raphaelsylvester.bsky.social
History teacher. I don't post.
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Ok thanks. Never heard the phrase before
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What do you mean by structured teaching?
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I like too how the Boer War point is the glorious British victory as opposed to, you know, all the racism and concentration camps and such.
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I'm pleased to confirm that my slave-genital- mutilation-gender-transition scheme of work for Year 8 is great.
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This is my thinking also. But it is controversial for some reason, I think. Thanks
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Are you a believer in withdrawing students from some lessons to boost their general numeracy and literacy?
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@mehdirhasan.bsky.social's was pretty good
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When I say both I didn't read your post properly. We don't mention Biafra.
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We reference both (briefly) for AQA GCSE Empire/Migration, but I don't think they are specifically mentioned in the spec
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Do you know who wrote the entry?!
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Does this apply also for Foundation GCSE? Gove et al deliberately made GCSE History more demanding for the top end, making it virtually impossible (imv) for a student aiming for a 3 or 4 to access the course meaningfully.
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I am not disputing this is an issue but the prevalence is very unclear. Random stats and anecdotes from a union conference don't tell us much.
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So to be clear ... TDS is realising the reality of Trump and of his second term? Some people saw v clearly what it would mean a while ago e.g. see Ezra Klein's pre-election podcasts. I hope you don't mind my saying I think this is a rather frivolous piece.
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In my experience they do send you nice glossy MAT magazines though. So it's not all bad
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Is the big issue with bond yields the interest repayments? Or is it that they are some kind of symptom of wider issues? Or something else.
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I think he is trying to suggest the Palestinian population at large didn't have the generosity of spirit that we all know the Germans did(!)
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Imho jack black was annoying. Jason mamoa was pretty funny
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Ah ok. Thanks for explaining
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Why is this? Increased supply?
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I got sick! I can't blame you but will get back to you when I feel more alive ...
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I don't really understand the second quote tbh
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My instinct is this is a challenge generally not specifically in history. I think I am sceptical that the key is to spend too much time explicitly deconstructing narratives. This has a place but more effective is building intellectual curiosity and literacy.
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... This is not something we are going to achieve solely via the history classroom.
We crossed posts, I'll wait to see any comments!
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Yes we want to complicate the narrative/s but I think it is a q of sequencing, time and accessibility. There is value I believe in knowledge in itself. I would like to help my students to be historically literate, intellectually curious and sceptical of 'the truth' but ...
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Agreed. But what I am saying is that the bulk of history I consume is in the form of narrative. I don't see a problem with that being the case for students also. It's a powerful and engaging tool for learning.
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Looks classy
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Sourdough?
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Isn't narrative the primary tool for content delivery in history generally?
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No
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When he says reciprocal, does he actually mean retaliatory?
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He appears to think it's a tariff on fentanyl imports
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Very fair
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Am I the only one who thinks it isn't really all that good? I haven't seen the last episode yet tbh but I thought 1st episode was excellent (lots of Stephen Graham), 3rd was mediocre and unconvincing, the 2nd in the school really quite bad.
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The heck is cereal milk?
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Good to know thanks. Was pondering whether to bother reading that one.
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Question Arieh. By whom and at what sort of level are these kind of decisions being made and approved, do you think? Is it local ICE people? Or are local politicians/federal people involved in initiating and/or approving?
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Foolishly I went to see the stage version, not having read it. It was simultaneously one of the more boring, unpleasant and ridiculous experiences of my life. I could hardly stop myself from giggling at the absurd ending.
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At a loose end?!
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Genuinely interested in what a knowledge construction hierarchy is
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Yeah. And I recently discovered 'tabling' a motion in America means to defer it ...
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Obviously I am not going to watch or read the interview but I find it amusing that it sounds like JP is just nodding along and saying 'yeah that makes a lot of sense'
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Do you have examples of this re JC? Not saying you are wrong and I agree corbynism had a strong moral superiority vibe. But I recall him behaving in quite a dignified manner towards (at least external) opponents e.g. Cameron
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Q - any recommended reading on this? I mean broadly contemporary stuff, not 1930s etc
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I think it's essentially meaningless as a term meaning anything other than white. I mean what 'culture' does he mean precisely? An obvious shared idea for Js and Cs might be e.g. that all humans are made in the image of God. But I don't really know if that's his point ...
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Same with school teachers. I struggle to persuade most kids to do a few minutes of homework, let alone reshape their entire worldview.
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Q - was Glasman always like this? I used to find him quite interesting, though I didn't know a lot about him or his ideas.
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Thanks!
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Tis good?
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Every time I think maybe I should subscribe to the Guardian again, this kind of sh*te makes me change my mind
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Hertford?