Jennifer Blanchard Sayed
@jdbsayed.bsky.social
Social Studies Coach, Current PhD student, incoming VP of Texas Council for the Social Studies. EdTech; Data Literacy; Inquiry and PBL Learning.
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High school teacher Katharina Matro explains how growing up in Germany and learning about the country’s past “made me a more informed citizen, a more politically aware citizen, a more critical thinker.” #FreedomToLearn #HonestHistory 🗃️
Teaching with Integrity: Confronting a Nation's Past
YouTube video by American Historical Association
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November 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
High school teacher Katharina Matro explains how growing up in Germany and learning about the country’s past “made me a more informed citizen, a more politically aware citizen, a more critical thinker.” #FreedomToLearn #HonestHistory 🗃️
Debate teaches how to hold on to a position no matter what. We need to teach students--and each other--how to see each other's point of view and come to an agreement.
NEW @pbsnews.org Classroom Daily News Lesson —
Viral debate videos are popular, but are they helping resolve differences or making us more polarized? Discuss with this segment from Judy Woodruff's America at a Crossroads series! #sschat
https://loom.ly/1o041wQ
Viral debate videos are popular, but are they helping resolve differences or making us more polarized? Discuss with this segment from Judy Woodruff's America at a Crossroads series! #sschat
https://loom.ly/1o041wQ
How viral debate videos affect civil discourse
Discuss how online debate clips can fuel division and inhibit civil conversation
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November 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Debate teaches how to hold on to a position no matter what. We need to teach students--and each other--how to see each other's point of view and come to an agreement.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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who purges? Autocracies purge.
November 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
who purges? Autocracies purge.
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Just a Reminder about what a Democratic Socialist philosophy is...
November 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Just a Reminder about what a Democratic Socialist philosophy is...
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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#tdih 1920 When told the names absent from voter rolls, Mose Norman said, “We will vote, by God!"
After attempting legal and democratic right to vote, at least 50 African Americans were murdered in Ocoee (Florida) Massacre. 💔 #Terrorism
📷J. Perry. ⬇️🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/oc...
After attempting legal and democratic right to vote, at least 50 African Americans were murdered in Ocoee (Florida) Massacre. 💔 #Terrorism
📷J. Perry. ⬇️🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/oc...
Nov. 2, 1920: The Ocoee Massacre
More than fifty African Americans killed in the Ocoee Massacre after going to vote in Florida.
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November 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
#tdih 1920 When told the names absent from voter rolls, Mose Norman said, “We will vote, by God!"
After attempting legal and democratic right to vote, at least 50 African Americans were murdered in Ocoee (Florida) Massacre. 💔 #Terrorism
📷J. Perry. ⬇️🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/oc...
After attempting legal and democratic right to vote, at least 50 African Americans were murdered in Ocoee (Florida) Massacre. 💔 #Terrorism
📷J. Perry. ⬇️🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/oc...
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#tdih 1994 U.S. DOJ announced prison population topped 1 million for 1st time in U.S. history. Now, US has 4.2% of global pop w/20%+ of world’s prison pop.
Make people in prison & system of mass incarceration visible in curriculum. @prisonpolicy.org ⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pr...
Make people in prison & system of mass incarceration visible in curriculum. @prisonpolicy.org ⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pr...
Oct. 27, 1994: U.S. Prison Population Exceeds One Million
The U.S. Justice Department announced that the prison population topped one million for the first time in U.S. history.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
#tdih 1994 U.S. DOJ announced prison population topped 1 million for 1st time in U.S. history. Now, US has 4.2% of global pop w/20%+ of world’s prison pop.
Make people in prison & system of mass incarceration visible in curriculum. @prisonpolicy.org ⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pr...
Make people in prison & system of mass incarceration visible in curriculum. @prisonpolicy.org ⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pr...
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This is a point that has almost entirely been lost over the past week. If Trump can unilaterally dismantle a National Park Service site like The White House, he can do it at Gettysburg and any other historic site in the system. #NationalParks www.npca.org/articles/112...
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October 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This is a point that has almost entirely been lost over the past week. If Trump can unilaterally dismantle a National Park Service site like The White House, he can do it at Gettysburg and any other historic site in the system. #NationalParks www.npca.org/articles/112...
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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"There isn't a reasonable scenario where we grant some rich people control over the planet's thermostat and everything turns out fine."
My latest:
My latest:
Letting Silicon Valley Geoengineer the Atmosphere Will End Badly
We already have plenty of evidence of what happens when things better left to governments — which in this case might decide to never flip the switch at all — are ceded to private industry.
www.gravityisgone.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"There isn't a reasonable scenario where we grant some rich people control over the planet's thermostat and everything turns out fine."
My latest:
My latest:
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Something has been remarkably absent from mainstream coverage of the "peace deal."
The deal *solely* calls to de-radicalize Palestinians—not Israelis.
But just as Israel violated the deal, Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian woman and a US journalist. Israeli rioters shut down a soccer match.
The deal *solely* calls to de-radicalize Palestinians—not Israelis.
But just as Israel violated the deal, Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian woman and a US journalist. Israeli rioters shut down a soccer match.
Why Is Trump’s ‘Peace Plan’ Focused on Deradicalizing Palestinians, Not Israelis?
Israel violated the ceasefire, while Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian woman and US journalist, and Israeli rioters shut down a soccer match.
zeteo.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Something has been remarkably absent from mainstream coverage of the "peace deal."
The deal *solely* calls to de-radicalize Palestinians—not Israelis.
But just as Israel violated the deal, Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian woman and a US journalist. Israeli rioters shut down a soccer match.
The deal *solely* calls to de-radicalize Palestinians—not Israelis.
But just as Israel violated the deal, Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian woman and a US journalist. Israeli rioters shut down a soccer match.
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ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
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WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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“Never before in its history has humanity built a civilisation that had at its disposal so many different technologies to monitor, measure and predict its own collapse - yet has been so unwilling to do anything about it”
From my book THE UNHAPPINESS MACHINE
From my book THE UNHAPPINESS MACHINE
October 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
“Never before in its history has humanity built a civilisation that had at its disposal so many different technologies to monitor, measure and predict its own collapse - yet has been so unwilling to do anything about it”
From my book THE UNHAPPINESS MACHINE
From my book THE UNHAPPINESS MACHINE
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Frank was Antifa.
Frank Sinatra on what it means to be an American in 1945
October 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Frank was Antifa.
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How can we make real #history
come alive in the #AI age? The answer — take kids out into the world to see and feel and imagine it for themselves — lies in this lovely #NPR story about the
#TenementMuseum in #NYC. Please pass it on! #EduSky #SSChat #teachable
www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...
come alive in the #AI age? The answer — take kids out into the world to see and feel and imagine it for themselves — lies in this lovely #NPR story about the
#TenementMuseum in #NYC. Please pass it on! #EduSky #SSChat #teachable
www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...
This museum immerses students in U.S. history: 'You can smell it, touch it, see it'
At New York City's Tenement Museum, high schoolers explore the American experience through the eyes of one 1860s-era Black family.
www.npr.org
October 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
How can we make real #history
come alive in the #AI age? The answer — take kids out into the world to see and feel and imagine it for themselves — lies in this lovely #NPR story about the
#TenementMuseum in #NYC. Please pass it on! #EduSky #SSChat #teachable
www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...
come alive in the #AI age? The answer — take kids out into the world to see and feel and imagine it for themselves — lies in this lovely #NPR story about the
#TenementMuseum in #NYC. Please pass it on! #EduSky #SSChat #teachable
www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...
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Jared Kushner just helped cut a deal for the U.S. in the Middle East while simultaneously deepening a $55 billion private investment deal with Saudi Arabia.
That is more than just “questionable.”
It’s one of the most brazen conflicts of interest in memory.👇
That is more than just “questionable.”
It’s one of the most brazen conflicts of interest in memory.👇
October 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Jared Kushner just helped cut a deal for the U.S. in the Middle East while simultaneously deepening a $55 billion private investment deal with Saudi Arabia.
That is more than just “questionable.”
It’s one of the most brazen conflicts of interest in memory.👇
That is more than just “questionable.”
It’s one of the most brazen conflicts of interest in memory.👇
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i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
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“Their strategy is to play divide and conquer, rewarding friends and brutally punishing opponents. They win when society cracks, creating a self-enforcing set of expectations, in which everyone shuts up and complies because everyone expects everyone else to shut up and comply, too.” - excellent
"It wanted to signal strength. Instead, it’s revealing its weakness. The administration’s need to break the academy is forcing it to make a desperately risky gamble." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.
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October 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“Their strategy is to play divide and conquer, rewarding friends and brutally punishing opponents. They win when society cracks, creating a self-enforcing set of expectations, in which everyone shuts up and complies because everyone expects everyone else to shut up and comply, too.” - excellent
When I was teaching, I showed this to my students every year.
We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire
October 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
When I was teaching, I showed this to my students every year.
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So, uhm, what's the track record of countries where members of the governing regime start clamoring for a "cleansing" of the political opponent?
Always remember: No matter how much they escalate the rhetoric, it doesn't mean they'll be able to do it. But let's not pretend they aren't trying.
Always remember: No matter how much they escalate the rhetoric, it doesn't mean they'll be able to do it. But let's not pretend they aren't trying.
Schmitt: "Let's just call it out. We need a cleansing here. Let's just be truthful about what's happening. This left-wing political violence is not a both sides thing. It's not."
October 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
So, uhm, what's the track record of countries where members of the governing regime start clamoring for a "cleansing" of the political opponent?
Always remember: No matter how much they escalate the rhetoric, it doesn't mean they'll be able to do it. But let's not pretend they aren't trying.
Always remember: No matter how much they escalate the rhetoric, it doesn't mean they'll be able to do it. But let's not pretend they aren't trying.
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Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"