Barbara Trapani
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Barbara Trapani
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History teacher.
Silk Roads and environmental history fan.
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Just one week to go before our UNEARTHED webinar (just email d.lyndon-cohen@leedstrinity.ac.uk to register for your FREE place). Thought we needed some male role models to publicise the event as currently I am the ONLY male who is attending!! So come on lads, environmental history is for everyone!
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Had a brilliant chat with @corinnefowler.bsky.social this morning to plan our SHP Understanding: UNEARTHED event on November 10 (5-6pm) on the SHP YouTube channel. Corinne will be sharing her deep knowledge about the colonial countryside and the legacy of empire on our gardens ...
October 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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October 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Very excited to share the forthcoming SHP Understanding event from @1972shp.bsky.social: Unearthed (Nov 10 5-6pm). The first in a series of webinars looking at the transformative and radical power of gardening - from the Diggers to Mary Seacole to settler colonialism we've got it covered!
October 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
October 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Declaration today by B'Tselem and PHRI that #genocide is being committed in #Gaza confirms growing consensus by human rights groups. Next year, we in #education must reflect this when teaching genocide since #Holocaust. This means we must also challenge prior policy of silence on matter by HMDT

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July 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
@1972shp.bsky.social @danlyndon.bsky.social what a wonderful weekend! I am going back home re-energised and inspired. Already looking forward to next year. #SHP25
July 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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If you are rethinking any of your Key Stage 3 curriculum next year, you really should have a look at some of these amazing units #historyteacher
I have just been writing awards for this year's submissions to #CurriculumPATHS. Has reminded me what a wonderful array of units we have here already - each grounded in a set of common Principles for history teaching. www.padlet.com/cpaths/hub

Please do join us: membermojo.co.uk/curriculumpa...

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July 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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How Britain brought about regime change in Iran in 1953: by overthrowing a democratically elected government in favour of an autocracy after it threatened to nationalise Anglo-Iranian Oil (later BP) & use the revenue to benefit Iranians.

www.theguardian.com/world/2020/a...
British spy's account sheds light on role in 1953 Iranian coup
Interview given by MI6 officer in 1980s was discovered in research for new documentary
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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'Madleen' was on a mission of urgency after a year of set backs, carrying baby formula, food, medicine & basic humanity. Then came unidentified vessels, speedboats, quadcopters & Israeli soldiers. @franceskalbs.bsky.social recounts what happened in real-time as she spoke to the crew live.
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June 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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She reminds us that #Madleen was a UK-flagged boat seized in international waters. Israel's interception is an act of piracy.

Abduction is illegal, as is their siege, genocide, occupation and countless other war crimes across Palestine.

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June 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Now updated to consider how teachers might also frame post-war immigration as a radical discontinuity rather than ‘legacy’ of Empire.

alanlester.co.uk/blog/we-need...
We Need to Challenge “Legacies” as Well as “Balance” When Teaching the British Empire
Alan Lester Balance Fortunately educators are now increasingly sceptical about the idea of teaching the British Empire as a matter of balance between the ‘good’ and the ‘bad&#8217…
alanlester.co.uk
May 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Setting aside post-hoc legal definitions, there could not be a clearer instance of genocide. The closest historical parallel is the German colonial genocide in which Herero & Nama people who survived mass killing were forced into the desert to starve, 1904-08.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’
Letter also signed by Hanif Kureishi and Russell T Davies urges ceasefire and unrestricted distribution of aid
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Have you got something to share from your lessons? We’re looking for Humanities speakers (Hist, Geog, RE) to speak at our event in September, particularly on climate and environment.
Get in touch if you’d like to be involved; docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
April 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Major announcement coming tomorrow, watch this space!!! #historyeducation #historyteacher #skystorians #history #primary #secondary
February 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I am so excited about the latest @empirepoduk.bsky.social episodes with @sathnam.bsky.social on Kew Gardens and gardening, so many ideas to weave in more environmental history in the teaching of colonialism. Oh, and I can't wait for the Opium series!
January 30, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Such an amazing exhibition! I really recommend it to anyone teaching British Empire.
www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/...
November 26, 2024 at 7:17 PM
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Hello lots of new followers- if you’re interested in UK History Education, you might find this useful…

I’ve built a History Education UK starter pack of accounts I’ve found so far!

go.bsky.app/BTJ8SaJ
November 10, 2024 at 9:52 PM