Steven Maher
@smaher24.bsky.social
30-year history education veteran & amateur chronographer, still checking footnotes and looking for answers. Thoughts are mine alone and do not reflect those of my employer. Sharing ideas and lessons at https://infinitude.maherpages.net/
Hey High School US History teachers, you can feel this also. You still have time to fix that scope and sequence schedule and get your students into the 80s and 90s, at the very least.
was teaching Anita Hill and Monica Lewinsky today and I’m feeling it
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Hey High School US History teachers, you can feel this also. You still have time to fix that scope and sequence schedule and get your students into the 80s and 90s, at the very least.
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?"
Anniversaries of events like this show how much of the human story never makes it into history classrooms and can't be found in state standards.
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?"
Anniversaries of events like this show how much of the human story never makes it into history classrooms and can't be found in state standards.
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?"
Anniversaries of events like this show how much of the human story never makes it into history classrooms and can't be found in state standards.
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?"
Anniversaries of events like this show how much of the human story never makes it into history classrooms and can't be found in state standards.
This is where you look for PA results, history teachers know how to find primary sources www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/Coun...
Pennsylvania Elections - County Breakdown Results
www.electionreturns.pa.gov
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This is where you look for PA results, history teachers know how to find primary sources www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/Coun...
Oh, the sandwiches!
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Oh, the sandwiches!
Hey US Teachers - copy and paste this right into that tired old WWII Poster Propaganda lesson and see if your students notice
November 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Hey US Teachers - copy and paste this right into that tired old WWII Poster Propaganda lesson and see if your students notice
Yes, US History teachers, both of these belong in your Gilded Age/Progressive Era slidedeck.
October 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Yes, US History teachers, both of these belong in your Gilded Age/Progressive Era slidedeck.
Although he was writing to Abigail - John Adams is screaming at us ... "Posterity! You will never know, how much it cost the present Generation, to preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make a good Use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven, that I ever took half the Pains to preserve it."
October 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Although he was writing to Abigail - John Adams is screaming at us ... "Posterity! You will never know, how much it cost the present Generation, to preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make a good Use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven, that I ever took half the Pains to preserve it."
Teachers can prank their students with this 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast lesson that first has them analyzing sources to understand the national panic, then showing them evidence that the panic was a myth exaggerated by newspapers. NotebookLM makes lesson commercials!
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October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Teachers can prank their students with this 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast lesson that first has them analyzing sources to understand the national panic, then showing them evidence that the panic was a myth exaggerated by newspapers. NotebookLM makes lesson commercials!
youtu.be/VyLnbMx215o?...
youtu.be/VyLnbMx215o?...
Dear @nytimes readers,
You might feel better if you just give up in it.
Sincerely,
A Proud Unsubscriber
You might feel better if you just give up in it.
Sincerely,
A Proud Unsubscriber
Dear @nytimes,
It is entirely possible to write a story about education without seeking comment from Chris Rufo.
Sincerely,
An actual educator
It is entirely possible to write a story about education without seeking comment from Chris Rufo.
Sincerely,
An actual educator
October 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Dear @nytimes readers,
You might feel better if you just give up in it.
Sincerely,
A Proud Unsubscriber
You might feel better if you just give up in it.
Sincerely,
A Proud Unsubscriber
Sorta wonder what McClellan thought of the crowd size in front of his statute on Saturday. IYKYK
October 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Sorta wonder what McClellan thought of the crowd size in front of his statute on Saturday. IYKYK
Wearing a little history today, a subtle nod to educators who resisted tyranny - and a learning opportunity for students who ask about it. They won't get an answer of course, but they will get an invitation to look it up for themselves. Cultivating curiosity is more effective than demanding it.
October 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Wearing a little history today, a subtle nod to educators who resisted tyranny - and a learning opportunity for students who ask about it. They won't get an answer of course, but they will get an invitation to look it up for themselves. Cultivating curiosity is more effective than demanding it.
Hey history teachers - Did Orson Welles really spark nationwide panic with his 1938 "War of the Worlds" broadcast? The story of a 23 year-old using new tech to prank a nation hooks students into a media literacy history lesson that's perfect for Halloween. tinyurl.com/radiopanic #sschat
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October 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Hey history teachers - Did Orson Welles really spark nationwide panic with his 1938 "War of the Worlds" broadcast? The story of a 23 year-old using new tech to prank a nation hooks students into a media literacy history lesson that's perfect for Halloween. tinyurl.com/radiopanic #sschat
Social Studies teachers talking with students about events in Chicago should make note of the fact that Cook County Illinois is home to more than 5 million people, a population greater than each of 26 states.
October 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Social Studies teachers talking with students about events in Chicago should make note of the fact that Cook County Illinois is home to more than 5 million people, a population greater than each of 26 states.
Here's part of The Petition of Right in delivered to King Charles I in 1628, referencing Parliament's restriction of King Edward III's authority in 1340, laws and events familiar to the founders when they anchored our government on the rule of law. Close to 700 years of law are under attack today.
October 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Here's part of The Petition of Right in delivered to King Charles I in 1628, referencing Parliament's restriction of King Edward III's authority in 1340, laws and events familiar to the founders when they anchored our government on the rule of law. Close to 700 years of law are under attack today.
Came across these clauses from the Magna Carta while reading Richard Ovenden's "Burning the Books" - made we wonder if the Supreme Court has a copy. We're witnessing more than the destruction of a system of rights developed in 1789 - we're watching the ones from 1215 evaporate before our very eyes
September 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Came across these clauses from the Magna Carta while reading Richard Ovenden's "Burning the Books" - made we wonder if the Supreme Court has a copy. We're witnessing more than the destruction of a system of rights developed in 1789 - we're watching the ones from 1215 evaporate before our very eyes
Finding a mistake in a textbook is like finding tool you didn't know you had, but desperately need. Elementary school teachers looking for a good Social Studies lesson for next week can use a mistaken definition of "Geography" as a tool to help students think in abstract ways tinyurl.com/mr3yb2sa
Textbook Mistakes Help 4th Graders Think – Infinitude
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September 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Finding a mistake in a textbook is like finding tool you didn't know you had, but desperately need. Elementary school teachers looking for a good Social Studies lesson for next week can use a mistaken definition of "Geography" as a tool to help students think in abstract ways tinyurl.com/mr3yb2sa
Another learning opportunity for US teachers to add to their slidedeck
The MAGA monocultural revolution is so thorough that Hegseth made it a priority to honor soldiers who carried out war crimes in 1890.
September 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Another learning opportunity for US teachers to add to their slidedeck
Social Studies teachers who want to use this with students will need the complete source - here it is tinyurl.com/advyt4se
September 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Social Studies teachers who want to use this with students will need the complete source - here it is tinyurl.com/advyt4se
Random history teacher thoughts - our grandparents knew that we didn't know what "Pennsylvania 6-5000" stood for. Just as we know our children don't know what "867-5309" stood for.
And those thoughts are courtesy of seeing a pay phone still on the wall of the school's auditorium lobby.
And those thoughts are courtesy of seeing a pay phone still on the wall of the school's auditorium lobby.
September 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Random history teacher thoughts - our grandparents knew that we didn't know what "Pennsylvania 6-5000" stood for. Just as we know our children don't know what "867-5309" stood for.
And those thoughts are courtesy of seeing a pay phone still on the wall of the school's auditorium lobby.
And those thoughts are courtesy of seeing a pay phone still on the wall of the school's auditorium lobby.
This morning, in countless classrooms across the country, Social Studies teachers are working with students to help them find and assess "reliable sources" and "reliable information" while the information ecosystem collapses. Who is going to help them? Where is @socialstudies.org on this?
We have been led into a post-information age, and we will have to adapt to endure.
September 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This morning, in countless classrooms across the country, Social Studies teachers are working with students to help them find and assess "reliable sources" and "reliable information" while the information ecosystem collapses. Who is going to help them? Where is @socialstudies.org on this?
Social Studies teachers and leaders, this needs your attention
Educators: Please comment in opposition to this! Priorities determine who gets federal grants. The Department of Education is adding a priority that grants must abide by their rightwing definition of patriotism. Thanks for the heads up @profsarahshear.bsky.social. www.regulations.gov/document/ED-...
September 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Social Studies teachers and leaders, this needs your attention
Even he could take it
September 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Even he could take it
Hey Social Studies teachers, instead of sending students out to look for current event articles, dissect the words, phrases & facts included and excluded in two different accounts of the same event to see how people can come to different conclusions about the same event tinyurl.com/current-even...
Information Literacy through Current Events – Infinitude
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September 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Hey Social Studies teachers, instead of sending students out to look for current event articles, dissect the words, phrases & facts included and excluded in two different accounts of the same event to see how people can come to different conclusions about the same event tinyurl.com/current-even...
What’s the difference between a school district using AI to support the teaching of reading, writing and thinking, and a school district using a stolen car to teach driver’s education? Wondering whether we should think about this a little more. tinyurl.com/mvscp3v4
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September 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
What’s the difference between a school district using AI to support the teaching of reading, writing and thinking, and a school district using a stolen car to teach driver’s education? Wondering whether we should think about this a little more. tinyurl.com/mvscp3v4
Got me fired up enough to write a lesson on this - it works!
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September 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Got me fired up enough to write a lesson on this - it works!
tinyurl.com/5c4bm7cn
tinyurl.com/5c4bm7cn