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Carly Wenner
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Social Studies Teacher in BC 🇨🇦 / Adjunct Professor at UBC / Interested in historical thinking & reasoning, historical inquiry, and assessment.
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Carly Wenner @carlywenner.bsky.social · Nov 10
It’s so great to see more teachers switching over to BlueSky! Hello new followers! I’m Carly and I teach Socials 8, 9, and Urban Studies 12 in British Columbia. My recent deep dives have been in historiography and improving my students’ argumentation skills. Looking forward to connecting! 🗺️
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thinkhist.bsky.social
Read the recent publication by members of Thinking Historically for Canada's Future titled: Never the two shall meet? Connecting historical and democratic consciousness in Canadian K-12 history textbooks.

DOI: doi.org/10.14324/HER....

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November 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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liberatingnarratives.com
It’s time to replace “discovery” and “exploration” with navigation and colonization.
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www.liberatingnarratives.com/europeans-di...
Europeans Didn’t Discover the World
It’s time to stop calling it an “Age of Discovery” or an “Age of Exploration”
www.liberatingnarratives.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
carlywenner.bsky.social
My first day of school looks a little different this year as I’ve joined UBC’s Faculty of Education as an Adjunct Professor!

15 years ago, almost to the day, I entered the same building as a student and I’m so excited to be back to share my love of Social Studies with future teachers.
Sign of UBC’s Faculty of Education building
September 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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It’s me!
thinkhist.bsky.social Thinking Historically for Canada's Future @thinkhist.bsky.social · Aug 11
Carly teaches at St. George’s School, a large, independent, non-denominational all-boys school in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Learn more about Carly's experiences at: thinking-historically.ca/carly-wenner/

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August 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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New podcast!!! You can listen to @abbyreisman.bsky.social and I discuss the importance of discussions in the social studies classroom! It get meta!! visionsofed.com/2025/07/21/e...
Episode 216: Observing Classroom Discussions with Lightning Jay & Abby Reisman
In episode 216, Dan and Michael chat with Lightning Jay and Abby Reisman about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “The social studies discourse instrument: Valida…
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July 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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#historyteacher #iteachsocialstudies
thinkhist.bsky.social Thinking Historically for Canada's Future @thinkhist.bsky.social · Aug 1
This blog series offers reflections on the History Education in Troubled Times workshop.

Read about it here: thinking-historically.ca/history-educ...

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August 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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thinkhist.bsky.social
This blog series offers reflections on the History Education in Troubled Times workshop.

Read about it here: thinking-historically.ca/history-educ...

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August 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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…. My students and I also read this article about “critical ignoring” as in addition to strategies like lateral reading, the authors recommend “self-nudging” in making our own choices in consuming online information theconversation.com/when-critica.... 2/2
When critical thinking isn’t enough: to beat information overload, we need to learn ‘critical ignoring’
Lateral reading, self-nudging and a persistent refusal to feed the trolls are some of the ways one can better manage information.
theconversation.com
August 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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thinkhist.bsky.social
Members of Thinking Historically for Canada's Future recently published an article titled
Historical Thinking: Trends, Critiques, and Future Directions.

Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

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July 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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edutopia.org
Are you students quick to jump to conclusions? A See, Think, Wonder will get them to slow down and look more closely. 🗞️

See, Think, Wonder is a thinking routine developed by Project Zero.

#HistoryTeacher #teachers #SocialStudies #HistoryEducation
Evaluating Primary Sources Through a See, Think, Wonder
By taking the time to observe, make inferences, and ask great questions about historical artifacts and images, students learn to avoid jumping to conclusions.
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July 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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This would be really helpful to use with students who tend to use the word "bias" as a crutch when analyzing sources #historyteacher #iteachsocialstudies
askhistorians.bsky.social AskHistorians @askhistorians.bsky.social · Jul 3
/u/mikedash takes a fairly usual request for unbiased sources as an opportunity to discuss how historians interact with ‘bias’ and explains why its impossible, and unhelpful, to write objective, unbiased #history. #Skystorians #twistoriography
mikedash's comment on "Was told to post this here. Unbiased history sources."
Explore this conversation and more from the AskHistorians community
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July 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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🫣 If you're feeling overwhelmed scrolling social media, you're not alone. Bad actors also take advantage of heavy news cycles with #misinformation that plays on emotions.

👇🏾 Here are some basic #NewsLiteracy tips to stay sharp online.

🔗 Download the poster: bit.ly/7tipsNLP
7 Steps for Staying sharp (short version) An infographic with 7 boxes. Headline: Seven Steps for Staying Sharp Online Each box has a box with a tip. The tips are: 1. Pause 2. Memes aren't news 3. Likes and shares ≠ credibility 4. Take time to assess sources 5. Get to the experts 6. Don't feed the trolls 7. Steer clear of conspiratorial thinking
July 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Just putting this out there… books.google.co.uk/books?id=UVk...
July 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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mraleosays.bsky.social
Teaching literary theory has been the most influential approach I’ve used to improve HS students’ interpretive ability.

Theory helps them see what’s possible with interpretation, not just what’s permitted by “correct” readings.

#literacies #iteachenglish #edusky

open.substack.com/pub/trevoral...
Why I Teach Literary Theory to High Schoolers (and you should too)
Helping students read the word and world-system one lens at a time
open.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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thinkhist.bsky.social
Members of Thinking Historically for Canada's Future recently published an OpEd in The Conversation, Decolonizing history and social studies curricula has a long way to go in Canada . Click here to read more: theconversation.com/decolonizing...

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June 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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History Teachers: Does anyone have any resources/activities where students analyze historical interpretations/claims made by others they can share? #historyteacher #iteachsocialstudies #historyeducation
June 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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edutopia.org
Bring ELA and social studies together in this engaging, creative project! 🤝

Here’s a how-to guide from teachers Dana Haring and Tom Kelner.

#ITeachSocialStudies #ITeachEnglish #MiddleSchool #HistoryEducation
Interdisciplinary Teaching With Historical Journals
Middle school teachers can collaborate to develop an engaging project that gives students the opportunity to tap into their creativity.
edut.to
May 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
carlywenner.bsky.social
History teachers: this is a really interesting thread on periodization! #historyteacher #iteachsocialstudies
calthalas.bsky.social Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · May 25
Ok, you find it funny or interesting why some centuries are "long" and others are "short" and why do historians use terms like "the Middle Ages" or "the Renaissance" but get cross about it all the time? And keep forbidding things like "the Dark Ages"? Isn't it weird?

Well, no. 1/
a woman in a black dress sits on a couch and says " i forbid it "
ALT: a woman in a black dress sits on a couch and says " i forbid it "
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May 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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calthalas.bsky.social
Ok, you find it funny or interesting why some centuries are "long" and others are "short" and why do historians use terms like "the Middle Ages" or "the Renaissance" but get cross about it all the time? And keep forbidding things like "the Dark Ages"? Isn't it weird?

Well, no. 1/
a woman in a black dress sits on a couch and says " i forbid it "
ALT: a woman in a black dress sits on a couch and says " i forbid it "
media.tenor.com
May 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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edutopia.org
What does the gradual release of responsibility look like *in practice*?

Educator Kara Douma shifts the responsibility to her students by empowering them to choose their own scaffolding strategies. 🙌

#MiddleSchoolTeacher #EduSky #NewTeachers
Empowering Middle School Students to Create Their Own Scaffolds
By shifting the responsibility of scaffolding to students, teachers can help them be prepared to take ownership of their learning process.
edut.to
May 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
carlywenner.bsky.social
I'm putting together a list of books specifically related to Social Studies/History/Geography pedagogy to share with my department. If you have recommendations, please share them below! #sschat #historyeducation #iteachsocialstudies #historyteacher #EduSky
April 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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"Understanding how to do something without AI is one of the prerequisites for learning how to do it well with AI."

I really enjoyed this piece written by @joshbrake.com
on AI and the importance of expertise. #sschat

open.substack.com/pub/joshbrak...
For The Sheer Joy of Climbing
Thoughts on how to prevent AI from robbing you of the value of building expertise of your own
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April 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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thinkhist.bsky.social
Learn more about the Portraits of Professional Practice:

thinking-historically.ca/ppp/

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April 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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70 minute wait today to vote in the Vancouver by-election. The sticker was worth it though!
Long line at West Point Grey community centre for Vancouver city council by-election.
April 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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lightningjay.bsky.social
New Article! Better thinking about online information requires skills, practice, AND knowledge. I make the case that this new crisis highlights just how badly we need great history classes.

theconversation.com/why-history-...
Why history instruction is critical for combating online misinformation
Critical thinking involves specific skills for assessing evidence, but background knowledge about the subject is also essential.
theconversation.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM