The internet peaked with Web 2.0. Oh, what it could have been. Here’s a fascinating glimpse at the web as it was nearly twenty years ago. (Mac Life magazine, July 2007).
Jonathan Burdick
@jonathanburdick.bsky.social
History teacher. Writer. #EriePA. Check out my stuff: www.jonathanburdick.com
I shared last week how I pair short primary source excerpts from American Yawp Reading & others with short secondary sources from places like We're History or @jstordaily.bsky.social Several peeps asked for my pairings, so I've added pairings from 1st & 2nd half U.S. history to my website 🗃️ #sschat
Rachel Michelle Gunter, Ph.D. - Pairing Primary and Secondary Sources
When choosing readings for assigned readings or class activities, I try to pair short excerpts of primary sources with secondary sources. There are 2 main ve...
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It’s the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, so here’s 5 disability activists in U.S. history you should know. 🗃️ www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8tXbAe5/
Let’s talk 5 #disability rights activists in U.S. #history you should know #ADA #504sitins #historian
TikTok video by PhDRachel
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I had very low expectations for Hamnet going it. I love actual Shakespeare when performed, but I *loathed* Shakespeare in Love, for instance. Another movie about Will’s inspirations? 🙄 I went in not even watching the trailer. I was wrong. I was emotionally wrecked by the movie a good week. #HATM
Live from Philly, where both LeBron & I took our talents this week (although I'm headed back to Boston later today), here’s my 286th #ScholarSunday thread of great writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ +
#ScholarSunday Thread 286 (7/26/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
Live from Philly, where both LeBron & I took our talents this week, here’s my 286th #ScholarSunday thread of great writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add mor...
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An important piece by @jimdowns.bsky.social on public history, responding to the recent wrong-headed New Republic piece about it Thank you, Jim, for discussing what good public history does--& what historians like you & me & Kevin Kruse & Heather Cox Richardson do, & why lithub.com/on-the-publi...
On the Public Historians Reminding Us How Easy It Is to Repeat the Mistakes of the Past
A recent essay in The New Republic asks why historians have become such visible public voices during the Trump era. Katherine Kelaidis argues that figures such as Heather Cox Richardson, Jill Lepor…
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I’m a very normal person, just reading old cow literature on a Thursday morning in July. Excerpts from “The Cow” by Jared Van Wagenen, published by The Macmillan Company in 1922. (Source: Library of Congress) #history #skystorians #writing
LOL. This is crazy. But the kind of crazy that I like. Follow along if you haven’t been, folks. 👇
Jeremy Dauber@jeremydauber.bsky.social · 4w agoAll right, here goes: in preparation for a book I'm writing, I'm going to try something very ambitious/stupid. I am going to attempt to watch every single American movie produced in the 1980s. In chronological order of release. And to talk about them here in the process.
In July 2016, the first videos of historians sharing their perspectives on a possible Trump presidency were uploaded to a FB page called “Historians on Donald Trump,” created after a chat between the late David McCullough & Ken Burns. I revisited them: jonathanburdick.beehiiv.com/p/historians...
Historians on Donald Trump in 2016
A decade ago, organized by historian David McCullough and filmmaker Ken Burns, historians sounded the alarm on a potential Donald Trump presidency in videos posted to Facebook. Today, these videos are...
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I love coming across gems like this. From the Library of Congress digital archives: “Boy in tire swing holds a cow by its halter.” Mid-1920s. #history #skystorians
Here it is, my 285th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 285 (7/19/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 285th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, &...
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My latest is about Edwin Garnet Riley. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called him the “poet-historian” of Pennsylvania’s Oil Region. “I have seen men rise to affluence and office and then be reduced to abject poverty over night,” he said. #history #skystorians #writing www.eriereader.com/article/edwi...
My latest, for @defector.com, on the brief but storied history of the NFL in Hammond, Indiana (gift link).
The Bears Wouldn't Be The First NFL Team In Hammond, Indiana | Defector
The Chicago Bears are one of the most storied franchises in the NFL. One of just two charter members of the league still playing today (the other being the Cardinals, a somewhat less-storied franchise...
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I’m deeply, madly in love with the #Cleveland Museum of Art (and that’s its FREE admission). 🥺 #history #ohio #skystorians
On this day in 1863, Waterford and Erie’s Col. Strong Vincent was shot during the defense of Little Round Top during the #CivilWar. The 26-year-old Vincent, who before the war practiced law in #EriePA, had told his men, “Don’t give an inch!” #history #skystorians
Snapped these of the floating community on Horseshoe Pond at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA. Houseboats here date back to the 1890s. These 24 are grandfathered in. I’ve always been fascinated by them (and it’s actually the setting of a novel that I’ve outlined). #writing #writingcommunity
The first episode of Cheers is an absolute PERFECT episode of television. It's impressive how well the show has held up.
My boys and I visited Lawnfield, President James A. Garfield’s homestead, today. If you’re ever in or near #Cleveland, Ohio, it’s well worth the trip. #history #skystorians
My latest is on two legendary #EriePA business owners, one who has been slinging pizzas for 30+ years (Colony Pizza) and the other who owns a longtime Irish pub staple (Oakwood Cafe), combining forces for a new restaurant: Oakwood Pizzeria. www.eriereader.com/article/mcga...
McGarrey's Oakwood Cafe and Colony Pizza Expand Eastward
Two long-standing Erie favorites join forces
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Got this haul for my classroom for $16 today at Erie’s biggest summer book sale (a fundraiser for the library). All pristine. This event is my favorite holiday. #history #skystorians
My latest, for Ohio Magazine, on a steamboat race on Lake Erie in 1901. www.ohiomagazine.com/ohio-life/ar...
Lake Erie’s High-Stakes Steamboat Race of 1901
Two rival shipping companies raced their steamers across from Cleveland to Erie in high-stakes contest that drew thousands of spectators and ended with a thrilling finish.
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Today is the 45th anniversary of the release of the GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL-TIME: Raiders of the Lost Ark. #IndianaJones #moviesky
41 years ago was the worst tornado outbreak in Pennsylvania history. Here’s my story from last year: www.eriereader.com/article/the-... #history #skystorians #1980s #weather #tornadoes #nwpa #pennsylvania
Let’s close out this eternal month of May right, with my 278th #ScholarSunday thread of public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 278 (5/31/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
Let’s close out this eternal month of May right, with my 278th #ScholarSunday thread of public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, s...
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I had an aunt (my great-grandfather’s sister) who lived to 109. She was born in 1892 and died in 2002. Up until her final weeks, she remained pretty with it and aware. The older that I get, the more it blows my mind. I just think about everything she lived through and saw. #skystorians #history
Look, Google, it’s not you. It’s me. Okay, no. It’s you. My latest: www.jonathanburdick.com/words/breaki...
