AP Gov; Brian Taylor

High school AP government and IB history teacher. Model UN and NHS also. In my spare time I create study guides for #CrashCourse history & government videos 😉

[Epic Maps 🗺️ @theepicmap]

Human population density around the world.

📽: Tyler Morgan-Wall

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The history of the United States of America

[AP Gov; Brian Taylor @WOAPGOV]

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃

[National Constitution Center @ConstitutionCtr]

The American Revolution, a six-part series directed by @KenBurns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt, is now airing on @PBS!

@ConstitutionCtr is proud to partner with PBS LearningMedia in the creation of educational materials for the series.

Stream now: https://t.co/25w9pOd4bb and check out the new companion special taped at the NCC and featuring @RosenJeffrey, A More Perfect Union: Inspiring Civic & Civil Conversations Across America, airing Nov. 24 on PBS.

[National Constitution Center @ConstitutionCtr]

One of the more obscure presidents in American history, Chester Alan Arthur, is born #OnThisDay in 1829.

After assuming the presidency, Arthur set his own independent course for his remaining three years in office.
https://t.co/05JLWzJELa

[National Constitution Center @ConstitutionCtr]

#OnThisDay in 1805, French historian Alexis de Tocqueville is born in Paris. He is most well-known for authoring “Democracy in America.”

Learn more about his writings with #AmericasTownHall: https://t.co/vDswZelPHs

[Retro Report @RetroReport]

#Teachers, our new curriculum-aligned U.S. History subject page makes it even easier to discover free Retro Report short docs, lessons and student activities. Explore the new page today, and access resources on specific eras of U.S. History, such as the American Revolution and the Civil Rights era: https://t.co/uwadXqYzWP

[Allie K. Miller @alliekmiller]

Had to share the most heartwarming use of AI I’ve seen yet.

A teacher made AI-generated images of her students as adults living their dream careers (ex: astronaut, football player, cartoonist, veterinarian) 🫶

[no context the west wing @LemonLymancom]

25 years ago today, President Bartlet made his first entrance with these lines "I am the Lord your God, thou shalt worship no other god before me." Boy, those were the days, huh?"

[Today In History @URDailyHistory]

6 July 1776: The #Pennsylvania Evening Post in #Philadelphia is the first paper to publish the Declaration of Independence, which had been adopted by the Continental #Congress on July 4. #americanrevolution #History #OnThisDay #ad https://t.co/TpZRq1zTNi

[AP Gov; Brian Taylor @WOAPGOV]

A recap of the last debate…

[Retro Report @RetroReport]

The debate this week between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will be the earliest a presidential debate has been televised. Take a look at the history of presidential debates on TV in our documentary. https://t.co/jADstLoBta

[Military History Now @MilHistNow]

RIGHT NOW in 1944, the first of 20,000 Allied paratroopers are dropping into Normandy. The long-awaited liberation of France has begun.

[National Constitution Center @ConstitutionCtr]

For many people, #MemorialDay is the symbol of summer’s start. What’s lost to some today is its original meaning.

Explore the real reason for the holiday with #ConstitutionDaily: https://t.co/9KacMIOpg8

[The Associated Press @AP]

70 years ago, school integration was a dream many believed could actually happen. It hasn't https://t.co/sOAHxZOw3R

[National Constitution Center @ConstitutionCtr]

#OnThisDay in 1995, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor became the first woman to preside over #SCOTUS, when she sat in for Chief Justice Rehnquist, who was out of town.

Read about her role in landmark cases on #ConstitutionDaily: https://t.co/gl5gVPFk2p

[Mr. Emrich @mremrich1]

A few things…
1. 56 signers not 55
2. James Madison did not sign the Declaration
3. Lincoln was born in 1809
4. John Jay did not sign the Declaration
5. Alexander Hamilton did not sign the Declaration
6. George Washington did not sign the Declaration
🤦‍♂️

[Today In History @URDailyHistory]

23 Feb 1945: #Marines raise the United States #flag during the Battle of Iwo Jima atop Mount #Suribachi. The battle began on February 19 and ended on March 26. #WWII #WW2 #history #HistoryMatters #HistoryMakers #ad https://t.co/YpTJuTtm4d

[Today In History @URDailyHistory]

16 Feb 600: As the bubonic #plague is raging Europe, #Pope Gregory I, known as Gregory the Great, is thought to have decreed that one say "God bless you" to anyone who #sneezes in order to protect against becoming ill. #history #ad https://t.co/PRuD3IhKSH https://t.co/tZEx2uIneE