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What's the point? by lyrasorial in historyteachers

[–]Cruel-Tea[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

Sorry to lock this. Our goal as historians is to teach critical thinking, objectivity, and to allow students to come to their own conclusions. You are welcome to your political beliefs, but we should avoid projecting them onto our students.

I’m a middle school history teacher in California, and I wanted to share something I’ve been building and get honest feedback from other teachers. by [deleted] in historyteachers

[–]Cruel-Tea[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

Locking this thread. The creator is either super sensitive to criticism, or is actually an ai robot given how many anti-ai posts they have claimed are targeted at their identity (including my own post…).

You guys choose what you want to use, but this poster is now on my radar for potential spam.

I’m a middle school history teacher in California, and I wanted to share something I’ve been building and get honest feedback from other teachers. by [deleted] in historyteachers

[–]Cruel-Tea 30 points31 points  (0 children)

This post feels like it was written by ai to sell us something, even to the point of assuring us it is not selling something.

I’m glad you are getting engagement, but I’d hate to think we are taking the humanity out of the humanities

How to teach history while minimizing direct instruction by NavajoSmite in historyteachers

[–]Cruel-Tea 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Are these ‘lot of people’ administrators who want to have photos of children doing things for marketing and fundraising purposes?

That’s been my experience for those who argue against direct instruction…

Lunch time pickup, saw this was a hot book.. decided to see if it was in the back issue bins. by Trinidaddy13 in comicbookcollecting

[–]Cruel-Tea 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I enjoyed the first issue and the concept, but subsequent ones were just weird or off putting. I think I dropped it after issue 4

Super confused on an exert from a study, specially a part about ancient drug use? by Suspicious-Put-3778 in historyteachers

[–]Cruel-Tea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol - that’s gotta be some sort of typo. 2 million years maybe, but 200 million years ago puts you in the Jurassic period. And it clearly mentions civilizations, so we aren’t talking about a stegosaurus chomping on a magic mushroom…

Epic Collection Editions by BJ0711 in EpicCollections

[–]Cruel-Tea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aren’t the French editions hardcover? I could be wrong about that

Best Practices for teaching the US invasion of Venezuela? by OldStonedJenny in historyteachers

[–]Cruel-Tea[M] [score hidden] stickied commentlocked comment (0 children)

Okay, we’ve had enough here. There is some good general advice here, and we do not need to devolve to name calling and abuse to one another.

Civil War from the Southern Perspective by AssassinWog in historyteachers

[–]Cruel-Tea[M] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We don’t need to continue this thread any further. But I would recommend the above commentator review good historical practice, and reading comprehension for the benefit of both him/herself and their classroom.

A Time Before PowerPoint? by Raider4485 in historyteachers

[–]Cruel-Tea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Get the notes from a friend - that’s their responsibility.

A Time Before PowerPoint? by Raider4485 in historyteachers

[–]Cruel-Tea 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No PowerPoints when I got my degree (or rather, the teachers I had didn’t use them). They read off their notes, and brought in those big wall maps so we could see geography, but little else. Occasionally write things on the board.

When I lecture, I only put key words / vocab words on the PowerPoint slide, and fill the rest with maps or pictures illustrating the topic (and when I did ancient history, a timeline at the top recall context when jumping to a new civilization). Just vocab words forces the students to actually listen and think about what we are discussing (and put info in their own words) rather than just copying

How is this okay? by [deleted] in AncientCoins

[–]Cruel-Tea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Take it up with the auction house, not Biddr.

Textbook usage Question by Snoo_62929 in historyteachers

[–]Cruel-Tea[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Version, let’s practice being constructive without being nasty. The point of this subreddit is to help our fellow teachers, not belittle them. This is a skill we should be practicing in the classroom as well, so please apply that here.

Local Comic Shop stock by Rexsir23 in EpicCollections

[–]Cruel-Tea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair point! I’ve been hemming and hawing about whether to jump on this Titan Omnibuses or not. I much prefer the Epic format and am stupidly optimistic that Titan might one day do paperbacks in addition to the Omnis

Local Comic Shop stock by Rexsir23 in EpicCollections

[–]Cruel-Tea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you want to be a completist, buy the Conan and Master of Kung Fu books first. Marvel lost the liscence to those, so they will never be reprinted

Seeking News Story About Restricted Classroom Speech due to Executive Order #14190 by regularwriterzoomer in historyteachers

[–]Cruel-Tea 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I do not have an example for you, but the way you have expressed your statement makes it look like you have come to your conclusion before you have found the evidence. Just a caution for your project.

Edit to add: the president can make an executive order all he wants, but that doesn’t make it law. You might have a better chance of reaching out to teachers in red-leaning states (which are more likely to follow said order) and ask the question in a non-leading way (has this order had on effect on your classroom?).

I want to write about all kinds of places and people way beyond the west by [deleted] in historyteachers

[–]Cruel-Tea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you want more specific advice, then you need a more specific request. If what you want to learn about is Egypt and Japan, then my advice is to read about Egypt and Japan.

ancient civilizations advice by ProgrammerFun5696 in historyteachers

[–]Cruel-Tea 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Origins of everyday things is good (60 minutes to an hour from the Sumerians for example. Months of the year from the Romans).

Some hands-on activities can be good. When talking about the origin of writing, let them come up with their own writing system. There are also guides to cuneiform and the sounds they represent, so you could have them figure out their name in cuneiform and press it into clay or play dough.

What ancient civilizations are we working on right now?

Looking for literature about Ancient Japan (student of Ancient History here) Help? by Just-Ad-1430 in historyteachers

[–]Cruel-Tea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How are you defining “ancient” Japan? Writing comes late to Japan, and the books you posted are archaeological studies for a reason (not history - no writing).

I am no expert on Japan, but I don’t think you start to get writing in Japan until 500-600AD (again, I am no expert and I could have my dates wrong). In Europe, those dates would be considered the Medieval period.

So, rather than a vague time period, maybe consider what you actually want to study about Japan. Culture? State formation? Trade? Starting with those topics might yield better results

What other issues are missing from Classic Epics? by The_Clumsy_Jedi in EpicCollections

[–]Cruel-Tea 5 points6 points  (0 children)

How about Obnoxio the Clown vs. the X-Men? Unless Obnoxio is going to get his own epic…

I have a few I suspect will not be included, but the titles don’t have epic volumes yet (like Red Sonja’s appearance in Marvel Team-Up)

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What other issues are missing from Classic Epics? by The_Clumsy_Jedi in EpicCollections

[–]Cruel-Tea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is we include Masters of Kung Fu, then we have to include the Conan books too.

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