substack.com/pub/jasonher...
November 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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We're sharing materials with Colleges/Universities to have screenings on campuses and discussions about our country's founding. Then join us for a live virtual Campus Conversation about The American Revolution on 11/19. @historians.org @aacu.org @pbs.org Materials are here: shorturl.at/1qlka
October 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We're sharing materials with Colleges/Universities to have screenings on campuses and discussions about our country's founding. Then join us for a live virtual Campus Conversation about The American Revolution on 11/19. @historians.org @aacu.org @pbs.org Materials are here: shorturl.at/1qlka
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We could solve like half the problems in education with smaller class sizes (like 15 instead of 30 kids crushed in a room). Including that it would be easier to find teachers b/c they wouldn’t get so burnt out.
Every decade, we hear "the kids can't read or write!"
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
November 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
We could solve like half the problems in education with smaller class sizes (like 15 instead of 30 kids crushed in a room). Including that it would be easier to find teachers b/c they wouldn’t get so burnt out.
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Billionaires. Maybe one trillionaire.
Why?
How??
@timothynoah.bsky.social pulls the curtain to reveal the oligopoly that has been created without our input. #sschat
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Why?
How??
@timothynoah.bsky.social pulls the curtain to reveal the oligopoly that has been created without our input. #sschat
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Billionaires
Podcast Episode · Civics 101 · 11/11/2025 · 25m
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November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Billionaires. Maybe one trillionaire.
Why?
How??
@timothynoah.bsky.social pulls the curtain to reveal the oligopoly that has been created without our input. #sschat
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Why?
How??
@timothynoah.bsky.social pulls the curtain to reveal the oligopoly that has been created without our input. #sschat
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Exciting news for the new Ken Burns series on the American Revolution. @lizcovart.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social & Historians At The Movies are partnering to bring you a first of its kind watch party next Sunday. Detail below. Share widely. #HATM
open.substack.com/pub/jasonher...
open.substack.com/pub/jasonher...
The American Revolution on PBS
A Historians At The Movies/Ben Franklin’s World Watch Party
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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I think all my spooky besties deserve some treats
October 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I think all my spooky besties deserve some treats