Dan Lyndon-Cohen
@danlyndon.bsky.social
Director of the Schools History Project; Teacher, Writer, Gooner.
Our teacher presenters Alice and Nini gave two very different examples of how to teach gardening and empire. The former shared a single lesson embedded in an Empire enquiry and the latter focused on three cases studies of NZ, India and E Africa ...
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Our teacher presenters Alice and Nini gave two very different examples of how to teach gardening and empire. The former shared a single lesson embedded in an Empire enquiry and the latter focused on three cases studies of NZ, India and E Africa ...
@corinnefowler.bsky.social, as always, was a font of knowledge on the connections between Empire and Gardening, lecturing us on the impact of indigenous plants and knowledge on the British countryside ...
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
@corinnefowler.bsky.social, as always, was a font of knowledge on the connections between Empire and Gardening, lecturing us on the impact of indigenous plants and knowledge on the British countryside ...
The @1972shp.bsky.social SHPUnderstanding:UNEARTHED webinar launched this afternoon and it was spectacular! Massive thanks to @btrappy.bsky.social for kicking us off with some brilliant sources about the Wardian cases that transformed the exchange of plants around the globe ...
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The @1972shp.bsky.social SHPUnderstanding:UNEARTHED webinar launched this afternoon and it was spectacular! Massive thanks to @btrappy.bsky.social for kicking us off with some brilliant sources about the Wardian cases that transformed the exchange of plants around the globe ...
Early Bird Tickets now on sale for our Developing Teachers' Conference (Jan 31 online) from here store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... 9 workshops for secondary and 3 workshops for primary teachers & an incredible keynote from Dr Sarah Longair, whose gloved hands have touched many an object!
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Early Bird Tickets now on sale for our Developing Teachers' Conference (Jan 31 online) from here store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... 9 workshops for secondary and 3 workshops for primary teachers & an incredible keynote from Dr Sarah Longair, whose gloved hands have touched many an object!
Incredible opportunity to get your (gloved) hands on some Viking artefacts at our next Yorkshire History Forum at St Barnabas School in York (Nov 24 5-8pm). Just ask @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social and she'll tell you how awesome they are! Tickets available here: store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Incredible opportunity to get your (gloved) hands on some Viking artefacts at our next Yorkshire History Forum at St Barnabas School in York (Nov 24 5-8pm). Just ask @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social and she'll tell you how awesome they are! Tickets available here: store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...
So much @1972shp.bsky.social stuff going on right now! Last call to register for SHP UNEARTHED (Nov 10 5-6pm), our groundbreaking (ha ha!) webinar on Empire and Gardening - email d.lyndon-cohen@leedstrinity.ac.uk to sign up.
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
So much @1972shp.bsky.social stuff going on right now! Last call to register for SHP UNEARTHED (Nov 10 5-6pm), our groundbreaking (ha ha!) webinar on Empire and Gardening - email d.lyndon-cohen@leedstrinity.ac.uk to sign up.
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
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!
This year we are delighted to welcome back to our primary strand two legends of the primary teaching world; @mr-s-tiffany.bsky.social and @msquinnhistory.bsky.social and we welcome a new presenter Nick Mackintosh (who joined us in Leeds for our summer conference).
October 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This year we are delighted to welcome back to our primary strand two legends of the primary teaching world; @mr-s-tiffany.bsky.social and @msquinnhistory.bsky.social and we welcome a new presenter Nick Mackintosh (who joined us in Leeds for our summer conference).
We have curated a record-breaking NINE workshops for secondary teachers, covering a huge range of topics. You won't be surprised that we have an awesome roster of presenters including @fredoxby.bsky.social @petejackson.bsky.social @missrcarter89.bsky.social @oblaize.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We have curated a record-breaking NINE workshops for secondary teachers, covering a huge range of topics. You won't be surprised that we have an awesome roster of presenters including @fredoxby.bsky.social @petejackson.bsky.social @missrcarter89.bsky.social @oblaize.bsky.social
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
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 ...
Looking further forward we host our Developing Teachers' Conference on January 31 2026: We will have 9 secondary workshops and 3 primary workshops featuring legends like @mr-s-tiffany.bsky.social @oblaize.bsky.social @missrcarter89.bsky.social & @msquinnhistory.bsky.social. Tickets on sale v soon!
October 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Looking further forward we host our Developing Teachers' Conference on January 31 2026: We will have 9 secondary workshops and 3 primary workshops featuring legends like @mr-s-tiffany.bsky.social @oblaize.bsky.social @missrcarter89.bsky.social & @msquinnhistory.bsky.social. Tickets on sale v soon!
We also run our SHP Understanding events which bring academic historians & history teachers together. Our next event is Nov 10, the 1st webinar in our series UNEARTHED, looking at #environmentalhistory, specifically the radical history of gardening. Email d.lyndon-cohen@leedstrinity.ac.uk 2 register
October 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We also run our SHP Understanding events which bring academic historians & history teachers together. Our next event is Nov 10, the 1st webinar in our series UNEARTHED, looking at #environmentalhistory, specifically the radical history of gardening. Email d.lyndon-cohen@leedstrinity.ac.uk 2 register
On Nov 24 we will be hosting our 3rd Yorkshire History Forum with 2 workshops for primary and 2 for secondary history teachers, led by wonderful teachers like @petejackson.bsky.social and @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social. Tickets are now available from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...
October 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
On Nov 24 we will be hosting our 3rd Yorkshire History Forum with 2 workshops for primary and 2 for secondary history teachers, led by wonderful teachers like @petejackson.bsky.social and @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social. Tickets are now available from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...
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
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!
I am absolutely delighted to be able to share the news about our next @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire History Forum which will be taking place in York on November 24th. We have a superb line up of workshops for #primary and #secondary #historyteachers and all for a bargain basement price ...
October 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I am absolutely delighted to be able to share the news about our next @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire History Forum which will be taking place in York on November 24th. We have a superb line up of workshops for #primary and #secondary #historyteachers and all for a bargain basement price ...
Or if you have some suggestions of what we should be offering in our Developing Teachers Conference #DTC26 (use this form forms.office.com/e/u1B14iYYhJ )
September 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Or if you have some suggestions of what we should be offering in our Developing Teachers Conference #DTC26 (use this form forms.office.com/e/u1B14iYYhJ )
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If you want to present a workshop at #SHP26 (use this form forms.office.com/e/UHkC15w52G )
September 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
WE ALSO WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU ...
If you want to present a workshop at #SHP26 (use this form forms.office.com/e/UHkC15w52G )
If you want to present a workshop at #SHP26 (use this form forms.office.com/e/UHkC15w52G )
Heading home after a magical weekend in Leeds for #SHP25. So many awesome moments, but this poetry performance by Natalie Davies perfectly encapsulated some of the key themes: the power of the voice, and the emotional connection it carries, which enables a meaningful understanding of the past.
July 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Heading home after a magical weekend in Leeds for #SHP25. So many awesome moments, but this poetry performance by Natalie Davies perfectly encapsulated some of the key themes: the power of the voice, and the emotional connection it carries, which enables a meaningful understanding of the past.
Julie Gottlieb shares the activities that students completed after a live performance of Nicola Baldwin's play 'The Nervous State' #SHP25
July 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Julie Gottlieb shares the activities that students completed after a live performance of Nicola Baldwin's play 'The Nervous State' #SHP25
Professor Julie Gottlieb closing the #SHP25 conference with a prescient and inspiring keynote raising our emotional literacy and helping us to understand how to use emotion as a lens in the History classroom.
July 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Professor Julie Gottlieb closing the #SHP25 conference with a prescient and inspiring keynote raising our emotional literacy and helping us to understand how to use emotion as a lens in the History classroom.
Pam Canning and Jack Brown using superb film resources made by Sweet Patootee Arts g.co/kgs/tFDzsKe to show the experiences of Carribbean soldiers in WWI #SHP25
July 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Pam Canning and Jack Brown using superb film resources made by Sweet Patootee Arts g.co/kgs/tFDzsKe to show the experiences of Carribbean soldiers in WWI #SHP25
Nick Mackintosh reflecting on how diverse experiences are a powerful tool for helping young people to emotionally engage with the past. And how a curriculum which reflects the school communities can be very meaningful #SHP25
July 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Nick Mackintosh reflecting on how diverse experiences are a powerful tool for helping young people to emotionally engage with the past. And how a curriculum which reflects the school communities can be very meaningful #SHP25
Wajid Yaseen delivering our second keynote at #SHP25 about the Tape Letters archive and project that he created, that focuses on the experiences of the British-Pakistani community who would send cassettes back and forth between UK and Pakistan from the 1960s to 1990s.
July 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Wajid Yaseen delivering our second keynote at #SHP25 about the Tape Letters archive and project that he created, that focuses on the experiences of the British-Pakistani community who would send cassettes back and forth between UK and Pakistan from the 1960s to 1990s.
A packed primary workshop with Heather DeSilva and Wendy Baverstock exploring how to support younger learners of history to move from the concrete to the abstract #SHP25
July 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A packed primary workshop with Heather DeSilva and Wendy Baverstock exploring how to support younger learners of history to move from the concrete to the abstract #SHP25
@btrappy.bsky.social digging into some source material about the role of the opium trade in the development of the British Empire #SHP25
July 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
@btrappy.bsky.social digging into some source material about the role of the opium trade in the development of the British Empire #SHP25