Christina
@vandencm.bsky.social
Teacher of HS US History (APUSH), AfAmHx, and AP Research. Mom of 2 littles and salty cat. Irish dancer. Reader. Learner. Gardener. JMU Grad.
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Social studies teachers: How will you teach about racially-profiled ICE raids/deportations to third countries this fall? Violates numerous constitutional protections (and frankly cruel). How to avoid the both-sides trap? How to confront injustice without seeming simply partisan? #sschat #edusky
July 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Histories wanted! Are you a recently terminated federal employee? Historians want to record your story! There's so much you know; let's get it on the record. You may record anonymously if you wish. www.oah.org/2025/03/04/f...
OAH | Federal Employees Oral History ProjectOAH | Federal Employees Oral History Project
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March 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Histories wanted! Are you a recently terminated federal employee? Historians want to record your story! There's so much you know; let's get it on the record. You may record anonymously if you wish. www.oah.org/2025/03/04/f...
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You were warned
What comes next? Purges of the intelligence community.
February 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
You were warned
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Know Black history in America.
“ More than 4,000 African Americans were killed in racial terror lynchings between 1877 and 1950
….thousands of white people, including elected officials and prominent citizens, gathered to witness victims being gruesomely tortured and mutilated.”
“ More than 4,000 African Americans were killed in racial terror lynchings between 1877 and 1950
….thousands of white people, including elected officials and prominent citizens, gathered to witness victims being gruesomely tortured and mutilated.”
Public Spectacle Lynchings
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February 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Know Black history in America.
“ More than 4,000 African Americans were killed in racial terror lynchings between 1877 and 1950
….thousands of white people, including elected officials and prominent citizens, gathered to witness victims being gruesomely tortured and mutilated.”
“ More than 4,000 African Americans were killed in racial terror lynchings between 1877 and 1950
….thousands of white people, including elected officials and prominent citizens, gathered to witness victims being gruesomely tortured and mutilated.”
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Senator Chris Van Hollen goes off on Donald Trump:
"He's trying to convert those positions into positions can be filled by his political cronies...But what this is, is an attempt to push out these merit-based civil servants, 50 to 60 thousand of them so he can put political hacks in those jobs."
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"He's trying to convert those positions into positions can be filled by his political cronies...But what this is, is an attempt to push out these merit-based civil servants, 50 to 60 thousand of them so he can put political hacks in those jobs."
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February 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Senator Chris Van Hollen goes off on Donald Trump:
"He's trying to convert those positions into positions can be filled by his political cronies...But what this is, is an attempt to push out these merit-based civil servants, 50 to 60 thousand of them so he can put political hacks in those jobs."
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"He's trying to convert those positions into positions can be filled by his political cronies...But what this is, is an attempt to push out these merit-based civil servants, 50 to 60 thousand of them so he can put political hacks in those jobs."
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Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
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Absolutely worth your time to read this
February 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Absolutely worth your time to read this
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Timely to reshare these nation-wide findings that there is NOT evidence of indoctrination in K-12 social studies. 🗺️ #sschat #EduSky
What Are American Students Learning about US History? - AHA
Since 2020, a contentious debate over history education has generated outrage, wild claims, and a growing sense of alarm in homes and communities across the country. State legislators, school board me...
www.historians.org
January 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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NY Times, Feb. 11, 1933.
February 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
NY Times, Feb. 11, 1933.
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➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
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This is what people mean when they say complying in advance
I'm not gonna lie, I'm floored that a university would call off a Lunar New Year event open to everyone because it might be "DEI"
MSU college abruptly cancels Lunar New Year event, citing Trump DEI orders - The State News
MSU cancelled an annual Lunar New Year celebration following new executive orders targeting DEI and concerns from students.
statenews.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This is what people mean when they say complying in advance
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"[A] democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism—ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power." - FDR (1938)
a man stands at a podium with microphones that say wor on them
ALT: a man stands at a podium with microphones that say wor on them
media.tenor.com
January 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"[A] democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism—ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power." - FDR (1938)
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ICE detained a family—including a toddler—after they were overheard speaking Spanish. They’re US citizens from Puerto Rico.
No chance to explain. The mother, grandmother, and child were shopping when ICE agents took them into detention before admitting their “mistake.”
This is Trump’s America.
No chance to explain. The mother, grandmother, and child were shopping when ICE agents took them into detention before admitting their “mistake.”
This is Trump’s America.
January 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
ICE detained a family—including a toddler—after they were overheard speaking Spanish. They’re US citizens from Puerto Rico.
No chance to explain. The mother, grandmother, and child were shopping when ICE agents took them into detention before admitting their “mistake.”
This is Trump’s America.
No chance to explain. The mother, grandmother, and child were shopping when ICE agents took them into detention before admitting their “mistake.”
This is Trump’s America.
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The AHA's American Lesson Plan report shares findings from the most comprehensive study of secondary US history education undertaken in the 21st century. Key takeaways include: history teachers are professionals who are concerned mostly with helping students learn central elements of US history. 🗃️
American Lesson Plan | American Historical Association
American Lesson Plan: Teaching US History in Secondary Schools reports on insights gathered during a two-year exploration of secondary US history education.
www.historians.org
January 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The AHA's American Lesson Plan report shares findings from the most comprehensive study of secondary US history education undertaken in the 21st century. Key takeaways include: history teachers are professionals who are concerned mostly with helping students learn central elements of US history. 🗃️
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Democrats have been extraordinarily terrible at crafting effective communications (AOC excepted - she's amazing). Today's Guardian has a good article on this, suggesting Democrats embrace #DarkWoke. Long overdue. You can't go to a gunfight armed with a teacup. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How do Democrats harness #DarkWoke? | Peter Rothpletz
Democrats’ current approach to political messaging is broken – and party leaders have no conception of how to fix it
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Democrats have been extraordinarily terrible at crafting effective communications (AOC excepted - she's amazing). Today's Guardian has a good article on this, suggesting Democrats embrace #DarkWoke. Long overdue. You can't go to a gunfight armed with a teacup. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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My colleagues at @historians.org released this report last fall, and it’s worth a read and a share. History teachers are teaching history about ALL Americans, with evidence and primary sources. Trust them as the professionals they are.
The AHA's American Lesson Plan report shares findings from the most comprehensive study of secondary US history education undertaken in the 21st century. Key takeaways include: history teachers are professionals who are concerned mostly with helping students learn central elements of US history. 🗃️
American Lesson Plan | American Historical Association
American Lesson Plan: Teaching US History in Secondary Schools reports on insights gathered during a two-year exploration of secondary US history education.
www.historians.org
January 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
My colleagues at @historians.org released this report last fall, and it’s worth a read and a share. History teachers are teaching history about ALL Americans, with evidence and primary sources. Trust them as the professionals they are.
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do you enjoy knowing that when you deposit money in a US bank, you won't lose that money? nice, right?
it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.
i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.
i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Banking regulator rescinds more than 200 job offers for examiners it needs
A government-wide hiring freeze is adding to a staffing shortage at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., complicating the agency’s efforts to oversee thousands of banks across the country.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
do you enjoy knowing that when you deposit money in a US bank, you won't lose that money? nice, right?
it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.
i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.
i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Really enjoyed reading and thinking about the idea of Micro-inquiries from Social Edu Mag this morning - a good way to get the brain off break before diving into the pile of grading left over from sickness filled Dec. www.socialstudies.org/social-educa... #NCSS #iteachsocialstudies
Social Education November/December 2024
www.socialstudies.org
January 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Really enjoyed reading and thinking about the idea of Micro-inquiries from Social Edu Mag this morning - a good way to get the brain off break before diving into the pile of grading left over from sickness filled Dec. www.socialstudies.org/social-educa... #NCSS #iteachsocialstudies
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For generations, scholars argued that white women were rarely involved in the active buying & selling of slaves. But a growing body of research documents the role that white women played in the American slave trade. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u... #sschat
Scholars Thought White Women Were Passive Enslavers. They Were Wrong. (Gift Article)
For generations, scholars argued that white women were rarely involved in the active buying and selling of Black people. A growing body of research says otherwise.
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2024 at 4:40 PM
For generations, scholars argued that white women were rarely involved in the active buying & selling of slaves. But a growing body of research documents the role that white women played in the American slave trade. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u... #sschat
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SNCC Veterans sharing how they think about political education, then and especially now. Join us online, Dec. 9 duke.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 3, 2024 at 2:54 PM
SNCC Veterans sharing how they think about political education, then and especially now. Join us online, Dec. 9 duke.zoom.us/meeting/regi...