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Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage

“While there is every reason to be outraged, we cannot let that outrage flood us and stop our minds. For this is a moment to grasp the fascist passions that fuel this shameless grab for authoritarian powers.”

Read more from Judith Butler:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish? The Trump administration’s decision to delete a DOJ database of cases against Capitol riot defendants places those who seek to preserve the historical record in direct opposition to their own governme...

Putting January 6 into the memory hole: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish? Brilliant essay by @alecmac.bsky.social

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Raising hand!!!

Hope it went well!

You’re on it :-)

Plenty of resources to learn about #CivilDiscourse whether it’s @facinghistoryuk.bsky.social or the Sphere Summit at @cato.org or @icivics.bsky.social or @ncssnetwork.bsky.social or @aspeninstitute.bsky.social or who else should I add?

Let’s get a #StarterPack going! Help me out #EduSky #Civics

Across grade levels and subjects. But it will take a concerted effort to take those skills out of classrooms and into dining rooms and public spaces.

How are my #EduSky friends working Civil Discourse into your classes? Where are you teaching but also giving space for practice?

Today a friend told me about how her family came together over Thanksgiving, bringing their political differences to the table using civil discourse skills to learn more about each other.

#CivilDiscourse takes practice and can easily be integrated into our courses

Supreme Risk: An Interactive Guide to Rights the Supreme Court Could Take Away Most rights are based in statute, but dozens — such as rights to same-sex marriage, search warrants and Miranda warnings — are based on judicial rulings that the Supreme Court can overturn and that…

In 2023, our team created an interactive guide to rights the Supreme Court has established — and could take away.

Most rights are based in statute, but rights to same-sex marriage, search warrants and Miranda warnings are based on judicial rulings that the Supreme Court can overturn. ⤵️

a woman is waving in front of a blue background that says " procrastinate mindfully " Alt: a woman is waving in front of a blue background that says " procrastinate mindfully "

Anyone else have a stack of papers to grade and is also putting it off until Sunday?

Focusing on family and friends this weekend.

Procrastination or prioritization… 🤔

#EduSky

OK, folks. By popular demand I went ahead and created another starter pack for K-12 History and Social Studies teachers because you can never follow too many teachers. Thanks for sharing.

Let me know if you would like to be added. 🗃️ go.bsky.app/4yrJKvt

I attempted a Starter Pack! I’ve seen several of these for the education world, but the folks who teach K-12 history teachers need to lift each other up — it’s just going to get harder to insist on good history. Let me know if you want me to add someone! #edusky #sschat

go.bsky.app/TbTWPdV

I’d love to be added - and now I’m off to follow everyone - grateful to build this community. Thank you!

I’d love to be added! US History, Civics, and Gov teacher.

Off to follow my colleagues. Thanks for creating this starter pack!

I am already thinking of how I can incorporate this comic into my #USHistory class next year… loving the resources being shared on #EduSky! #SSChat

This Friday is Native American Heritage Day.
A great resource is the "Native Land Digital" site - native-land.ca
Put in any address (such as where you live) to see which indigenous peoples lived in that location.
Then click on the links for those nations to learn more about them.

#EduSky

I feel seen. Loved spending time with families and chatting with my students in a different setting but I am beat up this morning!

Done and done!

Anyone in #sschat #edusky also using materials from the Case Method Project? Our next case in #APGov will be “Manufacturing Constituencies: Race and Redistricting in North Carolina” and I’m trying to revamp how we approach this case study and assess understanding.

www.hbs.edu/case-method-...

I wasn’t able to attend #NCSS24 but if any #SSChat folks teach a state and local politics course at the high school level, I’d love to connect. I’ve been teaching a California-focused course I designed for five years and sometimes I feel like an island.

Love this reminder. Both as an academic year classroom teacher who needs to remember this in my day-to-day interactions, and as a summer school principal who appreciates hearing (and responding to) all the amazing things our teachers are doing in our community.

I wish I was at #NCSS2024 so I could attend. This sounds FANTASTIC.

Just got out of a PD session learning how to use Loom for student reach outs and class newsletters. Presenter extolled the benefits of the Pro level but I’d love to connect with anyone in #EduSky is using the Educator level for these tasks? #EdTech

I am new to your podcast - can't wait to listen to more episodes. Thank you for sharing and I hope #NCSS2024 is amazing!

Just finished listening to this episode and have serious FOMO that I am not at #NCSS this week. Looking forward to following all of the #SSChat updates! #EduSky

Thank you!!! Excited to explore and appreciate your organizing all of this!

Super excited to find the educators in the sky! Off to add more education folks to my feed.

Agreed! I’d love to follow folks back but I’d also like to know who I am following.