Illinois Council for History Education

Professional development for history teachers

[Dr. Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755 on lots o’ platforms) @jbf1755]

Wow.
Newberry Library is now offering online 200,000 images documenting early America & westward expansion. https://t.co/ZNfhEn9zqE

[National Council for History Education @historyed]

From @kevinlevin: Three Cheers for the National Council for History Education https://t.co/A5HKbDA1Mh #NCHE2018

[National Council for History Education @historyed]

Sam Mihara, survivor of incarceration at Heart Mountain during WW2, gives a powerful presentation titled “History of Mass Imprisonment and the Potential for Future Incarceration” #NCHE2018

[National Council for History Education @historyed]

Douglas Brinkley is delivering this morning’s keynote address - “The Importance of Teaching Environmental History”

[National Council for History Education @historyed]

NCHE is pleased to announce that Sam Mihara received the 2018 Gagnon Prize this morning. #nche2018

[National Council for History Education @historyed]

The opening panel #nche2018 is off to a great start! Dean Pinos is moderating a discussion between Kathryn Silva, Kevin Levin, and Cynthia Salinas. @KevinLevin

[American Historical Association @AHAhistorians]

Historians have no established canon or canonical method. So what should History 101 look like? #AHAPerspectives https://t.co/eFz7zOo9vP

[National Museum of American History @amhistorymuseum]

Today in 1861: The Civil War begins as Confederates fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Shocked, watchmaker Jonathan Dillon engraved the news into Abraham Lincoln's watch: https://t.co/WO80RJUZEs

[National Council for History Education @historyed]

2018 NCHE Conference - Join us in San Antonio Next Week!
https://t.co/TsGWIUmtPV
#NCHE2018

[National Council for History Education @historyed]

A timely and important subject given our upcoming conference theme: "Myth, Memory, and Monuments." https://t.co/1e6srmHSbn #NCHE2018

[HISTORY @HISTORY]

The story behind Ted Kennedy's #Chappaquiddick incident. https://t.co/pV5u3CMgqB

[New York Times Books @nytimesbooks]

Three books, part memoir, part history, look at the tumultuous times of the 20th century when totalitarianisms of the left and right were a never-ending threat https://t.co/IggAzkiX9l

[New York Times Books @nytimesbooks]

Emily Nemens, the 34-year-old co-editor of The Southern Review, is named the new editor of The Paris Review https://t.co/ToP0wz49cp

[UNICEF @UNICEF]

What happens when you get your period in a refugee camp?

[American Historical Association @AHAhistorians]

Are you teaching classes on colonialism and empire in your history course? Check out @HistoryCtr's new Teaching Decolonization Resource Collection! https://t.co/JWX44jwoO3

[Illinois Council for History Education @for_council]

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[madebyhistory @madebyhistory]

50 years ago tonight Bobby Kennedy prevented Indianapolis from burning. His famous speech reminds us that justice and unity are possible in politics: https://t.co/7EyK2GI7Gr

[BackStory @BackStoryRadio]

When Martin Luther King arrived in Memphis on April 3, 1968, he was there to support the then 52-day-long sanitation workers strike. https://t.co/UG4nbleKAY

[National Council for History Education @historyed]

Schools Named for Confederate Leaders: The Renaming Debate, Explained - Education Week https://t.co/bSNOfZzGi7 #historyed #historyteacher

[BackStory @BackStoryRadio]

Most sanitation workers in 1960s Memphis were black men. The work was dirty, physical and occasionally dangerous. Most supervisors were white. https://t.co/UG4nbleKAY