Peggy O'Neill-Jones, Ed.D.

I've been working with these folks for a while now... Always happy to share what I think is interesting in the world of primary sources and inquiry! Check out the other minutes, fascinating work. #edusky #sschat

05.08.2025 21:26 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Tramp climbing on railroad car, another man standing between tracks and looking up to watch, hat on ground. Bain News Service, publisher

Tired of the using the same old photos to teach about the Great Depression? Try this one from the Library of Congress! I recommend using the QFT strategy from @rightquestioninst.bsky.social to elicit student questions as an introduction to the topic. www.loc.gov/item/2014680...

02.08.2025 14:40 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

“Just One Day” uses the front pages of historical newspapers to contextualize momentous events, both joyous and heinous.
What happened the day before the Tulsa Race Massacre?

Learn more here: tpsconsortiumcreatedmaterials.org/primary-sour...

#ChronAm #TeacherSky #sschat #MediaLiteracy

04.08.2025 19:13 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

It only takes a minute to learn a strategy for teaching with a primary source, courtesy of a Library of Congress TPS Consortium member.

When is a source a primary source and how do we know anything about Sacajawea? youtu.be/vsuApPhFT3s

tpsconsortiumcreatedmaterials.org/primary-sour...

09.07.2025 15:42 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Pencil drawing of an Amistad captive, "Little Kale," by William H. Townsend. The individual is facing the left side of the frame, and wearing a striped, head-hugging hat.

Pencil drawing of an Amistad captive, "Pona," by William H. Townsend. The individual is facing front. They have a low forehead, a scant mustache, full lips, large, almond-shaped eyes and curly, cropped hair.

Pencil drawing of an Amistad captive, "Saby" by William H. Townsend. The individual is facing slightly left, smoking a pipe. Their face is characterized by a dark complexion, deep forehead wrinkles, eyes that droop slightly on the outside corners, a wide nose, a scant mustache and short-cropped hair.

It's the anniversary of the 1839 Amistad mutiny, in which a group of African captives revolted against the crew of the ship sailing them illegally toward enslavement.

These sketches of some of the captives are from the World Digital Library, operated by UNESCO & the Library. 🧵

02.07.2025 21:11 — 👍 155    🔁 67    💬 1    📌 2

Colorado middle school teacher to be inducted into National Teachers Hall of Fame Michelle Pearson, a social studies teacher at Century Middle School in Thornton, will be inducted into the 2025 class of the National Teachers Hall of Fame.

The National Teachers Hall of Fame, established in 1989, selects only five teachers annually through a rigorous process that includes essays, recommendations and interviews.

28.05.2025 01:30 — 👍 16    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

It only takes a "Primary Source Minute" to learn a strategy for teaching with a primary source, courtesy of a Library of Congress TPS Consortium member. tpsconsortiumcreatedmaterials.org/primary-sour...

27.05.2025 15:32 — 👍 12    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 2

It only takes a "Primary Source Minute" to learn a strategy for teaching with a primary source, courtesy of a Library of Congress TPS Consortium member. tpsconsortiumcreatedmaterials.org/primary-sour...

27.05.2025 15:32 — 👍 12    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 2

a person standing on top of a rocky mountain with a fire in the background Alt: a person standing on top of a rocky mountain with a fire in the background, lighting the beacon

Social Studies Teachers and Friends,

We are bringing #sschat to Bluesky! We have a slow chat lined up for you for National Civics Learning Week. You can keep up with us at: @socialstudieschat.bsky.social.

Want to help? If so please:
Share with your friends!
Tag awesome Social Studies teachers!

10.03.2025 01:37 — 👍 359    🔁 147    💬 11    📌 11

The Library of Congress is on Bluesky.

bsky.app/profile/libr...

04.12.2024 01:50 — 👍 57    🔁 20    💬 1    📌 0

Wondrous first full day of #ncss2024!
We always forget how HUGE this event always feels, but really it's the *tiny* moments
of run-ins with colleagues from far away
of connections with strangers at an exhibition booth
of epiphanies when someone says a thing during a session

That's all priceless

23.11.2024 00:51 — 👍 35    🔁 4    💬 4    📌 0

Learning about the Transforming Teacher Initiative - to work on providing rich, interesting resources for methods professors. Collaboration amongst a wide range of folks. They are looking for 20 methods instructors brand new to the LOC TPS Network. All disciplines, all grade levels. #sogood

21.11.2024 15:57 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

I would like to be added.

19.11.2024 00:40 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Resilience and the Little Rock Nine An inspiration from TPS Teachers Network  Michelle Zupan Michelle Zupan’s post The Little Rock Nine are now Seven: Thelma Mothershed Wair and comments inspired me to look into developing a lesson arou...

Want to teach about resilience from a historical perspective? Here is a superb primary source album with teaching strategies, created in the TPS Teachers Network! #iteachsocialstudies tpsteachersnetwork.org/album/110709...

15.11.2024 00:21 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0