Sally Thorne
@mrsthorne.bsky.social
History teacher, AHT, author, examiner.
Just reading that Drake died in his amour.
It's given me the giggles. Particularly because he died of dysentery.
#didyouforgetthatfirstR
It's given me the giggles. Particularly because he died of dysentery.
#didyouforgetthatfirstR
January 18, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Just reading that Drake died in his amour.
It's given me the giggles. Particularly because he died of dysentery.
#didyouforgetthatfirstR
It's given me the giggles. Particularly because he died of dysentery.
#didyouforgetthatfirstR
As automated emails go, this one was a shocker. Made me panic my account had been hacked when it was nothing to do with the payment failing. I replied to say, 'This sounds like a you problem'.
I await their response.
I await their response.
January 16, 2026 at 7:09 PM
As automated emails go, this one was a shocker. Made me panic my account had been hacked when it was nothing to do with the payment failing. I replied to say, 'This sounds like a you problem'.
I await their response.
I await their response.
Quite pleased to work out that today's gym visit was my 52nd of the year. Also Weird Gym Man was there but did not approach me, so that was good.
December 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Quite pleased to work out that today's gym visit was my 52nd of the year. Also Weird Gym Man was there but did not approach me, so that was good.
In pursuit of some kind of life outside of work and inspired by the summer hol list of @spbeale.bsky.social I've had some 'nice things' to do lists since Sept and they've worked well.
Now trying to write one for the coming term. What's traditional for Jan/early Feb? Other than self-flagellation.
Now trying to write one for the coming term. What's traditional for Jan/early Feb? Other than self-flagellation.
December 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
In pursuit of some kind of life outside of work and inspired by the summer hol list of @spbeale.bsky.social I've had some 'nice things' to do lists since Sept and they've worked well.
Now trying to write one for the coming term. What's traditional for Jan/early Feb? Other than self-flagellation.
Now trying to write one for the coming term. What's traditional for Jan/early Feb? Other than self-flagellation.
Shout out to everyone else doing the @steplab.bsky.social CCL course, chasing that 9am assignment deadline 🫣😂 I see you all on the proforma download! #solidarity
December 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Shout out to everyone else doing the @steplab.bsky.social CCL course, chasing that 9am assignment deadline 🫣😂 I see you all on the proforma download! #solidarity
Michelle Mone is a proper villain, isn't she.
Sell the boat, Michelle! Reject that neo-lib programming and do something for someone else for a change.
Sell the boat, Michelle! Reject that neo-lib programming and do something for someone else for a change.
Michel Mone linked firm goes bust bit.ly/3Yzqwns Liquidation means the money will not be repaid unless the govt can go after the personal assets in trust but that could be tricky.
PPE company linked to ex-Tory peer Michelle Mone goes into liquidation
PPE Medpro owes government £148m for supplying unusable personal protective equipment during Covid-19 pandemic
bit.ly
December 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Michelle Mone is a proper villain, isn't she.
Sell the boat, Michelle! Reject that neo-lib programming and do something for someone else for a change.
Sell the boat, Michelle! Reject that neo-lib programming and do something for someone else for a change.
School tripping with Y13 to Greenwich today for some early empire input. 5.30am start 😩 but Harts has its dauphinoise danish on the counter for the season 🥳
December 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
School tripping with Y13 to Greenwich today for some early empire input. 5.30am start 😩 but Harts has its dauphinoise danish on the counter for the season 🥳
I did not expect to wake up this morning and find myself agreeing with some Marjorie Taylor Greene said. What an odd sensation.
November 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I did not expect to wake up this morning and find myself agreeing with some Marjorie Taylor Greene said. What an odd sensation.
Reposted by Sally Thorne
Teaching the histories of slavery and keen to inform your students with insights from the most recent research?
Just a month to go before @uclpress.bsky.social publishes this open access (free to download) expert volume. uclpress.co.uk/book/teachin...
Just a month to go before @uclpress.bsky.social publishes this open access (free to download) expert volume. uclpress.co.uk/book/teachin...
Teaching Slavery
This groundbreaking book brings together the latest academic research on Britain’s involvement in transatlantic slavery, with innovative thinking on the teaching of such challenging histories in the c...
uclpress.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Teaching the histories of slavery and keen to inform your students with insights from the most recent research?
Just a month to go before @uclpress.bsky.social publishes this open access (free to download) expert volume. uclpress.co.uk/book/teachin...
Just a month to go before @uclpress.bsky.social publishes this open access (free to download) expert volume. uclpress.co.uk/book/teachin...
Here endeth the term 🥳
October 24, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Here endeth the term 🥳
Me: ugh, why have I taken on so much AGAIN, I'm so busy, I have no free time to do anything
Also me: ooh, a 1000 piece glow in the dark advent puzzle? Tell me more.
🙄
Also me: ooh, a 1000 piece glow in the dark advent puzzle? Tell me more.
🙄
October 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Me: ugh, why have I taken on so much AGAIN, I'm so busy, I have no free time to do anything
Also me: ooh, a 1000 piece glow in the dark advent puzzle? Tell me more.
🙄
Also me: ooh, a 1000 piece glow in the dark advent puzzle? Tell me more.
🙄
Ok folks, who's getting fired?
@teachertapp.bsky.social
@teachertapp.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Ok folks, who's getting fired?
@teachertapp.bsky.social
@teachertapp.bsky.social
If you're having an idle rainy Saturday it's definitely worth dipping into this, such good chats today! #TTRHums
Loved today's event. Find the recording and the Presentations below:
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
The recording is available below: streamyard.com/watch/bV8VSg...
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
The recording is available below: streamyard.com/watch/bV8VSg...
Teachers Talk History - Online
Teachers Talk History - Live online event.
streamyard.com
September 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If you're having an idle rainy Saturday it's definitely worth dipping into this, such good chats today! #TTRHums
Absolutely loving this talk on metacognition from Thalina, she is unconsciously filling out a plan I've been making for tackling this topic in school 🎉 #TTHumanities
🎤 Speaker spotlight: Thalina Chowdhury
“Metacognition in Humanities: Strategies, Implementation and Benefits” 🧠
A practical session to strengthen teaching across subjects.
#EduCommunity #TTROnAir
www.eventbrite.com/e/teachers-t...
“Metacognition in Humanities: Strategies, Implementation and Benefits” 🧠
A practical session to strengthen teaching across subjects.
#EduCommunity #TTROnAir
www.eventbrite.com/e/teachers-t...
Teachers Talk Humanities
Free event for teachers of the Humanities by Teachers Talk Radio
www.eventbrite.com
September 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Absolutely loving this talk on metacognition from Thalina, she is unconsciously filling out a plan I've been making for tackling this topic in school 🎉 #TTHumanities
Reposted by Sally Thorne
#HistoryEducation @mrsthorne.bsky.social make time for this one!
🎙️ Meet Sally Thorne – Teachmeet 1 with Inspiring each other: cross-curricular ideas for KS3.
Join us to explore how Humanities can drive creativity across the curriculum.
#TeachersTalkHumanities
www.eventbrite.com/e/teachers-t...
Join us to explore how Humanities can drive creativity across the curriculum.
#TeachersTalkHumanities
www.eventbrite.com/e/teachers-t...
September 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
#HistoryEducation @mrsthorne.bsky.social make time for this one!
Tell me how your week's going without telling me how your week's going.
In other news: big welcome to the first cold of the academic year 🤧
In other news: big welcome to the first cold of the academic year 🤧
September 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Tell me how your week's going without telling me how your week's going.
In other news: big welcome to the first cold of the academic year 🤧
In other news: big welcome to the first cold of the academic year 🤧
Today's puzzle:
Why do I have 64 reusable shopping bags when I do almost all my grocery shopping online?
Why do I have 64 reusable shopping bags when I do almost all my grocery shopping online?
August 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Today's puzzle:
Why do I have 64 reusable shopping bags when I do almost all my grocery shopping online?
Why do I have 64 reusable shopping bags when I do almost all my grocery shopping online?
The tenseness of a plane loading. I am in a window seat. Another single person is in the aisle seat.
It's the hope that kills you.
It's the hope that kills you.
August 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The tenseness of a plane loading. I am in a window seat. Another single person is in the aisle seat.
It's the hope that kills you.
It's the hope that kills you.
Saw a sign in a shop today that said 'Your comfort zone will kill you' and felt moved to say that this kind of LinkedIn poison is absolute bollocks. Being comfortable is a life goal for many people. Choose hustle culture if you want, but don't try to impose it on me, please and thank you.
August 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Saw a sign in a shop today that said 'Your comfort zone will kill you' and felt moved to say that this kind of LinkedIn poison is absolute bollocks. Being comfortable is a life goal for many people. Choose hustle culture if you want, but don't try to impose it on me, please and thank you.
Thanks to everyone who recommended Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing when I posted this, it was my first summer read and I got completely lost in the stories. Highly recommended by me now too!
Right, the summer is just round the corner and I am sick of reading academic articles about assessment for my Masters, so hit me with your good reads so I can stock up for my summer holidays.
I like historical fiction but all recs gratefully received.
I like historical fiction but all recs gratefully received.
August 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Thanks to everyone who recommended Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing when I posted this, it was my first summer read and I got completely lost in the stories. Highly recommended by me now too!
I see the Telegraph has been picked to lead the charge against long school hols this year. I love how many people think children would cope with being in school 50 weeks pa. I wonder what the crossover is between those people and the ones who let their children have a day off after sports day.
July 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I see the Telegraph has been picked to lead the charge against long school hols this year. I love how many people think children would cope with being in school 50 weeks pa. I wonder what the crossover is between those people and the ones who let their children have a day off after sports day.
Reposted by Sally Thorne
July 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Summer holidays, eh? Still in pyjamas. Home for the door to door salesmen selling double glazing. ...'sorry to ask but are you Mrs Thorne?'
Oh hi, ex-student 🫣
Oh hi, ex-student 🫣
July 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Summer holidays, eh? Still in pyjamas. Home for the door to door salesmen selling double glazing. ...'sorry to ask but are you Mrs Thorne?'
Oh hi, ex-student 🫣
Oh hi, ex-student 🫣
Reposted by Sally Thorne
How are women in the past represented in current history textbooks?
With specific attention paid to three consecutive waves of feminism, this paper examines the representation of women in Hungarian and Flemish history textbooks:
doi.org/10.14324/HER...
With specific attention paid to three consecutive waves of feminism, this paper examines the representation of women in Hungarian and Flemish history textbooks:
doi.org/10.14324/HER...
July 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
How are women in the past represented in current history textbooks?
With specific attention paid to three consecutive waves of feminism, this paper examines the representation of women in Hungarian and Flemish history textbooks:
doi.org/10.14324/HER...
With specific attention paid to three consecutive waves of feminism, this paper examines the representation of women in Hungarian and Flemish history textbooks:
doi.org/10.14324/HER...
Looking forward to heading north in September to talk about some exciting cross-curricular units we've been working on at school, inspired by both the @histassoc.bsky.social and the @geographicalassoc.bsky.social conferences #TeamHums
History 📚):
📖 @jenhistorycw11.bsky.social
Narrative-based booklets for GCSE: using story structure to aid retention and understanding. A practical, powerful tool.
🌟 @mrsthorne.bsky.social
Cross-curricular inspiration at KS3 – fresh, energising ideas!
#HistoryTeacher
📖 @jenhistorycw11.bsky.social
Narrative-based booklets for GCSE: using story structure to aid retention and understanding. A practical, powerful tool.
🌟 @mrsthorne.bsky.social
Cross-curricular inspiration at KS3 – fresh, energising ideas!
#HistoryTeacher
July 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Looking forward to heading north in September to talk about some exciting cross-curricular units we've been working on at school, inspired by both the @histassoc.bsky.social and the @geographicalassoc.bsky.social conferences #TeamHums