Director of Education & Outreach, βNew American History,β UofR, History/Geography/Civics Educator, VA Geographic Alliance Co-Coordinator, #sschat Co-Moderator
Joined August 2010
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Let us know how YOU are using @bunkhistory in your classroom! More ideas here: bunkhistory.org/educators
Engage your students in the history happening today, all around themβOur colleagues @bunkhistory now have over 15,000 sources integrated into the archive, connecting past & present. These include our @UR_DSL maps and @edward_l_ayers travelogue. bunkhistory.org/resources?soβ¦
ALT Image of the Bunkhistory.org resources with thumbnail images of most recent excerpts, and filters to narrow your search by time, content or category. 15,000 resources to pull from in this most recent search.
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Annie Evans πΊπ‘π πΊπΈπ°π½βοΈ retweeted
@edward_l_ayers has a few thoughts on the #digitalhumanities in the age of AI-join us with our #publichistory & K16 collaborators at #OAH2026 for βThe Democratic Promises of Digital History,β Saturday, April 18, 2026 8:45 am - 10:15 am -Rm.408/409
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Join us Saturday at #OAH2026 with our panel of K16 educators and #publichistory #digitalhumanities colleagues #sschat
@edward_l_ayers has a few thoughts on the #digitalhumanities in the age of AI-join us with our #publichistory & K16 collaborators at #OAH2026 for βThe Democratic Promises of Digital History,β Saturday, April 18, 2026 8:45 am - 10:15 am -Rm.408/409
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Or should I say βMAPPYβ Civic Learning Week? πΊοΈ
Happy #CivicLearningWeek! A few of our βgreatest hitsβ to jumpstart your week!
learn.newamericanhistory.orgβ¦
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Join us this morning for our 300th episode of #HMASDC!! β@jbf1755 ππππ
10 AM EST youtube.com/@joannefreeman17β¦
Hope to see our friends from @historyed!!
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An open letter to educators before the holiday β¦ @NewAmericanHist
mailchi.mp/newamericanhistorβ¦
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Congratulations, Andy! ππ
Happy #pubday to "Words Colliding: The Debate over Slavery and Black Exclusion in Nineteenth-Century America" by Andrew F. Hammann!
The long history and lasting impact of the rhetoric of Black exclusion in American politics and culture
#readUP
upress.virginia.edu/title/10β¦
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Teachersβstart here: let students search @bunkhistory Bunk Places for their own location and explore local connections, then widen the lensβ¦ share your βAha!β moments in the comments below! #GeographyAwareness Week πΊοΈ #sschat
19 Nov 2025
Day 2 of #GeographyAwarenessWeek, weβre highlighting @bunkhistory Bunk Places. Search Bunk spatially to see how current events are connected across space & time, dig into history, geography, civics & more through a geospatial lens ...check it out! bunkhistory.org/places #sschat
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Tell us which maps you enjoy using in your classroomβwhich ones do you want to explore next? πΊοΈ #GeographyAwareness #GAW @UR_DSL @urichmond
17 Nov 2025
Mappy Geography Awareness Week! This week, we will highlight some of our @UR_DSL map-themed digital humanities projectsβaccessible in @americanpano πΊοΈ
Which maps have you explored, or are you most interested in exploring next?
dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/ #GAW #GeographyAwarenessWeek
ALT Image of the American Panorama homepage with map icons and titles, from the University of Richmond Digital Scholarship Lab.
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One more session here at #TXCSS -9 am -Free digital humanities tools amd resources for students to use maps, archives, current events and Doc films to become community storytellers π°πΊοΈπποΈ(in the Gallant Fox room).
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Early birds! Join us @TXCSS this morning in Rock Hill at 8 AM for free digital resources to enhance your TX/US History, and Civics/Govt classes -how do we help students see themselves in the story of America?
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Hey #sschat -Join us in 10 for a chat with historian @edward_l_ayers and @NewAmericanHist!
bit.ly/NAHOfficeHoursOct2025
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ππ»Looking forward to supporting @edward_l_ayers β our whole @NewAmericanHist team x @Monticello = EPIC combo #America250 πΊπΈποΈπ
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Congratulations @edward_l_ayers! ποΈπππΊοΈ
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Annie Evans πΊπ‘π πΊπΈπ°π½βοΈ retweeted
Join us for the next #InsidetheVault on September 4! Guest speaker Dr. Edward Ayers (@edward_l_ayers) will discuss the Battle of Antietam and the Emancipation Proclamation. This is a free online program for history enthusiasts of all ages.
Register: ow.ly/ZPfs50WJUL2
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Friends β@jbf1755will share a pretaped message tomorrow on @historyed- no live event! Check ncheteach.org/conversations/ Thanks to all our History Matters ποΈπ βregularsβ and everyone who is new to our group for tuning in and for your flexibility.
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Extra Shout Out to all our teacher friends who are in Back To School mode-Our heroes! ππ¦Έπ»ββοΈ ππ¦Έπ½ββοΈππ¦ΈπΊοΈ
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If you are not following this series in The New Republic βthe next essay from @edward_l_ayers posted today. newrepublic.com/article/1983β¦
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Annie Evans πΊπ‘π πΊπΈπ°π½βοΈ retweeted
Calling all Kβ12 public & charter school social studies teachers! NWHM is relaunching its groundbreaking Where Are the Women? Study & we want to hear from educators teaching in the 50 states D.C. Help shape how womenβs history is taught, take our survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1Fβ¦
ALT A photo of a woman at a typewriter with on-asset text that reads: "Calling our educator friends", "Take the survey and share your experience", "K12 public & charter school social studies teachers", "participate today!", and the W logo.
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Annie Evans πΊπ‘π πΊπΈπ°π½βοΈ retweeted
7 Aug 2025
Join me and our friends @Gilder_Lehrman for Inside the Vault on September 4, 2025, 7-8pm ET βA discussion on the Battle of Antietam & the Road to the Emancipation Proclamation
Registration Link:
bit.ly/InsideTheVaultEdAyers
ALT Image of the Emancipation Proclamation and text to invite participants to the event.
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Annie Evans πΊπ‘π πΊπΈπ°π½βοΈ retweeted
7 Aug 2025
Hope to see all of our friends @NCSSNetwork @AHAhistorians @historyed @NCGE1915 #sschat @dsforeveryone @ACWMuseum @theValentineRVA @Gilder_Lehrman
7 Aug 2025
Join me and our friends @Gilder_Lehrman for Inside the Vault on September 4, 2025, 7-8pm ET βA discussion on the Battle of Antietam & the Road to the Emancipation Proclamation
Registration Link:
bit.ly/InsideTheVaultEdAyers
ALT Image of the Emancipation Proclamation and text to invite participants to the event.
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