Elliott Earle

Educator, archives enthusiast, #TeachwStuff advocate.

[Elliott Earle @elliottearle]

New today: I wrote about making friends with ghosts in the archives. @ducomarchives https://t.co/deD6fuTOtk

[Elliott Earle @elliottearle]

@EvanMoorehead There also might be correspondence of his in the records of important people he was buddies with or worked with. That kind of stuff wouldn't be digitized, but it's worth a check-in with the archivists managing the collections. It seems like you're in this for the long haul 😂

[Elliott Earle @elliottearle]

@EvanMoorehead My spider-senses are telling me HSP might have some stuff. I think they've got all of the Philly newspapers on file and their photo morgues. Does the broadcasting company he worked with still exist? Where are their records at?

[Elliott Earle @elliottearle]

@EvanMoorehead Dude he even looks like you. This is so fun.

[Elliott Earle @elliottearle]

Some of my kids who tanked the first big test of the year did so much better on the second one. So cool. We're all getting better together!

[Elliott Earle @elliottearle]

This time two years ago I was really struggling to find effective strategies for using primary source maps with students. Looking at my curriculum now... maps make up over half of what I've been using in the last couple of units. Check out that glow up, eh? #TeachwStuff

[Elliott Earle @elliottearle]

Random source of joy from the classroom: watching my kids warm up to and befriend the new student in class.

[Elliott Earle @elliottearle]

Last night's topics included:
- Arthur Weasley: kind-hearted empath or cultural tourist?
- A fake history of beer ball
- Why the Shrek soundtrack should have won a grammy
- Intro to charcuterie
- An impassioned defense of "Scott's Tots"
- How Americans can get to Mars by 1982

[Elliott Earle @elliottearle]

I mean I often talk about the Second Great Awakening at parties but this was the first time I was explicitly invited to.

[Elliott Earle @elliottearle]

What a good two days! They did so well with this. Their engagement was really cool to see. Some kids who usually hang back came out and really shined. Wonderful!

[Elliott Earle @elliottearle]

One unit down, a little more comfortable in the classroom. Time to start getting a little more creative. A lil more primary sourcey.
Tomorrow is Waldseemüller! Excited to see what they make of this.
#TeachwStuff

[Elliott Earle @elliottearle]

It took a small army of compassionate and concerned colleagues at my new school to convince me to go home and get healthy when I was still so sick today. Here's to new and better mentors, y'all.

[Elliott Earle @elliottearle]

My mentor during my student teaching used to brag about doing her job while she was so sick that she needed a just-in-case trash can in front of her the whole time.

[Elliott Earle @elliottearle]

I loved my experience in museum and archives education, but by golly am I glad to be in a classroom this year. I get to build relationships and watch kids grow and stuff. So tight.

[Elliott Earle @elliottearle]

I'm finding that one of the most challenging parts of being a first year teacher is developing an organizational system that works. Someone hands me a piece of paper and I panic because I'm not quite sure where it should live. Any ideas?

[Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed]

Frederick Douglass knew the importance of the Declaration, which is why he used it to pen a searing indictment of slavery. Read his imperishable statement. https://t.co/rZoJk5kEVz

[Elliott Earle @elliottearle]

#TeachwStuff

[Alex Palma @Haunt_Inhabit]

@LauraRuthBarry @elliottearle From a community perspective, I find people often want a sense of continuum
When a place feels old (and when there are archives to support that sense of oldness) it's easier to feel a sense of place.

[Elliott Earle @elliottearle]

These community archives can be a goldmine for local teachers, too! #TeachwStuff

[Alex Palma @Haunt_Inhabit]

@LauraRuthBarry I live in Northeast Philly and a lot of the archives that exist up here exist as defacto community archives. They began as many archives do, by collecting institutional documents. Since many of the institutions that exist up here are embedded among community, they were tied to it

[Elliott Earle @elliottearle]

Hecky darn yeah they do! #TeachwStuff

[Laura Barry | Find me at @[email protected] @LauraRuthBarry]

@RAOarchivists The same tools you use to evaluate websites translates to #primarysources . #infoliteracy #alaac19 #alaleftbehind