Ross Newton

Historian of early America, educator @LearnWithCES, & disability history consultant @EmergingAmerica. Believer in a more perfect union and #DisabilityJustice

[Ross Newton @drrossnewton]

My @CommonplaceJrnl article on Religious Gents & their fancy pew @OldNorth1723 is live! Many thanks to Wendy Woloson and the staff @AmAntiquarian and @UConn for help putting it together! https://t.co/we8SjzR8qw

[Yesterday's Print @yesterdaysprint]

Appeal to Reason, Girard, Kansas, May 11, 1912

[Ross Newton @drrossnewton]

Attention K-12 History teachers in the US

[Ross Newton @drrossnewton]

@sdfahrenthold Sending hugs and non hugs <3

[🇺🇸 JewWhoHasItAll @JewWhoHasItAll]

Dear Teachers,

The Christian holiday of Easter is approaching.

Since it always falls on First Day and sometimes falls during Pesach Break, as it does this year, you may not be aware that our Christian students are celebrating this Christian holiday.

1/27

[Ross Newton @drrossnewton]

@sdfahrenthold I can think of two wonderful villagers who live close enough to do this!

[Matt Cross @wildforest_matt]

Perhaps the problem with discussions over Cecil Rhodes is that people do not really understand who and what Rhodes was.

They think he was another of those racist 19th century colonialists now being judged for his racist views.

This is not so. 1/15

[Age of Revolutions @AgeofRevs]

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[Ross Newton @drrossnewton]

In the future I will try to persuade John and Abigail to focus on the joys and tribulations of long distance relationships (but not “romping through Cupid’s grove with great agility”), the benefit of inoculations, and the obvious superiority of the Massachusetts constitution.

[Ross Newton @drrossnewton]

3 year old today to his mom: “I don’t like John and Abigail. They say mean things to me.” Apparently while they were attempting to commiserate with him this morning about how hard it is to stop playing and go to the potty, they monologued about the the Alien and Sedition Act.

[Ross Newton @drrossnewton]

"It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball, in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War..." https://t.co/dId3OuLygh

[Ross Newton @drrossnewton]

@ThatEricAlper Woah,...

[Ross Newton @drrossnewton]

U.S. coronavirus cases: Tracking deaths, confirmed cases by state - Washington Post https://t.co/vQRJbbKn2e

[Mass Humanities @MassHumanities]

#OTD in 1787, 2,000 farmers from western Massachusetts attacked the new federal arsenal at Springfield. This was the beginning of the end of the uprising known as Shays' Rebellion. https://t.co/j0ivtxNQeH #masshistory

[Ross Newton @drrossnewton]

Srsly... "What other body would be likely to feel CONFIDENCE ENOUGH IN ITS OWN SITUATION, to preserve, unawed and uninfluenced, the necessary impartiality between an INDIVIDUAL accused, and the REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE, HIS ACCUSERS?" -#Hamilton #Federalist65

[Ross Newton @drrossnewton]

So thankful for the founder's forward-thinking wisdom: "Where else than in the Senate could have been found a tribunal sufficiently dignified, or sufficiently independent?..."

[Ross Newton @drrossnewton]

I am a history Ph.D. who is excited to leave higher education to teach in Western Massachusetts. As you can imagine, I have a lot of other logistics to figure out and a busy summer of training. I'll send you an email and hopefully we can work this out. -Ross

[Ross Newton @drrossnewton]

Greetings, @johnfallon I have issues with Pearson Learning and their lengthy process for providing testing accommodation requests. On 4/30, I requested a ball mouse and adjustable table. No medical documentation was required, and these requests were approved on 5/17.

[Ross Newton @drrossnewton]

I should mention how hard the accommodation associate I spoke with today tried to help. There's an easy solution here. Persons requesting basic accommodations that don't require documentation should be able to call and schedule tests with a reasonable lead time to ensure needs.