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Nathan McAlister

@nhtoymc.bsky.social

Husband•Father•Educator•Traveler•Reader natemc.net 2010 National History Teacher of the Year CS4 Director, @Gilder Lehrman Master Teacher, @KCHE, @iCivics EdNet, CFR Ambassador, GW-Fellow, KANAE-Member #iteachsocialstudies #indegenouseducation

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📈🛢️ Se dirige-t-on vers un nouveau choc pétrolier avec la fermeture du détroit d'#Ormuz par l'#Iran ?

➡️ Quelque 20 % de l'or noir mondial y transite

02.03.2026 11:11 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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Putting ChatGPT’s Study Mode Through Its Paces The team behind ChatGPT admits the standard version can be used as an ‘answer machine.’ Is the new Study Mode feature any better?

The team behind ChatGPT admits the standard version can be used as an ‘answer machine.’ Is the new Study Mode feature any better?

#EdTech #EduSky

02.03.2026 11:16 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0
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Graham Platner picks up second U.S. senator endorsement in crucial Maine race Platner faced early controversy over social media posts and a tattoo. His Democratic opponent, Gov. Janet Mills, has the support of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York).

Graham Platner picks up second U.S. senator endorsement in crucial Maine race

02.03.2026 11:23 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Iran conflict spurs early oil price surge It's the first sign of how markets are digesting the potential for supply disruptions.

Crude oil prices spiked in initial trading today by over $6 per barrel — their highest level in just over a year.

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Iran conflict snarls air travel: Americans urged to exercise caution Thousands of flights have been canceled and major travel hubs shut due to the conflict.

The fallout from U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran has disrupted air travel and prompted the State Department to issue a worldwide caution for Americans in addition to warnings against visiting several countries in the Middle East.

02.03.2026 04:25 — 👍 50    🔁 21    💬 1    📌 1
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Supreme Court ponders law making it a crime for gun owners to use marijuana The law, the same one used to prosecute Joe Biden's son for illegal gun possession, has united an array of strange bedfellows, from conservative gun rights groups to liberal civil liberties groups.

The law, the same one used to prosecute Joe Biden's son for illegal gun possession, has united an array of strange bedfellows, from conservative gun rights groups to liberal civil liberties groups. n.pr/4sgYWIq

02.03.2026 11:20 — 👍 182    🔁 49    💬 27    📌 10

The idea of a legislative body representing the population having the ability to check the ultimate power of a country’s leader sounds really neat. Someone should write that down.

28.02.2026 19:42 — 👍 3140    🔁 647    💬 48    📌 22
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Best teacher response ever to my panicked email preemptivley apologizing for our child

28.02.2026 19:59 — 👍 244    🔁 11    💬 11    📌 0
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The Conference Program for the 2026 NCHE Conference in Montgomery, Alabama is now available. Take a look and join us on March 26-28.

To view the Conference Program, go to:
ncheteach.org/wp-content/u...
To Register for the conference, go to:
ncheteach.org/conference/r...

26.02.2026 17:52 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The National Council for History Education is accepting applications for "The Space Age on the Space Coast," an NEH Landmarks workshop at Kennedy Space Center this July.

Apply by March 6: buff.ly/2xXlt7u

28.02.2026 03:10 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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CNN: “Israel has confirmed Iran’s supreme leader killed in strikes…” www.cnn.com/world/live-n...

28.02.2026 20:16 — 👍 293    🔁 87    💬 81    📌 28
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Free Philadelphia Educator Event: Join @retroreport.org and @easternstate.bsky.social for a screening of the documentary #FreeJoanLittle and a discussion on civil rights, women’s rights, and prison reform. The event will feature director and producer Yoruba Richen. R.S.V.P. today: bit.ly/RR-events

26.02.2026 18:35 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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2026 NCHE Conference
Featured Enrichment Excursion:
Civil Rights Memorial Center

To register, go to:
ncheteach.org/conference/r...
To learn more about the excursions, go to:
ncheteach.org/conference/e...

17.02.2026 13:11 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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NCHE Conference, Overflow Hotel Announcement.

With space limited at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa, we have added a room block at the Residence Inn by Marriott Montgomery Downtown. The room block closes on February 27.

ncheteach.org/conference/c...

18.02.2026 13:10 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Attending the 2026 NCHE Conference? Limited tickets remain for the following Enrichment Excursions:

-Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta - Workshop
-Rosa Parks Museum
-The American Village
-The DBQ Project - Workshop

To Register for the conference, go to:
ncheteach.org/conference/r...

19.02.2026 13:06 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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From Paris to Port-au-Prince: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the Global Echo of Revolution

This free classroom resource covers the Haitian Revolution and the leadership of Toussaint L'Ouverture, connecting revolutionary ideas from France to the fight for freedom in Saint-Domingue.

buff.ly/SJYL1Zn

24.02.2026 18:04 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Who are the best and coolest scholars on the Arthurian legend? I need some recent works and yes, it’s for the podcast.

Also, I need some really cool people who know Greek history with some recent work also for the podcast.

Any suggestions would be appreciated and please tag them here

25.02.2026 18:46 — 👍 21    🔁 7    💬 6    📌 0
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❄️ New York city remains under a state of emergency after a massive snowstorm pummelled the US northeast on Monday

24.02.2026 13:40 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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The Unspendable Pension of Henrietta Emory Meads - The Journal of the Civil War Era Sometime in July 1867, Henrietta Emory wrote to a clerk in the Claim Division of the Maryland Freedmen’s Bureau describing the challenges she had faced in trying to get money due to her as a soldier’s...

I wrote abt a Black war widow's attempts to gain recognition of the rights allegedly granted her by the postemancipation state. As she explained time & again, "I am poor & have not the money to pay for gitting any more certificates & things" required of her by pension officials.

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Fantastic day spent with a fantastic group of educators at the Kansas Social Studies Conference! Phenomenal 🎤keynote by @glennwiebe.bsky.social! Thank you, @kchekansas.bsky.social, KCSS, KGA, KCEE for organizing this amazing conference!

22.02.2026 04:08 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Are you looking for more ways to make your lessons more engaging? Browse Retro Report's variety of interactive maps and timelines today. Learn more: retroreport.org/interactive/

18.02.2026 22:43 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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R.S.V.P. to an in-person event in New York City at the New York Public Library, where Yoruba Richen, the director and producer of #freejoanlittle, will join other authors and filmmakers in a discussion on Black women and four histories of resistance. Learn more: www.eventbrite.com/e/black-wome...

19.02.2026 18:52 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Student Engagement as an Aspect of Classroom Management An educator whose class rules once ‘looked like the Ten Commandments’ has found that fostering intellectual engagement is much more effective for maintaining order.

“The best classroom management affirms a committed relationship with intellectual engagement,” writes @amirtaron.bsky.social. Here’s the strategies he uses to set expectations and engage students. 🌟

#ClassroomManagement #EduSky

18.02.2026 11:58 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1
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Stephen Colbert’s stinging criticism of President Trump, CBS and the FCC might shape how media companies approach November’s midterm elections. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter: Plus the latest Republican to get under Trump’s skin, and Mamdani floats a property-tax increase.

Plus the latest Republican to get under Trump’s skin, and Mamdani floats a property-tax increase. on.wsj.com/4aF2hu0

18.02.2026 12:00 — 👍 13    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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Members of the Commission of Fine Arts were intended to be “well-qualified judges of the fine arts.”

Now, the 116-year-old commission is set to include its newest, youngest member: Chamberlain Harris, a 26-year-old White House aide and executive assistant to President Trump. https://wapo.st/4aDuiC3

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Wow this was a thoroughly engaging historical experience. The bibliography is a plethora of resources for the classroom.

17.02.2026 13:49 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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In the East Village, Hiding in Plain Sight: A Secret Passage to the Underground Railroad

In the East Village, Hiding in Plain Sight: A Secret Passage to the Underground Railroad www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/n...

15.02.2026 11:11 — 👍 27    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 1

"Helping enslaved people would have been dangerous and costly in the early 19th century, when New York was a proslavery city, with heavy investment in the banking, insurance and merchant industries that relied on slave labor from the South..." #BlackHistoryMonth

15.02.2026 11:29 — 👍 77    🔁 27    💬 1    📌 1

This is precisely what polling places were like for part of the 19th century.

People often traveled long distances by horse to vote. It was a big deal when folks got together this way.

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This week on #WeThePeoplePodcast, award-winning historian Kathleen DuVal discusses her new book, ‘Native Nations: A Millennium in North America.’

Kathleen DuVal explains the significance of her book’s title below.

Full episode: https://ow.ly/UCc650XToTG

09.01.2026 12:01 — 👍 10    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0