Mr. Conner Ripley

7th grade Social Studies Teacher Dent Middle School

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

The world's biggest national sovereign wealth funds. Source: https://t.co/XkTQSK11nP

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

The fertility rate is very low all across Europe (2024 data). A European population and migration strategy would be helpful - think of this as a demographic strategy. I doubt that there is major appetite for such a reform though...

[Rabbi David Schlusselberg @RavSchluss]

General Dwight D. Eisenhower had the foresight to realize that Holocaust denial would occur.

Eisenhower said, “Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses - because somewhere down the road of history, some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

This amazing map lets you listen to any radio station on the planet. If you can't travel at the moment this is your chance to listen to the world. I've been listening to Ugandan radio stations for the last two days... Mostly US pop... Source: https://t.co/ibExCFwR70

[Lost Temples™ @LostTemple7]

Incredible Borders around the world.

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[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

This is a rather smart way of showing that the Brazilian population likes to hug the coast.

[History Calendar @HistoryCalendar]

Jimmy Carter was 3 years old when “Steamboat Willie” released in 1928. It has since entered the public domain.

[History Calendar @HistoryCalendar]

The history of the United States (since the end of the Revolution in 1783) can be covered by the lifespan of only three of its presidents:
☑️Martin Van Buren (1782-1862)
☑️William H. Taft (1857-1930)
✅Jimmy Carter (1924-present)

[LBJ Library @LBJLibrary]

#OnThisDay: Sixty years ago today, #LBJ made his famous call to the Dallas-based @HaggarCo to order some new pants. He spoke with Joseph Haggar Jr. and provided specific (and sometimes graphic) instructions for how the garments should be customized. 😅

🎧 https://t.co/I2bktsU7m8

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

In 1971, engineers from the Soviet Union ignited a fire in a gas-filled hole in the Turkmenistan desert.

Anticipating that the flames would extinguish within days, they were surprised when the fire continued to burn.

Now, 52 years later, this site, known as “The Door to Hell,” is still ablaze.

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

This is one of my all time favourite maps. It shows the super-continent #Pangea (300M-175M years ago) with modern political boundaries. Source: https://t.co/LujOHdoVok

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

In the 1970s, North Korea ordered 1,000 Volvo cars from Sweden, as a response to its emerging economy. The cars were shipped and delivered but North Korea just didn't bother paying and ignored the invoice. To this day, the bill remains unpaid, making it the largest car theft in history.

[Mr. Conner Ripley @RipleyConner]

@RichlandTwo @BlythewoodHigh @1ProudBengal Way to go Will!

[FDR Library @FDRLibrary]

Here's one for all you #Oppenheimer fans - after Albert Einstein sent this letter to FDR, a scientific committee was formed to study whether a nuclear weapon was feasible. This ultimately led to the creation of the Manhattan Project.

#ArchivesScience

[S.C. Department of Education @EducationSC]

"If the teachers are going to be asked to do this, I need to know what I am asking them to do."

Watch as State Superintendent Ellen Weaver embarks on her own LETRS professional learning journey.

[Mr. Conner Ripley @RipleyConner]

⁦@DentMiddle⁩ 6th grade transition camp

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

Geography trivia: Canada is so big, it’s easternmost city (St. John’s) is closer to Venice, Italy (4833km) than it is Vancouver (5004km). Source: https://t.co/oUgQABNqQa

[Dent Middle School @DentMiddle]

Wow!! Sebastian Jones won the National History Bee and the US History Bee, a separate competition. Sebastian and Saurav Sailesh played on a bowl team representing Dent at Nationals in the 6th grade division and placed 3rd in the National History Bowl! Congrats! @RichlandTwo

[United Nations @UN]

📸: The original manuscript of the UN Charter preamble, complete with handwritten notes.

On this day 78 years ago, 50 nations came together in San Francisco, California, to create a new organization for peace, prosperity & human rights. https://t.co/RjYS2sPA35 #CharterDay

[U.S. National Archives @USNatArchives]

Big news earlier today at @USNatArchives when Dr. Colleen Shogan, Archivist of the United States, announced plans to have the Emancipation Proclamation on permanant display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum.

https://t.co/gqbYRTxM2I