Emily Williams

12 brand new books we can't wait to read this fall A new Pynchon! A Tim Curry memoir! A 600-page doorstopper from a reclusive writer (not named Thomas Pynchon)! The fall is stacked with big book releases. Here's what we're particularly excited for.

A new Pynchon! A Tim Curry memoir! A 600-page doorstopper from a reclusive writer (not named Thomas Pynchon)! The fall is stacked with big book releases. Here's what we're particularly excited for. n.pr/4nf3nl6

Honor and remember. #sept112001

I am thrilled to announce that I have been invited to join the 2025-2026 Teacher Advisory Council of the National Constitution Center, an organization that serves as America’s leading platform for constitutional education and debate. Find out more at constitutioncenter.org. #historymatters

Visit my Amazon wishlist at www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/.... Any item donated would greatly benefit my classroom this school year. Thank you for considering this request! #historyteacher #sschat #historymatters

Tomorrow on History Matters:

A Scandal, A President, And A Political Bombshell

No.
I won’t be talking about Epstein.

But there’s a past scandal that has much to say about personal scandals with political (even presidential) outcomes.

Friday 10AM ET
NCHEteach.org/conversations

This UC Irvine professor’s great great grandfather wrote a ballad about mass deportations — nearly 100 years ago Indiscriminate raids. Removal of U.S. citizens. Pressure to leave the country. For evolutionary biologist Adriana Darielle Mejía Briscoe, it feels like history’s repeating itself.

"I was one of those elementary school children in Calif. who grew up not knowing about the 1930s Mexican deportations — even though I lived in the town where the deportation trains picked up families . . ."

Great interview by @laist.com journalist Julia Barajas with @adrianabriscoe.bsky.social ⬇️

You can call 24/7!!! Keep calling, you never know when they might see the handwriting on the wall, and seek to save themselves rather than going down with the Trump-ship.

July 19, 1881: Atlanta Washerwomen's Strike Black women in Atlanta who washed clothes for a living organized an effective Reconstruction era strike — with clear demands, strategic timing, and door-to-door canvassing.

#tdih 1881, Atlanta washerwomen’s strike for higher pay, respect, & autonomy over their work.

Listen to historian Tera Hunter on #SeizingFreedom (by @kidadaewilliams.com) about this Reconstruction era labor activism ⬇️.

Learn from their organizing strategies.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/at...

This is one of the best resources out there for history teachers.

From Food Aid to Dog Chow? How Trump’s Cuts Hurt Kansas Farmers.

Trump’s reckless, immoral cuts to international food assistance will not only cause millions of people to starve, but will also hurt American farmers, who have proudly supplied our global aid programs.

Folks!!

Coming up soon!

The great historian Frank Cogliano and I are co-teaching a three week course on Hamilton and Jefferson.

You KNOW you want to be there.

roundtable.org/live-courses...

Make plans to visit the Kansas Aviation Museum on Sunday, July 13th to tour the World War II C-47 that led the invasion at Normandy June 6, 1944. It will be there one day only! Don’t miss it!!

#WorldWarII #c47skytrain #ThatsAllBrother #WhereDreamsTakeFlight

I would have done just about anything for something like this when I was teaching 8th grade. gilderlehrman.org/declaration-independence#annotated-declaration Thx @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social! #declarationofindependence #sschat #socialstudies #primarysources

Join us for #InsidetheVault today at 7 p.m. ET! Dr. Denver Brunsman will discuss the Olive Branch Petition, sent by colonists to King George III in an attempt to avoid the American Revolution.

Learn more and register: gilderlehrman.org/insidethevault

Manzanar teaches about Japanese American incarceration in the US. That’s in jeopardy under Trump As visitors to the national historic site are urged to inform on anything ‘negative’, advocates warn of the same playbook that led to concentration camps

We're an independent museum on the site of a former Japanese American incarceration camp, because we didn't want the government that imprisoned us to tell our stories. We wanted to be free from the interference hitting NPS sites now.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

If you are a Kansas resident with students enrolled in Pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, it is time to download the Sunflower Summer app!

sunflowersummer.org

Ummm…. Congress? Where are you???

NCHE invites proposals for our 2026 National Conference in Montgomery, AL, March 26-28. Interested in presenting a Breakout Session, Poster Session, or Mini Session at the conference? Summer is a great time to prepare and apply.

Submit your proposal at ncheteach.org/conference/c....

www.joebiden.com

My statement on the tragic and targeted attack on Minnesota elected officials.

I encourage everyone to consider attending one of the many demonstrations planned for tomorrow across the country.

Show up. Demand accountability. Peacefully protest.

Find the rally closest to you: NoKings.org

Never forget that the bluster and brutality and made-for-TV violence that we’re witnessing in CA and elsewhere right now on the part of the administration is a sign of weakness and fear.

Not strength.

John Lewis!

Spots are still available for the FREE Indigenous Education Summer Summit NEXT Friday June 20th featuring Dr. Cornel Pewewardy! Learn more and register at kusurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_....

What’s in a name?? Using a map—Yes a paper map—to identify place name origins and ProjectZeroHGSE Thinking Routines with @amywalker.bsky.social @essdack.bsky.social @glennwiebe.bsky.social @caseymmeier.bsky.social #KSHGSS

Seek and Shape using Chronicling America with @caseymmeier.bsky.social at the @essdack.bsky.social summer PD. @glennwiebe.bsky.social @amywalker.bsky.social #KSHGSS

Does it matter? Live your best life!

This is a great opportunity for Kansas educators! #sschat #historymatters