I can see the usefulness of drawing out the web of connection between your foundational and supporting concepts that you might explicitly teach students - via a story like 'a king, count and duke' - and the enriching concepts that you 'bump into' as you say.
Lots of great ideas in TH202 from @alistairdickins.bsky.social @historyteacher89.bsky.social on how to use substantive concepts in curriculum design.
I'm working on KS3 and these are the foundational/supporting concepts I've got. The articles suggest a wider range but I'm worried about overload.
1. In My Life. The Beatles.
2. This Is A Low. Blur.
3. Shelter From The Storm. Bob Dylan.
4. Unfinished Symphony. Massive Attack.
5. California Love. Tupac.
#FridayFive
1. Radio Free Europe. Murmur. REM
2. Get Miles. Bring It On. Gomez
3. The Fun Lovin' Criminal. Come Find Yourself. Fun Lovin' Criminals
4. In It For The Money. In It For The Money. Supergrass
5. Tick Tick Boom, The Black And White Album. The Hives
#FridayFive
Congrats Alex!
I nearly piped up when the booklets question was asked!
Many thanks to @sam-jones.bsky.social @citoyenneclaire.bsky.social @mrsball.bsky.social @lambhearttea.bsky.social and @edurbin.bsky.social for a fantastically insightful array of workshops today #soane26Much appreciated!
Quick coffee before #soane26
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
#FridayFive
1. Death Letter. White Stripes (Under Blackpool Lights, 2004)
2. With Or Without You. U2 (Boston, 2001)
3. Purple Rain. Prince. (Super Bowl, 2007)
4. Money For Nothing. Dire Straits & Sting (Live Aid, 1985)
5. Free Fallin. John Mayer (Nokia Theatre, 2007)
Congrats to the #49ers. Incredible effort with so many key player injured.
One and done...again. #packers
A selection of the fantastic speakers in the History Strand at TTR Connect 2026 - Saturday 14th March in Manchester, make sure you get your free ticket here: www.ttradio.org/connect2026
Here's the first in a series of posts looking in detail at the workshops for the Schools History Project's Developing Teachers' Conference, Sat Jan 31st '26. Kicking us off is the SHP legend, Dale Banham, who'll be helping you to motivate your secondary history students #DTC26
Next week we will be trying out this new interpretation enquiry with Year 7.
The aim is for the students to be able to name, describe and explain why @marcmorris.bsky.social used the ASC, Malmesbury and royal charters to write his chapter on Athelstan.
#FridayFive
1. Into the Unknown. Frozen 2.
2. How Far I’ll Go. Moana.
3. You’ve Got a Friend in Me. Toy Story
4. Under The Sea. Little Mermaid.
5. This Is The Thanks I Get. Wish.
The Greatest Do Now Ever™️
This is the story of how one teacher set out to create the greatest Do Now Ever, and he changed my teaching for the better.
Please share if you can 🙏
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Pretend Best Friend pushes it close, but the 'goodness, my gracious' middle 8 on Oblivion is ridiculously catchy.
5 is a brilliant pick
#FridayFive
1. Dance to the Music. Sly & The Family Stone.
2. Sir Duke. Stevie Wonder.
3. Good Vibrations. Beach Boys.
4. You Can Call Me Al. Paul Simon.
5. Theme from Superman. John Williams.
Yes that’s the tightrope. Better to explain fully a limited number of comparisons rather than compare everyone to each other without explaining why they are sim/diff.
Chronologically. Thematic must involve lots of repetition.
With nearly half of the Russia and its Rulers course done (OCR) I've been thinking this week about the thematic essay questions. I'm going to try to get students to think thematically about the course as a whole but also comparatively.
@harryhudson21.bsky.social
Thanks I’ll DM my email if that’s ok?
Help!
I need a copy of the 2025 edexcel politics paper 1 - but I can't get on the website.
Has anyone got a copy they send via DM?
#FridayFive
1. Fancy. Iggy Azalea.
2. The Less I Know the Better. Tame Impala.
3. Unstoppable. Sia.
4. Where The Wild Roses Grow. Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue.
5. Thunderstruck. AC/DC
1. Come On Baby Stop Your Crying. Spiritualised.
2. Take It With Me When I Go, Tom Waits
3. Broken. Jake Bugg.
4. Old Man. Neil Young.
5. Always On My Mind. Pet Shop Boys (had to include a sad banger)
#FridayFive
#FridayFive
1. The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly). Missy Elliot.
2. Missing. Everything But the Girl.
3. Dry The Rain. The Beta Band.
4. I'll Take the Rain. REM.
5. A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall. Bob Dylan.
I've seen enough. The Packers are winning the SB.
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