I’ve wanted to read this book for awhile, and it’s ENTIRELY living up to my expectations.
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Civics/social studies teacher, public historian interested in the Jeffersonians, slavery, and early constitutional period, and dad of three Zooklets!
Sooo, Nick and I are back with “The Drunken Trail Podcast,” and we’re trying for better storytelling in each #podcast #episode . In our latest episode, I do my #histodon thing, and tell the story of the #titanic , and how Bob Ballard’s expedition to find the Titanic in 1985 was a cover for his REAL mission to the sunken US #nuclear #Submarines Thresher and Scorpion. Give it a listen, and tell your friends!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-drunken-trail/id1508250141?i=1000592982289
Ada PalmerCriteria we could use to judge & compare countries instead of GDP & military strength:
- % of population living in poverty
- child mortality
- average women’s educational level
- life expectancy
- standard of living for poorest 10% of population
- median leisure budget remaining after core expenses (rent, food, health, education)
- minimum wage v cost of living
- happiness index
- % population failed by social safety net
- preventable deaths
- environmental impact per population
This book by the always eloquent @FrankCogliano would have been really useful when I was working on my MA thesis!
As we start seeing what the new #socialstudies #curriculum for #virginia is likel#y to look like, I think this opinion from @amandaripley is incredibly astute https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/08/american-polarization-crt-more-in-common-report/
It’s a good day (despite the cold raininess of it all) to visit the @FrontierCulture museum. I particularly liked the chimney on the English house, it reminded me of @BaconsCastle ! Top notch historic interpretation too!
Qasim Rashid, Esq.On Dec 2, 1859, Abolitionist John Brown was the first American ever executed for treason. The second ever executed for treason was Aaron Dwight Stevens (March 15, 1831 – March 16, 1860).
Their crimes? Attempting to free the enslaved. The first Americans executed for treason was for the crime of freeing the enslaved.
Legality is not always a measure of justice & morality, but a measure of power. This was only two life spans ago.
May we learn from these atrocities & uphold justice forever.
