Keith C. Barton
@kcbarton.bsky.social
Professor at Indiana University. History education, social studies, civic education. Warning: feed may include photos of my fabulous granddaughters. Justiceandharmony.com
If you like the @visionsofed.bsky.social podcast in which @alexandercuenca.bsky.social and I discuss my new book with Elizabeth Washington, you'll also like this @c4cpodcast.bsky.social with @liching22.bsky.social and myself. Check out their whole series! Let me know if you can't access it. #sschat
Episode 1_Critical Harmony: A Pathway to Social Justice and Global Citizenship Education_Insights from Keith Barton and Li-Ching Ho
Podcast Episode · Conversations 4 Citizenship · 03/21/2024 · 59m
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June 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
If you like the @visionsofed.bsky.social podcast in which @alexandercuenca.bsky.social and I discuss my new book with Elizabeth Washington, you'll also like this @c4cpodcast.bsky.social with @liching22.bsky.social and myself. Check out their whole series! Let me know if you can't access it. #sschat
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It’s going to be real tough to discuss Japanese American internment without saying something negative.
All national parks now have this sign. Sanitizing crimes and erasing memory is one more step towards a white supremacist version of history.
All national parks now have this sign. Sanitizing crimes and erasing memory is one more step towards a white supremacist version of history.
June 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It’s going to be real tough to discuss Japanese American internment without saying something negative.
All national parks now have this sign. Sanitizing crimes and erasing memory is one more step towards a white supremacist version of history.
All national parks now have this sign. Sanitizing crimes and erasing memory is one more step towards a white supremacist version of history.
Free open access book! Link in comments. #socialstudies #peaceeducation #socialeducation #globaleducation
June 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Free open access book! Link in comments. #socialstudies #peaceeducation #socialeducation #globaleducation
In my department
Cuts at the NSF decimate research team at IU
For researchers at IU, cuts at the National Science Foundation means not only the end of their projects but sometimes the end of their jobs.
indianapublicmedia.org
May 31, 2025 at 11:17 PM
In my department
"Rebuilding a Democracy in Ruins," including chapters by LaGarrett King and Richard Williams, Li-Ching Ho Tricia Seow and Xian Hui Tan, Jennifer Hauver, Kristen Duncan, Jillian Carter Ford, Kathryn Ellerhoff Engebretson, and Alexandria Hollett
🎙️NEW POD🎙️ Episode 213: The Future of Civic Education with @kcbarton.bsky.social & Alex Cuenca: visionsofed.com/2025/04/21/e...
In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Drs. Barton and Cuenca about the new book, “The Future of Civic Education: Rebuilding a Democracy in Ruins.”
In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Drs. Barton and Cuenca about the new book, “The Future of Civic Education: Rebuilding a Democracy in Ruins.”
April 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
"Rebuilding a Democracy in Ruins," including chapters by LaGarrett King and Richard Williams, Li-Ching Ho Tricia Seow and Xian Hui Tan, Jennifer Hauver, Kristen Duncan, Jillian Carter Ford, Kathryn Ellerhoff Engebretson, and Alexandria Hollett
National History Day has been eliminated.
April 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
National History Day has been eliminated.
Head Start has been shut down in the Midwest (probably elsewhere too).
Executive director: Head Start office abruptly shut down
The Region 5 office of Head Start was abruptly closed and all federal staff were placed on administrative leave until June without warning, according to the Michigan Head Start Association.
www.wnem.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Head Start has been shut down in the Midwest (probably elsewhere too).
Li-Ching Ho and I just published this article on #hope and #historyteaching in the journal of the New South Wales History Teachers Association. DM for a higher-res version. #SSChat #iteachsocialstudies
March 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Li-Ching Ho and I just published this article on #hope and #historyteaching in the journal of the New South Wales History Teachers Association. DM for a higher-res version. #SSChat #iteachsocialstudies
Old stuff in Ireland
March 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Old stuff in Ireland
It is easy to feel powerless in the current moment, when political action seems too risky, too pointless, or both. But there are many things we can, and must, do if we want a better world than the one we’re caught up in now.
February 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It is easy to feel powerless in the current moment, when political action seems too risky, too pointless, or both. But there are many things we can, and must, do if we want a better world than the one we’re caught up in now.
Social studies teachers (or history/social science teachers): Help me out with some ideas, even inspiration, by completing this sentence—“As social studies teachers, we…” (do what?) #sschat #iteachsocialstudies @edusky.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Social studies teachers (or history/social science teachers): Help me out with some ideas, even inspiration, by completing this sentence—“As social studies teachers, we…” (do what?) #sschat #iteachsocialstudies @edusky.bsky.social
Social studies teachers (or history/social science teachers): Help me out with some ideas, even inspiration, by completing this sentence—“As social studies teachers, we…” #sschat #iteachsocialstudies @edusky.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Social studies teachers (or history/social science teachers): Help me out with some ideas, even inspiration, by completing this sentence—“As social studies teachers, we…” #sschat #iteachsocialstudies @edusky.bsky.social
Teachers and teacher-educators who are looking for hope in these troubled times might be interested in this webinar
@liching22.bsky.social and I are doing next week on teaching for #hope. Everyone is welcome to join. @edusky.bsky.social
#socialstudies #sschat #iteachsocialstudies #civiceducation
@liching22.bsky.social and I are doing next week on teaching for #hope. Everyone is welcome to join. @edusky.bsky.social
#socialstudies #sschat #iteachsocialstudies #civiceducation
January 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Teachers and teacher-educators who are looking for hope in these troubled times might be interested in this webinar
@liching22.bsky.social and I are doing next week on teaching for #hope. Everyone is welcome to join. @edusky.bsky.social
#socialstudies #sschat #iteachsocialstudies #civiceducation
@liching22.bsky.social and I are doing next week on teaching for #hope. Everyone is welcome to join. @edusky.bsky.social
#socialstudies #sschat #iteachsocialstudies #civiceducation
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The early dreams about the internet focused on connecting people with each other
Now tech companies are using the internet to keep us isolated and divided, talking to phantoms and absorbing lies
Now tech companies are using the internet to keep us isolated and divided, talking to phantoms and absorbing lies
Meta’s army of AI-powered “users” includes this “fiercely loyal mom” who bills herself as the “realest source for life’s ups and downs.”
The account was created in Sept. 2023, and has more than 1,300 followers (although how many may be fellow bots, who knows?).
www.instagram.com/himamaliv?ig...
The account was created in Sept. 2023, and has more than 1,300 followers (although how many may be fellow bots, who knows?).
www.instagram.com/himamaliv?ig...
January 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The early dreams about the internet focused on connecting people with each other
Now tech companies are using the internet to keep us isolated and divided, talking to phantoms and absorbing lies
Now tech companies are using the internet to keep us isolated and divided, talking to phantoms and absorbing lies
A cold day for activism at Indiana University on this 60th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley, but oppression knows no weather, and neither can resistance.
December 6, 2024 at 5:51 PM
A cold day for activism at Indiana University on this 60th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley, but oppression knows no weather, and neither can resistance.
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This. A hundred times this.
December 5, 2024 at 7:09 PM
This. A hundred times this.
Reposted by Keith C. Barton
HERJ's cover captures what we're all about: research exploring how to enthuse children & young people 2 learn about the past & it's traces. If U haven't already, head over 2 our diamond open access @uclpress.bsky.social site - journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/. Join the conversatoin? #historyeducation
December 1, 2024 at 9:58 PM
HERJ's cover captures what we're all about: research exploring how to enthuse children & young people 2 learn about the past & it's traces. If U haven't already, head over 2 our diamond open access @uclpress.bsky.social site - journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/. Join the conversatoin? #historyeducation
On @secnetwork.bsky.social Richard Hendrix said some people would consider Georgia State’s high-post offense “archaic,” and I’m here for that kind of vocabulary. It almost makes up for his pulling out “differential” in the first half.
November 30, 2024 at 12:56 AM
On @secnetwork.bsky.social Richard Hendrix said some people would consider Georgia State’s high-post offense “archaic,” and I’m here for that kind of vocabulary. It almost makes up for his pulling out “differential” in the first half.
Join Carole Hahn, Tracey Alviar-Martin, Jongsung Kim, and myself next Saturday, Dec. 7. at 1100 EST (US) as we discuss our experiences in international research in social studies education. Sponsored by the International Assembly of @ncssnetwork.bsky.social Registration at link.
NCSS IA Webinar
In this webinar, NCSS International Assembly members who have abundant experience in international comparative research in social studies education will answer the following questions:
What are your ...
https://sites.google.com/view/ncssiawebinar/홈
November 29, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Join Carole Hahn, Tracey Alviar-Martin, Jongsung Kim, and myself next Saturday, Dec. 7. at 1100 EST (US) as we discuss our experiences in international research in social studies education. Sponsored by the International Assembly of @ncssnetwork.bsky.social Registration at link.
Indiana University International and Comparative Education Online Master’s Degree Applications Now Open for 2025!
This program develops practitioners & scholars who understand the economic, social, political, and cultural forces shaping schooling in regional, national, and international contexts.
This program develops practitioners & scholars who understand the economic, social, political, and cultural forces shaping schooling in regional, national, and international contexts.
International and Comparative Education: Academics: School of Education: Indiana University Bloomington
Earn a degree in International and Comparative Education from the IU School of Education. Learn about degree requirements, faculty and current students, and career opportunities for graduates.
go.iu.edu
November 29, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Indiana University International and Comparative Education Online Master’s Degree Applications Now Open for 2025!
This program develops practitioners & scholars who understand the economic, social, political, and cultural forces shaping schooling in regional, national, and international contexts.
This program develops practitioners & scholars who understand the economic, social, political, and cultural forces shaping schooling in regional, national, and international contexts.
Democracy and Art exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
November 22, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Democracy and Art exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
On the topic of the FASSE grant from @cufancss.bsky.social and @ncssnetwork.bsky.social : This fund dates back to the 1960s and was originally financed by a bequest from the estate of Mary Kelty, third woman president of NCSS, who was killed in a car wreck in 1964.
November 21, 2024 at 10:39 PM
On the topic of the FASSE grant from @cufancss.bsky.social and @ncssnetwork.bsky.social : This fund dates back to the 1960s and was originally financed by a bequest from the estate of Mary Kelty, third woman president of NCSS, who was killed in a car wreck in 1964.