Pete Jackson
@petejackson.bsky.social
History teacher. 23 years in education. Husband. Father of 4 boys. Twinlife. Running. Parkrun Ultra. Oasis. MUFC. FPL. Guitar. Piano. History. Camping. Photography. Mancunian in Yorkshire. Views my own.
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Pete Jackson
@petejackson.bsky.social
· Jun 27
Happy weekend.
Reflecting on a significant week for our family. Change is opportunity! Exciting times ahead. #madforit #lovingthelearning
Reflecting on a significant week for our family. Change is opportunity! Exciting times ahead. #madforit #lovingthelearning
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@petejackson.bsky.social in full flow delivering his workshop on Effective Historical Writing, which was packed full of practical tips for everyone in the room at the SHP Yorkshire History Forum
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
@petejackson.bsky.social in full flow delivering his workshop on Effective Historical Writing, which was packed full of practical tips for everyone in the room at the SHP Yorkshire History Forum
Super evening last night presenting @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire history forum. Great to catch up with fab people in the history community. @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social @historyrichk.bsky.social @robbalding.bsky.social @davidturner2000.bsky.social @joecox23.bsky.social @mr-s-tiffany.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Super evening last night presenting @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire history forum. Great to catch up with fab people in the history community. @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social @historyrichk.bsky.social @robbalding.bsky.social @davidturner2000.bsky.social @joecox23.bsky.social @mr-s-tiffany.bsky.social
Had one of my best form times in years today. We watched 25 mins of The Ashes - Stokes on 🔥
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Had one of my best form times in years today. We watched 25 mins of The Ashes - Stokes on 🔥
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So‼️behold, cover of my first solo book. I hope you like it?! After 33 years & over 20,000 lessons I’ve put pen to paper. So many people have suggested this, encouraged & helped me 💕I truly hope it is beneficial🙏to @katejonesteach.bsky.social for fab foreword. 📕 Publication Spring 2026 🙌🏻
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
So‼️behold, cover of my first solo book. I hope you like it?! After 33 years & over 20,000 lessons I’ve put pen to paper. So many people have suggested this, encouraged & helped me 💕I truly hope it is beneficial🙏to @katejonesteach.bsky.social for fab foreword. 📕 Publication Spring 2026 🙌🏻
Thanks @colinmccormick.bsky.social
Pete doing Pete things. Genius this 🔥🔥 @richkhistory.bsky.social
It's been great to adapt our enquiry - How did the Transatlantic Slave Trade change the world - using the ideas from the Liverpool and the Transatlantic Slave Trade book. Huge thanks to @colinmccormick.bsky.social @katieamery.bsky.social and @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social for your fab work on this.
November 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Thanks @colinmccormick.bsky.social
It's been great to adapt our enquiry - How did the Transatlantic Slave Trade change the world - using the ideas from the Liverpool and the Transatlantic Slave Trade book. Huge thanks to @colinmccormick.bsky.social @katieamery.bsky.social and @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social for your fab work on this.
November 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It's been great to adapt our enquiry - How did the Transatlantic Slave Trade change the world - using the ideas from the Liverpool and the Transatlantic Slave Trade book. Huge thanks to @colinmccormick.bsky.social @katieamery.bsky.social and @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social for your fab work on this.
Would you like to use more historical
stories in your GCSE teaching? Find out more and freely download loads of examples. Spread the word…
#historyteacher
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stories in your GCSE teaching? Find out more and freely download loads of examples. Spread the word…
#historyteacher
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Would you like to use more stories in your GCSE teaching?
Sharing some of our best stories to make GCSE History memorable and engaging.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Would you like to use more historical
stories in your GCSE teaching? Find out more and freely download loads of examples. Spread the word…
#historyteacher
open.substack.com/pub/petejack...
stories in your GCSE teaching? Find out more and freely download loads of examples. Spread the word…
#historyteacher
open.substack.com/pub/petejack...
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10 days to go until the SHP Yorkshire History Forum! Looking forward to sharing principles for teaching Transatlantic Slavery with a local history lens 🔎 @1972shp.bsky.social @danlyndon.bsky.social tickets still available 🎟
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
10 days to go until the SHP Yorkshire History Forum! Looking forward to sharing principles for teaching Transatlantic Slavery with a local history lens 🔎 @1972shp.bsky.social @danlyndon.bsky.social tickets still available 🎟
Reflections on our key stage 3 17th century enquiry
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#historyteacher
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The World Turned Upside Down
Crafting a knowledge-rich 17th century enquiry for Year 8
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November 13, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Reflections on our key stage 3 17th century enquiry
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#historyteacher
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Inspired by the story of Angel Meadow in Manchester for teaching Industrial living conditions for OCR B, I've done something similar for the East End of London in the 20th century using the amazing The Abyss of London by the aptly named Jack London. This story really helps build the East End world
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Inspired by the story of Angel Meadow in Manchester for teaching Industrial living conditions for OCR B, I've done something similar for the East End of London in the 20th century using the amazing The Abyss of London by the aptly named Jack London. This story really helps build the East End world
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Is there any better way to spend a Monday evening - hosting a workshop AND handling Viking artefacts!
Incredible opportunity to get your (gloved) hands on some Viking artefacts at our next Yorkshire History Forum at St Barnabas School in York (Nov 24 5-8pm). Just ask @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social and she'll tell you how awesome they are! Tickets available here: store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Is there any better way to spend a Monday evening - hosting a workshop AND handling Viking artefacts!
The Alpine war is fascinating
I also found this photo of Italian troops fighting the Austrians in the Alps really intriguing. A reminder that we must teach the FWW as a global war and ensured our narratives give enough focus to the Western Front, but don’t allow it to dominate.
November 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The Alpine war is fascinating
Blogpost on some Half-Term thoughts on the purpose of history teaching: open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
Reflections on Herodotus, Thucydides, and the Purpose of History Teaching
There is a well known adage that all modern philosophy is just footnotes to Plato and Aristotle.
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November 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
One of my all time favourite running routes! Beautiful
November 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
One of my all time favourite running routes! Beautiful
New blog - World Turned Upside Down - creating a knowledge-rich 17th century enquiry.
Thanks to @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social whose ideas at last year's HA Conference helped inspire me to look again at this one.
#historyteacher
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Thanks to @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social whose ideas at last year's HA Conference helped inspire me to look again at this one.
#historyteacher
open.substack.com/pub/petejack...
The World Turned Upside Down
Crafting a knowledge-rich 17th century enquiry for Year 8
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October 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM
New blog - World Turned Upside Down - creating a knowledge-rich 17th century enquiry.
Thanks to @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social whose ideas at last year's HA Conference helped inspire me to look again at this one.
#historyteacher
open.substack.com/pub/petejack...
Thanks to @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social whose ideas at last year's HA Conference helped inspire me to look again at this one.
#historyteacher
open.substack.com/pub/petejack...
Battlefields 2025 - a fantastic school trip!
October 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Battlefields 2025 - a fantastic school trip!
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🚨 History teachers, we’re back! 🚨
Join us on 7 Feb 2026 for a day of workshops and a nice curry – all for £25.
Ten years after the ‘knowledge turn’, we’re exploring what knowledge-rich history teaching looks like today.
Presenters & link below 👇
Join us on 7 Feb 2026 for a day of workshops and a nice curry – all for £25.
Ten years after the ‘knowledge turn’, we’re exploring what knowledge-rich history teaching looks like today.
Presenters & link below 👇
October 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
🚨 History teachers, we’re back! 🚨
Join us on 7 Feb 2026 for a day of workshops and a nice curry – all for £25.
Ten years after the ‘knowledge turn’, we’re exploring what knowledge-rich history teaching looks like today.
Presenters & link below 👇
Join us on 7 Feb 2026 for a day of workshops and a nice curry – all for £25.
Ten years after the ‘knowledge turn’, we’re exploring what knowledge-rich history teaching looks like today.
Presenters & link below 👇
Delighted to share this new blog on teaching People’s Health Industrial using the fabulous work of @manchesterhistory.uk and the story of Angel Meadow. I’ve loved working on this. Thanks Dean for your incredible book.
#historyteacher
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#historyteacher
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World building with Angel Meadow
Teaching Industrial People's Health through the story of Victorian Britain's most savage slum
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October 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Delighted to share this new blog on teaching People’s Health Industrial using the fabulous work of @manchesterhistory.uk and the story of Angel Meadow. I’ve loved working on this. Thanks Dean for your incredible book.
#historyteacher
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#historyteacher
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On Nov 24 we will be hosting our 3rd Yorkshire History Forum with 2 workshops for primary and 2 for secondary history teachers, led by wonderful teachers like @petejackson.bsky.social and @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social. Tickets are now available from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...
October 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
On Nov 24 we will be hosting our 3rd Yorkshire History Forum with 2 workshops for primary and 2 for secondary history teachers, led by wonderful teachers like @petejackson.bsky.social and @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social. Tickets are now available from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...
Strongly agree. So many 17th century enquiries miss out King James I. He’s not just fascinating but his reign is crucial foundational knowledge to understand what comes next. Here’s a story we use to kick off our enquiry.
October 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Strongly agree. So many 17th century enquiries miss out King James I. He’s not just fascinating but his reign is crucial foundational knowledge to understand what comes next. Here’s a story we use to kick off our enquiry.
Paris piano cover
October 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Paris piano cover
New blog so that the GCSE historical stories that myself and @benbassett.bsky.social have worked on can be shared with the wider history teaching community. Enjoy.
open.substack.com/pub/petejack...
#historyteacher
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#historyteacher
Would you like to use more stories in your GCSE teaching?
Sharing some of our best stories to make GCSE History memorable and engaging.
open.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
New blog so that the GCSE historical stories that myself and @benbassett.bsky.social have worked on can be shared with the wider history teaching community. Enjoy.
open.substack.com/pub/petejack...
#historyteacher
open.substack.com/pub/petejack...
#historyteacher
Absolutely transfixed by the story of Abel Heywood and Angel Meadow in #changinghistories - this is an incredible story for People’s Health OCR B and got an idea on how to use it to teach pretty much this whole enquiry. Fab world building @willgoodfellow82.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Absolutely transfixed by the story of Abel Heywood and Angel Meadow in #changinghistories - this is an incredible story for People’s Health OCR B and got an idea on how to use it to teach pretty much this whole enquiry. Fab world building @willgoodfellow82.bsky.social
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So excited to be presenting at the next @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire History Forum! Can't wait to continue the conversation about teaching Transatlantic Slavery in different lenses
Delighted to be presenting at this fantastic event organised with @1972shp.bsky.social and alongside the wonderful @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social
Spread the word!
#historyteacher
Spread the word!
#historyteacher
October 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
So excited to be presenting at the next @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire History Forum! Can't wait to continue the conversation about teaching Transatlantic Slavery in different lenses