Carly Wenner
@carlywenner.bsky.social
Social Studies Teacher in BC 🇨🇦 / Adjunct Professor at UBC / Interested in historical thinking & reasoning, historical inquiry, and assessment.
To The Past@tothepast.bsky.social · 4mo agoWhat happens when students evaluate responses instead of answer questions themselves? In our experience, they can be quite forthcoming in their critiques, which can provide a great window into their thinking! 5 new CHATs in the Library debuting new frameworks! #cdnhistory #bced #historicalthinking
Join us on the beautiful UBC campus for the UBC Social Studies Education Winter Professional Development Conference Friday, February 13, 2026 | 9:00– 3:30 (PST) edcp.educ.ubc.ca/social-studi... Registration opens January 5, 2026. #socialstudies #education
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This past semester I had the incredible opportunity to teach Social Studies methods to future teachers at UBC. Tonight was my last class and although I’m sad it’s over, it has been the best Pro-D for my own teaching practice and I can’t wait to apply what I’ve learned to my high school classes!
Read the recent publication by members of Thinking Historically for Canada's Future titled: Never the two shall meet? Connecting historical and democratic consciousness in Canadian K-12 history textbooks. DOI: doi.org/10.14324/HER.... @carlapeck.bsky.social @ualbertaed.bsky.social
It’s time to replace “discovery” and “exploration” with navigation and colonization. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/europeans-di...
Europeans Didn’t Discover the World
It’s time to stop calling it an “Age of Discovery” or an “Age of Exploration”
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My first day of school looks a little different this year as I’ve joined UBC’s Faculty of Education as an Adjunct Professor! 15 years ago, almost to the day, I entered the same building as a student and I’m so excited to be back to share my love of Social Studies with future teachers.
It’s me!
Thinking Historically for Canada's Future@thinkhist.bsky.social · 12mo agoCarly teaches at St. George’s School, a large, independent, non-denominational all-boys school in Vancouver, British Columbia. Learn more about Carly's experiences at: thinking-historically.ca/carly-wenner/ @carlapeck.bsky.social @ualbertaed.bsky.social @carlywenner.bsky.social
New podcast!!! You can listen to @abbyreisman.bsky.social and I discuss the importance of discussions in the social studies classroom! It get meta!! visionsofed.com/2025/07/21/e...
Episode 216: Observing Classroom Discussions with Lightning Jay & Abby Reisman
In episode 216, Dan and Michael chat with Lightning Jay and Abby Reisman about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “The social studies discourse instrument: Valida…
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#historyteacher #iteachsocialstudies
Thinking Historically for Canada's Future@thinkhist.bsky.social · last yr.This blog series offers reflections on the History Education in Troubled Times workshop. Read about it here: thinking-historically.ca/history-educ... @carlapeck.bsky.social @ualbertaed.bsky.social @sarakarn.bsky.social
This blog series offers reflections on the History Education in Troubled Times workshop. Read about it here: thinking-historically.ca/history-educ... @carlapeck.bsky.social @ualbertaed.bsky.social @sarakarn.bsky.social
…. My students and I also read this article about “critical ignoring” as in addition to strategies like lateral reading, the authors recommend “self-nudging” in making our own choices in consuming online information theconversation.com/when-critica.... 2/2
When critical thinking isn’t enough: to beat information overload, we need to learn ‘critical ignoring’
Lateral reading, self-nudging and a persistent refusal to feed the trolls are some of the ways one can better manage information.
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Members of Thinking Historically for Canada's Future recently published an article titled Historical Thinking: Trends, Critiques, and Future Directions. Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.co... @carlapeck.bsky.social @ualbertaed.bsky.social
Are you students quick to jump to conclusions? A See, Think, Wonder will get them to slow down and look more closely. 🗞️ See, Think, Wonder is a thinking routine developed by Project Zero. #HistoryTeacher #teachers #SocialStudies #HistoryEducation
Evaluating Primary Sources Through a See, Think, Wonder
By taking the time to observe, make inferences, and ask great questions about historical artifacts and images, students learn to avoid jumping to conclusions.
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This would be really helpful to use with students who tend to use the word "bias" as a crutch when analyzing sources #historyteacher #iteachsocialstudies
AskHistorians@askhistorians.bsky.social · last yr./u/mikedash takes a fairly usual request for unbiased sources as an opportunity to discuss how historians interact with ‘bias’ and explains why its impossible, and unhelpful, to write objective, unbiased #history. #Skystorians #twistoriography
🫣 If you're feeling overwhelmed scrolling social media, you're not alone. Bad actors also take advantage of heavy news cycles with #misinformation that plays on emotions. 👇🏾 Here are some basic #NewsLiteracy tips to stay sharp online. 🔗 Download the poster: bit.ly/7tipsNLP
Teaching literary theory has been the most influential approach I’ve used to improve HS students’ interpretive ability. Theory helps them see what’s possible with interpretation, not just what’s permitted by “correct” readings. #literacies #iteachenglish #edusky open.substack.com/pub/trevoral...
Why I Teach Literary Theory to High Schoolers (and you should too)
Helping students read the word and world-system one lens at a time
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Members of Thinking Historically for Canada's Future recently published an OpEd in The Conversation, Decolonizing history and social studies curricula has a long way to go in Canada . Click here to read more: theconversation.com/decolonizing... @sarakarn.bsky.social @krllewellyn.bsky.social
History Teachers: Does anyone have any resources/activities where students analyze historical interpretations/claims made by others they can share? #historyteacher #iteachsocialstudies #historyeducation
Bring ELA and social studies together in this engaging, creative project! 🤝 Here’s a how-to guide from teachers Dana Haring and Tom Kelner. #ITeachSocialStudies #ITeachEnglish #MiddleSchool #HistoryEducation
Interdisciplinary Teaching With Historical Journals
Middle school teachers can collaborate to develop an engaging project that gives students the opportunity to tap into their creativity.
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History teachers: this is a really interesting thread on periodization! #historyteacher #iteachsocialstudies
Mateusz Fafinski@calthalas.bsky.social · last yr.Ok, you find it funny or interesting why some centuries are "long" and others are "short" and why do historians use terms like "the Middle Ages" or "the Renaissance" but get cross about it all the time? And keep forbidding things like "the Dark Ages"? Isn't it weird? Well, no. 1/
Ok, you find it funny or interesting why some centuries are "long" and others are "short" and why do historians use terms like "the Middle Ages" or "the Renaissance" but get cross about it all the time? And keep forbidding things like "the Dark Ages"? Isn't it weird? Well, no. 1/
a woman in a black dress sits on a couch and says " i forbid it "
ALT: a woman in a black dress sits on a couch and says " i forbid it "
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What does the gradual release of responsibility look like *in practice*? Educator Kara Douma shifts the responsibility to her students by empowering them to choose their own scaffolding strategies. 🙌 #MiddleSchoolTeacher #EduSky #NewTeachers
Empowering Middle School Students to Create Their Own Scaffolds
By shifting the responsibility of scaffolding to students, teachers can help them be prepared to take ownership of their learning process.
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I'm putting together a list of books specifically related to Social Studies/History/Geography pedagogy to share with my department. If you have recommendations, please share them below! #sschat #historyeducation #iteachsocialstudies #historyteacher #EduSky
"Understanding how to do something without AI is one of the prerequisites for learning how to do it well with AI." I really enjoyed this piece written by @joshbrake.com on AI and the importance of expertise. #sschat open.substack.com/pub/joshbrak...
For The Sheer Joy of Climbing
Thoughts on how to prevent AI from robbing you of the value of building expertise of your own
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Learn more about the Portraits of Professional Practice: thinking-historically.ca/ppp/ @carlapeck.bsky.social @ualbertaed.bsky.social
70 minute wait today to vote in the Vancouver by-election. The sticker was worth it though!
New Article! Better thinking about online information requires skills, practice, AND knowledge. I make the case that this new crisis highlights just how badly we need great history classes. theconversation.com/why-history-...
Why history instruction is critical for combating online misinformation
Critical thinking involves specific skills for assessing evidence, but background knowledge about the subject is also essential.
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