Laura A-B
@labhistorical
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Historian & Archaeologist - author and factual TV researcher - love rocks, pots and the Parthenon! πβπβππ¬
Joined November 2013
Glad to bring new global units to the Knowing History series! Exciting times for teaching world history in our classrooms! πππππππ.
Great to see @labhistorical, co-author of our upcoming Knowing History second editions at @histassoc #HAConf22 today! . The exciting new editions include units on world history, from the Ottoman Empire to African kingdoms. Find out more:
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RT @FreedomtoTeach: FREE Webinar: Discover how you can transform your KS3 History curriculum, driving student engagement and achievement.β¦.
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RT @VeraCausa9: Night Thoughts: Time . If only we could be like fleet-footed Hermes and steal a moment in time, then seize what was lost. hβ¦.
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RT @EmiEleode: For my latest article for @BBC_Culture, I wrote about the women freedom fighters of the Haitian Revolution. Women like Sanitβ¦.
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Contemporary paintings celebrate the brave women who fought fiercely alongside the men in the Haitian revolution of the 18th Century.
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Interesting!.
The most stubbornly persistent myth about historic buildings is the yarn that all spiral stairs in castles turn clockwise to advantage right-handed defenders. Yet it was invented in 1902 by an art critic and didn't gain popularity until the mid-20th century. a thread π§΅
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RT @PunchBooks: Today's PUNCH colour cover. Olympics gone by. When in Rome. Charles Adamson 1960 #OlympicGames #Olympics #Italy #Italiaβ¦.
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Sounds like a great opportunity!.
We historians @QMUL are launching a new MA stream in the history of women, gender and sexualities - from Middle Ages to post Cold War. Come work with Jane Freedland @onslies @MiriERubin - me & others, plus do a history internship too.
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Sign up for tomorrow!.
Looking to integrate exciting new histories into your KS3 curriculum? @labhistorical shows you how to globalise your reformation teaching in this free webinar focusing on #Aztecs and #Ottomans. π
Tue 25/6, 4β5pm. Save your spot:
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Fellow Laura here heading to Winchester for my first #BATW24 today! Looking forward to meeting new scholars and friends this weekend :).
Attend for the scholarship. Stay for the friendships. I (Laura) attended my first BATW conference in 2013. Iβve built meaningful friendships over the past decade through BATW. Whether this is your first or tenth conference, thereβs a place for you to build your community, too!.
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RT @FreedomtoTeach: Join @labhistorical for a free webinar as she explores how you can integrate the Aztecs and Ottomans into your Reformatβ¦.
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Highly recommend for #historyteachers to take advantage of the opportunity to expand your knowledge into such an interesting time period!.
nec.ac.uk
The Classical Association is offering three bursaries to study A level Classical Civilisation online with NEC | Available to state sector teachers | Apply Now
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Anyone got any particular questions in advance they might want me to cover. ? #twitterstorians #edutwitter #historyteacher #haconf24.
Looking to integrate exciting new histories into your KS3 curriculum? @labhistorical shows you how to globalise your reformation teaching in this free webinar focusing on #Aztecs and #Ottomans. π
Tue 25/6, 4β5pm. Save your spot:
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RT @FreedomtoTeach: Enrich your KS3 history lessons with the untold narratives of the Ottomans. @labhistorical sheds light on why and howβ¦.
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Laura Aitken-Burt discusses how the Ottoman empire is often ignored in the history curriculum, to the detriment of a wider understanding of European and global history in the Early Modern period as...
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RT @DrClaytonForre1: 1/ During the Han Dynasty (202 BC - 220 AD), members of imperial family were buried in jade burial suits. Jade was belβ¦.
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Great time at #haconf24 with fascinating talks and a load of new ideas to takeaway as always, particularly how to input more focus on the environment in our enquiries. Thanks to all who spoke and do reach out to collaborate with me on
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Amazing to be there - great speech and got my book signed too! π.
Marking the May 11th anniversary of the outbreak of the Great Uprising of 1857 by speaking to the Historical Association Annual Conference on the East India Company and its overthrow to #HAConf24 β¦@histassoc
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RT @MissCMort: This looks like it might be a useful resource for:.- A Level Classical Civilisation - Invention of the Barbarian.- GCSE & Aβ¦.
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@HughJRichards would love to get your school onboard after your great assembly efforts at trying to address misogyny.
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