Rachel W

A happy history teacher from the north, teaching in London. Loves Jesus, mountains and an audible book.

[Rachel W @Rachel_noodle]

Great discussion on how AI currently can’t reason well like humans even if in some cases it looks like it is https://t.co/y8hwyYsDtG

[Rachel W @Rachel_noodle]

A great chat about desirable difficulty, interleaved learning and retrieval practice - parking here so I remember to re-listen: https://t.co/XSChAHea1Z

[Rachel W @Rachel_noodle]

Helpful interview on starting AI https://t.co/5ffNxMV54M

[Rachel W @Rachel_noodle]

Note takers or given notes increase future recall. Laptops/tech increase distraction and reduces likelihood of categorising and selecting in contrast to analogue. Power of verbal signposting and purpose/use of note taking with retrieval practice. https://t.co/ov93Byf6AT

[Rachel W @Rachel_noodle]

Not that in a recorded case, Asa, a lady in Yorkshire, separated from her husband, won and held her land in her own right. This all changed under the Norman Conquest.

[Rachel W @Rachel_noodle]

Reading #normalwomen and gripped already. I didn’t know that Anglo-Saxons had a system of ‘good lordship,’ where women had legal rights, owned land, their fortune, ruled tenants, could marry or separate freely and choose their heirs! 1/3 of wills were written by women & signed.

[Rachel W @Rachel_noodle]

Thank you @SwapnaHaddow for your brilliant historical fiction. Our KS3 bookclub had some brilliant discussions from it and enjoyed reading it! https://t.co/TNpWM8bIGK

[Rachel W @Rachel_noodle]

Interesting to hear Dominic Sandbrook’s answer on the decline in history (1/3rd) & humanities and what the future for academics and studies may look like in this national/western trend (14min in)
https://t.co/XiZOsNwJ65

[Teacher's Manual @UnofficialOA]

If I could, I would insist that everyone in the profession share and sign this petition for a full enquiry into the Ofsted inspection of Caverhsam Primary School.

#edutwitter

https://t.co/fpacK2Sbg7

[Rachel W @Rachel_noodle]

@RoryStewartUK I teach Italian A-Level and use these texts with my pupils for further reading. I recommend ‘Mussolini’ by R.J.B Bosworth published by Bloomsbury. I also really like D Mack Smith. He has one on Mussolini and a great overview, “Modern Italy.”

[Rachel W @Rachel_noodle]

By 1740 Liverpool saw 33 slave ships annually set sail, controlling 60% of the British slave trade. Bristol sent 50 ships per year to Africa between 1728-1733, transporting more than 100,000 Africans.

[Rachel W @Rachel_noodle]

Nearly 40# of the world’s financial assets are located in city-state jurisdictions like Gibralta, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, Singapore & HK. The dominance of these cities, London & finance goes back to Empire

[Rachel W @Rachel_noodle]

Why is London the centre of international bullion trade when there is little gold in Lnd? Goes back to Moses Mocatta & the East India Company who started shipped gold together at the end of the 17th century #empireland

[Rachel W @Rachel_noodle]

The African World Reparations and Repatrian Truth Commission suggested $778 trillion as a sun for reparations paid to compensate lives lost in the African slave trade, gold, diamonds and other resources stolen during colonisation #empireland

[Rachel W @Rachel_noodle]

Klas Rönnbäck of Gothenburg University estimated that the triangular slave trade between England, Africa & the Caribbean peaked at 6% of GDP, with total output dependant on slavery being 12% - which is about the same as today’s GDP in the UK for professional services #empireland

[Molly Navey @MollyNavey]

It was so exciting and interesting using @Sesc_Cam's incredible research to create this pack. Y9 were really engrossed in the individual stories and broader social history in Britain when I taught it last year. Really looking forward to teaching it again!

[𝔇𝔯 𝔈𝔪𝔪𝔞 𝔍. 𝔚𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔰 @Emma_J_Wells]

I did a thing: made a space for writing & audio, where I can be creative & freely discuss churches and their history (& much more)…oh, & feel a bit valued (yeah, that!) There’s a small fee (so bit nervous) but I offer as much as possible in return. And / https://t.co/AMDQT71KvV

[Versus History @VersusHistory]

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[Rachel W @Rachel_noodle]

Tipu Sultan ruled 1782-1799 and was defeated by the EIC. The later twice serving PM Wellesley, Duke of Wellington being there. Seringapatam was looted, people murdered & raped. They found the ‘Tipu’s Tiger’ which is still in the V&A.

[Rachel W @Rachel_noodle]

Dr Mark Walker, 2014 returning two Benin bronzes inherited from his great grandfather who had been one of the British who looted Benin.