Peter Pappas

@ppappas
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Creator of “The Forgotten Files: Because the past is still teaching." Fueled by jazz, biking, books, film, garlic. AI curious. #Apple Distinguished Educator 
#AI #Histodons #History #Teaching #Education #EdTech #PDX #RCTID #eBikes #BikeTooter
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Biking aroundPeople's Republic of Portland

Tried a new slide workflow: Keynote Creator Studio for images, ChatGPT for metaphor brainstorming and prompts. Way faster than stock-photo hunting, and the deck finally looked consistent end-to-end.

Write-up: " Better Than Clipart, Faster Than Stock: The Keynote and AI Workflow for Polished Decks" https://peterpappas.com/2026/03/better-than-clipart-faster-than-stock-the-keynote-trick-for-polished-decks.html #ai #keynote #apple #creatorstudio

The House just voted to turn "one person, one vote" into "one person, one birth certificate, one passport, and a mountain of paperwork."

The SAVE America Act isn't about "security"—it's a bureaucratic trap designed to sideline millions of eligible voters just in time for the 2026 midterms. From the "show your papers" registration mandate to the new photo ID hurdles, we've seen these suppression tactics before.
https://forgottenfiles.substack.com/p/the-fine-print-of-suppression

#VotingRights #SAVEAct #Democracy #2026Midterms

Watching Trump’s Venezuela adventurism, I keep thinking about how often U.S. power gets sold as “necessary” and “for their own good,” right up until the bill comes due.
I turned that into a teacher-friendly lesson using Library of Congress political cartoons. It stays usable in class while still asking hard questions. https://peterpappas.com/2026/01/the-constable-or-the-conqueror-debating-u-s-intervention.html #HistoryTeacher #HISTED #SSchat #History #HistoryMatters #Cartoon #politics #Trump #comics
Turn your students into historical detectives. I just posted a way to use AI to create custom mystery activities where every student holds a clue and the whole class has to argue their way to an explanation. https://peterpappas.com/2025/12/design-your-own-historical-mysteries-with-ai.html #HistoryTeacher #EdTech #TeachingWithAI #HISTED #SSchat
Young Republican’s racist chat leaks are not a shock to history teachers. Currier and Ives’ “Darktown comics” sold by the tens of thousands and trained Americans to laugh at brutality. See the comics and connect the dots. https://forgottenfiles.substack.com/p/the-cruelty-of-the-darktown-comics #racism #history
Portland wakes to a warm dawn, the horizon already hinting at the furnace that awaits #PDX #photography #sunrise
AI took the coding jobs. The philosophers are just asking why.
#AI
"From 1910s 'Better Baby' fairs to MAGA's fertility crusade--discover how America's eugenic past still shapes today's immigration and family policies." https://forgottenfiles.substack.com/p/better-babies-bitter-legacy #History #HistoryMatters #Eugenics #MAGA #Demography #SocialJustice
Teaching historical thinking with a million-year timeline, three clashing perspectives - and a little help from ChatGPT https://peterpappas.com/2025/06/rewinding-history-with-ai-a-timeline-technique-that-teaches-perspective.html #history #AI #chatGPT
Toronto Sunset. No filters. #photography #sunset #toronto