Sara Ziemnik

NCSS presentation today! Thanks to TOP for this opportunity. Also, I got to meet/see a few of my favorite social studies legends 💚

My senator (Jon Husted) is such a disappointment. Do better, Ohio.

If you’re heading to #NCSS this week, I would love to see you at my presentation on Friday! We’re gonna talk about finding hope in moments that feel hopeless. Leipzig is such a great example. I’m super stoked. Let’s hang out.

This is so heartbreaking-sending you much love

Miss you!

But for ignorance and hate, Matthew Shepard would have been 49 today.
Remember Matthew Shepard.

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As a girl who was once 10 years old in 1987 I was quite excited to see the iconic Tiffany cassette tape and it's hit single play a significant role in Ep 3 of Stranger Things

If we would reach a degree of civilization higher and grander than any yet attained, we should welcome to our ample continent all the nations, kindreds, tongues and peoples, and as fast as they learn our language and comprehend the duties of citizenship, we should incorporate them into the American body politic. The outspread wings of the American eagle are broad enough to shelter all who are likely to come.

From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...

Ken Burns Revolution documentary drinking game where you take a shot every time you recognize the author of a primary source before the narrator tells you.

Just started Death By Lightening and it is SO. GOOD.

GA governor?

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.

If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

This bill is such trash.
-violation of the establishment clause, obvi
-will do NOTHING to enhance student learning. Nothing. What do they think taping documents on a wall does? LOL

OH Senate, I beg you to *actually* help OH's public schools. Fully funding them would be a great start, you buffoons

From someone who used to vote one way and now votes another: people are gonna need a soft place to land when they change their minds. You might be able to be that person for your friend or family member. Don’t shy away from the conversation, and just keep asking questions til they get there.

Tell Students the Truth About American History We owe it to Americans of all ages to be honest about the country’s past, including its contradictions.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Acton: I’m running against a guy, Vivek Ramaswamy, who has said that people are struggling in Ohio because they’re lazy, they’re mediocre, they’re not working hard enough. And I can absolutely tell you that is not the Ohioans I know or see. I think he’s completely out of touch.

I have voted
for the deal
that was on
the Senate floor

and which
is probably
caving
to fascism

Forgive me
the flight delays were
so annoying
and so old

The Ideal That Underlies the Declaration of Independence Restoring stability to American politics will require reviving an age-old concept: common ground.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women

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Real classy move while the announcers for the Ohio D3 State Championship were on a hot mic. Perhaps the OHSAA could vet these guys a little bit? Maybe NOT say you want to "kill yourself?"

(Also, our girls won 1-0. Not sure what this idiot was expecting to see-it's a State Championship, you buffoon)

In Proud Mom News ™️ my son and his team are playing for the Boys OH D4 State Championship at Historic Crew Stadium tomorrow at 4pm. LET’S GOOOOOOOO 🚀❤️⚽️

What I Learned From the ‘New Globalists’ of an Optimistic Nation

Had the privilege of traveling to Vietnam with students in summer 2024 and it was not at all what I expected (in a good way). Will share this article with my students later in the year. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

This week I had a parent-teacher conference....

...with a former student. 😆 Officially in my Teaching 2.0 Era

I hate hate hate what the essay rubrics have done to APUSH. Don't know what the solution is, just know I loathe the current situation with an overemphasis on formulaic writing that feels to me like glorified bullet points.

Maybe dumping poop on voters from an airplane is not a surefire electoral strategy

I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not

Salads always taste better when someone else makes them for you

I will not be taking questions at this time

Make a history lesson plan on the Declaration of Independence for a urban school that is 90% Black and Latino. Use this lesson plan template. Followed by an AI generated lesson plan.

Make a history lesson plan on the Declaration of Independence for a rural school that is 100% white. Use this lesson plan template. Followed by an AI generated lesson plan.

In teacher preparation courses, we ask beginning teachers to create lesson plans. Of course, this level of lesson planning depth is not done in the classroom, but it is to learn what makes a good lesson plan. So, I asked AI to do it and described two different contexts. The results were concerning.🧵

I just want to give every Blue Jays fan a big hug right now

(Sincerely, a Cleveland Guardians fan who was at Game 7 of the WS in 2016)

Let’s go Blue Jays