Barbara Trapani

Just one week to go before our UNEARTHED webinar (just email d.lyndon-cohen@leedstrinity.ac.uk to register for your FREE place). Thought we needed some male role models to publicise the event as currently I am the ONLY male who is attending!! So come on lads, environmental history is for everyone!

Had a brilliant chat with @corinnefowler.bsky.social this morning to plan our SHP Understanding: UNEARTHED event on November 10 (5-6pm) on the SHP YouTube channel. Corinne will be sharing her deep knowledge about the colonial countryside and the legacy of empire on our gardens ...

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Very excited to share the forthcoming SHP Understanding event from @1972shp.bsky.social: Unearthed (Nov 10 5-6pm). The first in a series of webinars looking at the transformative and radical power of gardening - from the Diggers to Mary Seacole to settler colonialism we've got it covered!

https://medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/barbara-trapani

Declaration today by B'Tselem and PHRI that #genocide is being committed in #Gaza confirms growing consensus by human rights groups. Next year, we in #education must reflect this when teaching genocide since #Holocaust. This means we must also challenge prior policy of silence on matter by HMDT

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@1972shp.bsky.social @danlyndon.bsky.social what a wonderful weekend! I am going back home re-energised and inspired. Already looking forward to next year. #SHP25

If you are rethinking any of your Key Stage 3 curriculum next year, you really should have a look at some of these amazing units #historyteacher

British spy's account sheds light on role in 1953 Iranian coup Interview given by MI6 officer in 1980s was discovered in research for new documentary

How Britain brought about regime change in Iran in 1953: by overthrowing a democratically elected government in favour of an autocracy after it threatened to nationalise Anglo-Iranian Oil (later BP) & use the revenue to benefit Iranians.

www.theguardian.com/world/2020/a...

'Madleen' was on a mission of urgency after a year of set backs, carrying baby formula, food, medicine & basic humanity. Then came unidentified vessels, speedboats, quadcopters & Israeli soldiers. @franceskalbs.bsky.social recounts what happened in real-time as she spoke to the crew live.
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She reminds us that #Madleen was a UK-flagged boat seized in international waters. Israel's interception is an act of piracy.

Abduction is illegal, as is their siege, genocide, occupation and countless other war crimes across Palestine.

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We Need to Challenge “Legacies” as Well as “Balance” When Teaching the British Empire Alan Lester Balance Fortunately educators are now increasingly sceptical about the idea of teaching the British Empire as a matter of balance between the ‘good’ and the ‘bad&#8217…

Now updated to consider how teachers might also frame post-war immigration as a radical discontinuity rather than ‘legacy’ of Empire.

alanlester.co.uk/blog/we-need...

Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’ Letter also signed by Hanif Kureishi and Russell T Davies urges ceasefire and unrestricted distribution of aid

Setting aside post-hoc legal definitions, there could not be a clearer instance of genocide. The closest historical parallel is the German colonial genocide in which Herero & Nama people who survived mass killing were forced into the desert to starve, 1904-08.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

This feature heavily in my workshop too :) i am looking forward to your session!

Have you got something to share from your lessons? We’re looking for Humanities speakers (Hist, Geog, RE) to speak at our event in September, particularly on climate and environment.
Get in touch if you’d like to be involved; docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Major announcement coming tomorrow, watch this space!!! #historyeducation #historyteacher #skystorians #history #primary #secondary

It does! My Y12 students listened to them and think so too!

I am so excited about the latest @empirepoduk.bsky.social episodes with @sathnam.bsky.social on Kew Gardens and gardening, so many ideas to weave in more environmental history in the teaching of colonialism. Oh, and I can't wait for the Opium series!

You need to read Raising Hare and you will never ever dream of comparing them even remotely to a rabbit

Such an amazing exhibition! I really recommend it to anyone teaching British Empire.
www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/...

Hello lots of new followers- if you’re interested in UK History Education, you might find this useful…

I’ve built a History Education UK starter pack of accounts I’ve found so far!

go.bsky.app/BTJ8SaJ

Thank you for putting this together, really useful as just joined. Please could you add me too?