I’m sure my 2 year old whom I’m raising would agree

Trying to get back to a regular writing routine. Here’s a fun post partially inspired by Zohran Mamdani’s excellent St. Patrick’s Day remarks

Opinion | America Won’t Save Iran

Excellent essay by Reza Aslan

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...

“Hunger Was the Word I Heard Most”: Stalin’s First Five-Year Plan and Its Consequences Discussion of teaching the Holodomor using primary sources

New post on teaching the consequences of Stalin's first Five-Year Plan with primary forces and a focus on the Holodomor
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www.liberatingnarratives.com/hunger-was-the-word-i-he...

The Changing Role of Government Involvement in the Economy in the 1930s Teaching how states worldwide took a more active approach to directing economic development in the 1930s

New post on teaching how states around the world became more involved in directing economic development in the 1930s
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www.liberatingnarratives.com/the-changing-role-of-gov...

Working on a new post for Liberating Narratives, and I keep searching for specific speeches by Adolf Hitler. I’m wondering what these searches are doing to my algorithm. 😬

“The Deadliest Instrument of Warfare Yet Devised”: Teaching the Consequences of New Technology in the First World War Discussion of primary sources for teaching the effects of poisonous gas in the First World War

New post on teaching the consequences of new military technology in the First World War
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www.liberatingnarratives.com/the-deadliest-instrument...

I’m in the US but traveling for work. I tried with a VPN and still got the error. It just says I’m not eligible. No explanation why.

These two descriptions capture everything about how these events were presented in 50s compared to how we view them now

Just saw an excellent exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in London
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Great news! I also just tried to redeem the 1 year offer. I canceled my monthly subscription, but I keep getting told that I can’t redeem the offer. I’m also in London at the moment, so that might be the issue

@getskyscraper.com Loving the new app. Is there a way to easily view lists I’ve made?

I just downloaded Skyscraper, and I feel the exact same way as the original poster. This is definitely the most polished iOS and iPadOS app out there! Using the Bluesky app on a 13” iPad Pro was no fun.

It depends. Are you just telling stories from the textbook you read or are you working with different sources to interpret the past? I’m guessing most teachers aren’t trying to do the second. The ones interpreting are definitely historians. I’m a little biased on this one 😉

Heading to Chicago for AHA 2026. Who else is going?
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The city that wasted nothing - Roman Krznaric YouTube video by TED-Ed

I love this new Ted-Ed video on Tokugawa Edo. It’s a fun resource blending an understanding of how the Tokugawa economy worked and the way Japanese culture synthesized different ideas.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0h8...

Happy New Year! 🎊
May 2026 be a year filled with justice and peace for everyone!

I saw that. Kind of crazy. Hopefully they record it

“Everything is Found in Zanzibar”: East Africa, Zanzibar, and World History in the Nineteenth Century Discussion of teaching nineteenth-century East Africa and Zanzibar

I also wrote about teaching this topic a few months ago

www.liberatingnarratives.com/everything-i...

Here’s a little snippet

Early shoppers: how African consumers set global trade trends in the 1800s Africa’s ‘new consumer class’ isn’t new; in the 1800s the continent called the tune for European factories.

Great article for showing how African consumers influenced the late 19th century global economy. A good length to use with students.

theconversation.com/early-shoppe...

SOE 2026 — THE AFRICA-AMERICA INSTITUTE

This set of lectures on medieval West Africa is aimed at teachers and taking place in January
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www.aaiafrica.org/soe2026

“Set this Chessboard and its Pieces Before Your Most Learned Men”: Teaching Chess and the Games of World History Teaching Afroeurasian exchange using chess

I wrote about using chess to teach about pre-modern Afroeurasian exchange. Chess is a fun way to teach about exchange routes from a global perspective. There’s lots of visual primary sources as well.
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www.liberatingnarratives.com/set-this-che...

I appreciated this post. It’s thoughtful and reflects on what makes the iPad Pro special for travel. One thing I always mention to folks is the benefit of having built in esim when traveling in the developing world and often having poor wifi connections.

Our Shared Humanity The last 24 hours have been full of delightful reminders about the value of inclusiveness and our shared humanity. Yesterday morning, my daughter went up to this bumper sticker and asked about it. As ...

Reflecting on our shared humanity won

ped.bramhubbell.com/2025/11/05/o...

My daughter ran up to this car today and asked about the sticker. ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼✊️✊🏾

Treasure Trove of Shipwrecks Along China's Coast Reveals How East Met West on the Maritime Silk Road Sunken finds in the South China Sea testify to rich trade networks used over hundreds of years. The sea routes brought porcelain, tea and other goods from Asia to Africa, the Middle East and Europe

Good article about underwater archaeology and Chinese maritime trade.
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www.smithsonianmag.com/history/trea...

It’s surprising how often I still hear people mention Columbus “discovering” the Americas. Here’s my reply.

Bram, his wife, and daughter at No Kings protest

Woman holding a sign: “We’re not radical. We just paid attention in History class.”

Today felt good