Travis Novack

Upper School social studies teacher. Tweets are my own.

[Geo Baker @Geo_Baker_1]

The NCAA OWNS my name image and likeness. Someone on music scholarship can profit from an album. Someone on academic scholarship can have a tutor service. For ppl who say “an athletic scholarship is enough.” Anything less than equal rights is never enough. I am #NotNCAAProperty

[Travis Novack @MrNovackHistory]

This week in my classes I'm covering the Holocaust, the origins of the Transatlantic slave trade, and the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution. My faith in humanity may need a little reviving when all is said and done.

[Secretary Janet Yellen (Archived) @SecYellen]

Economics isn’t just something you find in a textbook. It can be a potent tool to right past wrongs and improve people’s lives. That’s why so many of Treasury’s 84,000 public servants joined the Department.

Today, I am proud to be one of them.

[Travis Novack @MrNovackHistory]

@sziemnik2198 Thank you so much for this! I shared it with my department and our advisory groups. This resource was a great way to have this important conversation in a remote setting.

[Chaps @UncleChaps]

Watching this unfold as the thick glass walls of American exceptionalism erodes in the eyes of the world is gut wrenching. For decades we’ve lauded our democracy as the city on the hill that shines the brightest. Today, that hill was a landfill. Embarrassing.

[Travis Novack @MrNovackHistory]

Absolutely disgusted.

[Patricia @TeacherPrepTech]

@scotthmoss @cogswell_ben @CynthiaChandler @bconradcapital @cluzniak @plan_w_purpose @AmpedUpLearning @McmahonClass @MrNovackHistory @Dietrichucation @withheartproj @brendonjobs @DrTraceyBenson @cheryl_phd

[Travis Novack @MrNovackHistory]

@marcorubio So socialism starts at $2001 per person?

[TooDopeTeachers @TooDopeTeachers]

I've felt this way for a while, but I am SO OVER GRADES

[Alex Sexton @SlexAxton]

I feel like we didn’t focus enough on the fact that someone in the Trump campaign meant to schedule the “four seasons hotel” but definitely accidentally scheduled this “four seasons landscaping” store and they had to follow through with it. Veep was not this good.

[Travis Novack @MrNovackHistory]

This. All of this.

[Miranda Johnson @JohnsonMirandaB]

Concerned about the digital divide during COVID-19? Check out this great blog post by @LoyolaLaw student Timothy Higus highlighting key legal, policy, and practical considerations for K-12 students left unconnected during this time. https://t.co/Tezy5ZgVut

[Travis Novack @MrNovackHistory]

Harkness was definitely a scary thing to try at first, but I'm glad I did. It's such a great feeling when your students take ownership of the conversation and their own learning https://t.co/Wto8kOJX4W

[Patricia @TeacherPrepTech]

Hear what teachers @ have to say about distance learning and lessons learned in the first few weeks of school on my latest episode of Teacher Prep @MrNovackHistory @McmahonClass @Dietrichucation https://t.co/hFLhT6yMKp

[The New York Times @nytimes]

The number of people experiencing potentially life-threatening food insecurity in the developing world is expected to nearly double this year to 265 million, the UN reports. Children especially are at increased risk. https://t.co/dQ3kLnF3zA

[Travis Novack @MrNovackHistory]

Neural pathway design challenge @TheCTTL

[Governor Rauner @GovRauner]

Joined students from Morgan Park Academy in Chicago today to launch 'Illinois Chronicles.' Available to teachers statewide as part of the #Illinois200 Bicentennial, it will help teach children about our state's incredible history: https://t.co/YZRjh2XFYb

[Travis Novack @MrNovackHistory]

You know who wants that statue of Robert E. Lee taken down? Robert E. Lee https://t.co/F47xsGEloH

[Travis Novack @MrNovackHistory]

You mean seeking reconciliation and avoiding retaliation because it would create "a string of anti-American sentiment"? #factsmatter https://t.co/1lel4cwToG

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

Study what General Pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years!