This looks like an amazing #primarysource set for #UShistory teachers: earlywashingtondc.org Docs, maps, stories of Freedom Suits from 1800-1862. #sschat #socialstudies @essdack.bsky.social @nhtoymc.bsky.social @drtinaellsworth.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This looks like an amazing #primarysource set for #UShistory teachers: earlywashingtondc.org Docs, maps, stories of Freedom Suits from 1800-1862. #sschat #socialstudies @essdack.bsky.social @nhtoymc.bsky.social @drtinaellsworth.bsky.social
Smyth's definition of 'dead reckoning': navigation by log, compass, and elapsed time when celestial observation is impossible. He gives it four paragraphs. A lexicographer who understood what mattered. #NavalClassics
#NavalClassics #PrimarySource
#NavalClassics #PrimarySource
October 6, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Smyth's definition of 'dead reckoning': navigation by log, compass, and elapsed time when celestial observation is impossible. He gives it four paragraphs. A lexicographer who understood what mattered. #NavalClassics
#NavalClassics #PrimarySource
#NavalClassics #PrimarySource
Grab some great #primarysource teaching ideas from the TPS Midwest during this free virtual course. I walked away so much smarter! Did I mention that it's free? teachingprimarysources.illinoisstate.edu/development @librarycongress.bsky.social #sschat #socialstudies
September 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Grab some great #primarysource teaching ideas from the TPS Midwest during this free virtual course. I walked away so much smarter! Did I mention that it's free? teachingprimarysources.illinoisstate.edu/development @librarycongress.bsky.social #sschat #socialstudies
10 volumes. 4,000+ pages. Every major Pacific operation from December 1941 to August 1945. The Nimitz Graybook is the most complete command-level record of the Pacific War ever published. #NimitzGraybook #WWII #NavalHistory
#NimitzGraybook #WWII #NavalHistory #PrimarySource
#NimitzGraybook #WWII #NavalHistory #PrimarySource
March 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
10 volumes. 4,000+ pages. Every major Pacific operation from December 1941 to August 1945. The Nimitz Graybook is the most complete command-level record of the Pacific War ever published. #NimitzGraybook #WWII #NavalHistory
#NimitzGraybook #WWII #NavalHistory #PrimarySource
#NimitzGraybook #WWII #NavalHistory #PrimarySource
The @nsarchive.bsky.social has published a set of #primarysource documents for those interested in 90s-era US foreign relations history, incl. a long-secret 1994 telegram by a political analyst at the US Embassy in Moscow criticizing market reform focused policies:
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
The Long Telegram of the 1990s: “Whose Russia Is It Anyway? Toward a Policy of Benign Respect”
Washington, D.C., December 18, 2024 – A now-legendary but long-secret 70-paragraph telegram written by the top political analyst at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow in March 1994, E. Wayne Merry, criticizin...
nsarchive.gwu.edu
January 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The @nsarchive.bsky.social has published a set of #primarysource documents for those interested in 90s-era US foreign relations history, incl. a long-secret 1994 telegram by a political analyst at the US Embassy in Moscow criticizing market reform focused policies:
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
OK you were #Barebutt
Saddle or bareback?
Was the horse charged?
Stallion or mare?
What were the charges?
Public Nudity?
Lewd Behavior?
Did they give you a jumpsuit in jail?
What color?
I’m writing a book.
PrimarySource details create credibility…
Saddle or bareback?
Was the horse charged?
Stallion or mare?
What were the charges?
Public Nudity?
Lewd Behavior?
Did they give you a jumpsuit in jail?
What color?
I’m writing a book.
PrimarySource details create credibility…
May 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
OK you were #Barebutt
Saddle or bareback?
Was the horse charged?
Stallion or mare?
What were the charges?
Public Nudity?
Lewd Behavior?
Did they give you a jumpsuit in jail?
What color?
I’m writing a book.
PrimarySource details create credibility…
Saddle or bareback?
Was the horse charged?
Stallion or mare?
What were the charges?
Public Nudity?
Lewd Behavior?
Did they give you a jumpsuit in jail?
What color?
I’m writing a book.
PrimarySource details create credibility…
#historians I’ve decided to bring my archival skills into the 21st century. I know, I know… I’m still a paper kinda gal at heart! What are you all using for digitally organizing photos of archival materials—especiallysoftware that allows for adding notes? #archive #primarysource #digital
October 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
#historians I’ve decided to bring my archival skills into the 21st century. I know, I know… I’m still a paper kinda gal at heart! What are you all using for digitally organizing photos of archival materials—especiallysoftware that allows for adding notes? #archive #primarysource #digital
Sounds like some #PrimarySource testimony to me…
May 26, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Sounds like some #PrimarySource testimony to me…
Chinese pirate fleets numbered in the hundreds of ships. Zheng Yi Sao commanded an estimated 70,000 pirates. The Caribbean pirates were amateurs by comparison. #NavalClassics #PrimarySource
#NavalClassics #PrimarySource
#NavalClassics #PrimarySource
July 28, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Chinese pirate fleets numbered in the hundreds of ships. Zheng Yi Sao commanded an estimated 70,000 pirates. The Caribbean pirates were amateurs by comparison. #NavalClassics #PrimarySource
#NavalClassics #PrimarySource
#NavalClassics #PrimarySource
Irving on Columbus approaching land: 'The breeze had been fresh all day... until they seemed to hear the voice of the ocean itself.' 1,044 pages of this caliber. #NavalClassics #PrimarySource
#NavalClassics #PrimarySource
#NavalClassics #PrimarySource
April 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Irving on Columbus approaching land: 'The breeze had been fresh all day... until they seemed to hear the voice of the ocean itself.' 1,044 pages of this caliber. #NavalClassics #PrimarySource
#NavalClassics #PrimarySource
#NavalClassics #PrimarySource
From the @nsarchive.bsky.social: Recently declassified documents provide insight into the treaty negotiations that took place across four presidential administrations to return sovereignty of the Canal to Panama in 1977. Lots of great context and #primarysource docs nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
The Panama Canal Treaty Declassified
Washington, D.C., February 3, 2025 - Continued U.S. control of the Panama Canal “looks like pure colonialism,” Henry Kissinger advised President Gerald Ford during a National Security Council meeting ...
nsarchive.gwu.edu
February 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
From the @nsarchive.bsky.social: Recently declassified documents provide insight into the treaty negotiations that took place across four presidential administrations to return sovereignty of the Canal to Panama in 1977. Lots of great context and #primarysource docs nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Was sorting old family stuff yesterday. Ever wonder what a report card from 1889 looks like?
Here's one my great-grandmother received as a young girl, while living in Rochester, New York.
#geneology #school #education #ancestry #family #PrimarySource #archive #matriarch
Here's one my great-grandmother received as a young girl, while living in Rochester, New York.
#geneology #school #education #ancestry #family #PrimarySource #archive #matriarch
July 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Was sorting old family stuff yesterday. Ever wonder what a report card from 1889 looks like?
Here's one my great-grandmother received as a young girl, while living in Rochester, New York.
#geneology #school #education #ancestry #family #PrimarySource #archive #matriarch
Here's one my great-grandmother received as a young girl, while living in Rochester, New York.
#geneology #school #education #ancestry #family #PrimarySource #archive #matriarch
Quick reminder: This project is about women engineers telling their own truth about their careers. If you are nearing retirement, we want your chapter in this book. Deadline is June 30. forms.gle/jw5AZ4nBtTKT... #PrimarySource #WomenInEngineering #Legacy
May 22, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Quick reminder: This project is about women engineers telling their own truth about their careers. If you are nearing retirement, we want your chapter in this book. Deadline is June 30. forms.gle/jw5AZ4nBtTKT... #PrimarySource #WomenInEngineering #Legacy
We interviewed @lmchervinsky.bsky.social yesterday for 2 Complicated 4 History podcast (linktr.ee/primarysource). Look for the episode next week! Pre-order her incredible new book here: www.lindsaychervinsky.com/making-the-p...
Making the Presidency — Lindsay M. Chervinsky
www.lindsaychervinsky.com
August 16, 2024 at 4:26 PM
We interviewed @lmchervinsky.bsky.social yesterday for 2 Complicated 4 History podcast (linktr.ee/primarysource). Look for the episode next week! Pre-order her incredible new book here: www.lindsaychervinsky.com/making-the-p...
Friendly reminder to share your favorite artwork by Dr. Suess on March 2nd!
Take a closer look with this #primarysource analysis questionnaire for students by www.archives.gov/education/le...
#DrSuessDay #USHistory #Education #HistoryRhymes #DejaVu
Take a closer look with this #primarysource analysis questionnaire for students by www.archives.gov/education/le...
#DrSuessDay #USHistory #Education #HistoryRhymes #DejaVu
February 26, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Friendly reminder to share your favorite artwork by Dr. Suess on March 2nd!
Take a closer look with this #primarysource analysis questionnaire for students by www.archives.gov/education/le...
#DrSuessDay #USHistory #Education #HistoryRhymes #DejaVu
Take a closer look with this #primarysource analysis questionnaire for students by www.archives.gov/education/le...
#DrSuessDay #USHistory #Education #HistoryRhymes #DejaVu
Get a quick peak at #Teaching with #PrimarySource #DataVisualizations through the Slow Reveal technique. Resources to dive deeper are also provided!
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...
Primary Source Minute - Teaching Data Literacy with the Slow Reveal
YouTube video by TPS Western Region at MSU Denver
www.youtube.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Get a quick peak at #Teaching with #PrimarySource #DataVisualizations through the Slow Reveal technique. Resources to dive deeper are also provided!
🤔 Want to teach with primary sources but need free, #OpenAccess materials?
in the latest @jstordaily.bsky.social article, a history instructor shares three in-class activity ideas with links to free #primarysource collections on #JSTOR.
Try one out and let us know what you think: bit.ly/40pWBzB
in the latest @jstordaily.bsky.social article, a history instructor shares three in-class activity ideas with links to free #primarysource collections on #JSTOR.
Try one out and let us know what you think: bit.ly/40pWBzB
Lies, Damn Lies, and…Primary Sources? - JSTOR Daily
An instructor shares her approach for teaching students how to evaluate historical materials and claims of veracity made by their originators.
bit.ly
July 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🤔 Want to teach with primary sources but need free, #OpenAccess materials?
in the latest @jstordaily.bsky.social article, a history instructor shares three in-class activity ideas with links to free #primarysource collections on #JSTOR.
Try one out and let us know what you think: bit.ly/40pWBzB
in the latest @jstordaily.bsky.social article, a history instructor shares three in-class activity ideas with links to free #primarysource collections on #JSTOR.
Try one out and let us know what you think: bit.ly/40pWBzB
Where are the #teachers? Latest in our #HistoryBlog: Use #HouseRecords for #PrimarySource #LessonPlans on the Development of the Industrial United States and the Emergence of Modern America (1870–1931). #TeachingWithPrimarySources loom.ly/IULPAUs
January 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Where are the #teachers? Latest in our #HistoryBlog: Use #HouseRecords for #PrimarySource #LessonPlans on the Development of the Industrial United States and the Emergence of Modern America (1870–1931). #TeachingWithPrimarySources loom.ly/IULPAUs
August 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Speaking of Fuck Pain, Armistead fell and scared himself shitless, so he's started uploading #PrimarySource #QueerHistory on youtube. Go, follow, pay attention. #pflag #lgbtqia #FagHag
www.youtube.com/@barbarylane...
www.youtube.com/@barbarylane...
Armistead Maupin
Pull up a chair on the porch of 28 Barbary Lane—tales, truth, and tea from Armistead Maupin.
I've told stories all my life. Fifty years ago I found my voice as a writer when I launched a daily seria...
www.youtube.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Speaking of Fuck Pain, Armistead fell and scared himself shitless, so he's started uploading #PrimarySource #QueerHistory on youtube. Go, follow, pay attention. #pflag #lgbtqia #FagHag
www.youtube.com/@barbarylane...
www.youtube.com/@barbarylane...
Images from the front in WW1, trout fishing in the Laurentians, and Lord Chief Justice's opinion on beer! #PrimarySource Newspapers are great for revealing life in the past to students: numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/d...
February 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Images from the front in WW1, trout fishing in the Laurentians, and Lord Chief Justice's opinion on beer! #PrimarySource Newspapers are great for revealing life in the past to students: numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/d...
It is the end of the school year and we have been getting many questions from #students finishing up academic projects, including questions about the Salem witch trials primary source material. Check out our website to learn more!
#salemwitchtrials #primarysource #history
#salemwitchtrials #primarysource #history
Student Resources - Salem Witch Museum
The Salem witch trials of 1692 are a fascinating and complex event in American history. Each year our museum receives requests from hundreds of students for information about the witchcraft...
salemwitchmuseum.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It is the end of the school year and we have been getting many questions from #students finishing up academic projects, including questions about the Salem witch trials primary source material. Check out our website to learn more!
#salemwitchtrials #primarysource #history
#salemwitchtrials #primarysource #history