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Joe Schmidt

@hsglobalhistory

Social studies/history educator in NYC. Comics, history, and history education. Opinions, typos, and grammatical errors are all mine. Shouting into the void or a gigantic stuffed animal amalgamation.

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NYC educators! Join Department of Social & Civics x TeachRock for an upcoming professional learning, Voices Then, Voices Now: Exploring Social Movements Through Music, 3/11 @ Brooklyn Bowl! All attendees get lessons, lunch, & tour poster!

Register: nycdoesocialstudies.eventsmart.com/events/voice...

06.03.2026 00:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We are so damn grateful that the word is out: Team Death to Pachuco landed the plane. The surge of new readers, retailer support, and collectors giving this series incredible legs in the monthly comics market. Still time to preorder the TPB! bindings.app/read/WqFIoucR

05.03.2026 02:03 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Yo @henrybarajas.bsky.social!

Just picked up the LAST copy of Death to Pachuco #5 at Midtown Comics. Forbidden Planet was already sold out last week! #SoldOutinNYC

05.03.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Have you seen the latest FREE non-fiction comic from @fredvanlente.bsky.social @ryandunlavey.bsky.social and the Civics For All Comics Group?!
100% TRUE tales of Ida B. Wells, Upton Sinclair and Nellie Bly!!
100% FAKE tales of talking dogs!!!
Get it here: www.weteachnyc.org/resources/re...

24.02.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jersey City in the snow.

23.02.2026 04:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, more awesome stuff from @fredvanlente.bsky.social @ryandunlavey.bsky.social and the NYC DOE Civics for All Comics Group!!! FREE DOWNLOAD!

20.02.2026 01:41 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Available for free *right now*: ACTION REPORTERS #1 by me & @ryandunlavey.bsky.social focusing on media literacy and journalistic ethics, a joint venture with the DOE and the News Literacy Project. Download now: www.weteachnyc.org/resources/re...

19.02.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Proud to announce Civics For All Comics Group comic Action Reporters #1! NYC’s Department of Social Studies & Civics collab w/ @fredvanlente.bsky.social @ryandunlavey.bsky.social along w/ @newslit.org to bring this comic history of journalism to print! Download: www.weteachnyc.org/resources/re...

20.02.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Last issue of Death to Pachuco is out now. Find a LCS near you! bindings.app/read/WqFIoucR

18.02.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Learning of the passing of Jesse Jackson, a reminder his 1984 Rainbow Coalition speech at the Democratic National Convention should absolutely be taught in US history and US government courses! www.americanyawp.com/reader/29-th...

17.02.2026 12:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Black and white cover art by David Lapham. Death to Pachuco. Image Comics Top Cow

Black and white cover art by David Lapham. Death to Pachuco. Image Comics Top Cow

The last issue of Death to Pachuco will hit comic shops in 2 weeks! You can read the first issue for FREE in a number of ways. The B&W version is free to read on Image's website. imagecomics.com/read/death-t...

02.02.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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πŸ—£οΈNYC Educators!!! Join NYC’s Department of Social Studies & Civics and TeachRock for Β‘Wepa! Latinos in Pop Music at MCNY this Friday, February 6! Limited spots still available! Register here: nycdoesocialstudies.eventsmart.com/events/wepa-...

02.02.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Truly grateful and appreciative for the opportunity to hold our first teaching the Grateful Dead professional learning day this past November. Good to know that so many NYC educators will help to teach the legacy of Bob Weir and the Dead to future generations.

11.01.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Educators, you can bring Bob Weir into the classroom using his profile from NYC’s Hidden Voices: Americans with Disabilities in United States History. You can download it here: www.weteachnyc.org/resources/re...

11.01.2026 16:27 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Bobby Weir, perched in a window

Bobby Weir, perched in a window

safe travels to bobby weir in the greater weirdness.

10.01.2026 23:45 πŸ‘ 727 πŸ” 127 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 10
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An opportunity to honor the memory of Bob Weir in the classroom. Here’s a lesson from NYC’s Department of Social Studies and Civics and TeachRock, Getting on the Bus with the Grateful Dead. You can download it here: www.weteachnyc.org/resources/re...

11.01.2026 01:43 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jack Kirby's boyhood home, in what was then the squalid Lower East Tenement District. Still standing. The brick building, 147 Essex St.

"I hated the place," remembered Kirby.

#Kirby #comicbooks #JackKirby

03.01.2026 02:32 πŸ‘ 113 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3
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NYC also just published a comic about Kirby as part of our Civics For All Comics Group imprint, @ryandunlavey.bsky.social & @fredvanlente.bsky.social’s Sketches on the Sidewalk #2: Jack Kirby. Check it out here: www.weteachnyc.org/resources/re...

03.01.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My annual plea, egg nog should be an all winter drink.

03.01.2026 01:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World by Greg Grandin. Published in 2014 so a few years old. Great history, incredible story and Grandin writes history like a novelist. Incredible prose.

24.12.2025 14:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yay! Well deserved, King!

20.12.2025 13:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You know a great way to celebrate this news…

Read all about King Kirby in the Civics For All Comics Group comic, Sketches on the Sidewalk #2: Jack Kirby by @ryandunlavey.com & @fredvanlente.bsky.social!

Download a FREE copy: www.weteachnyc.org/resources/re...

20.12.2025 02:04 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
bobs burgers s13e10  full xmas xylophone song
bobs burgers s13e10 full xmas xylophone song YouTube video by stepore

Three minutes of tv perfection! youtu.be/cALHcQCQQW0?...

20.12.2025 01:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Civil Rights and Schools: From Little Rock to NYC This workshop focuses on efforts to desegregate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957 and in Harlem in 1958. This event will be in-person.

NYC teachers and friends of same - please share this great learning opportunity. A day at the NY Historical Society to invigorate and expand how you teach Civil Rights Movement history. #nyc #nyccivilrightshistory #maemallory #harlem9

19.12.2025 15:16 πŸ‘ 269 πŸ” 132 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4
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Death to Pachuco #3 (W) Henry Barajas (A) Rachel Merrill, Lee Loughridge (Editor) Will DennisDick for hire Ricky TΓ©llez finally comes face-to-face with the Sleepy Lagoon Murderer, only to be interrupted when all hell bre...

A reminder that there are other comics out there that isn't Marvel and DC. Next time you're at a LCS or scrolling any of the digital spaces, try a new idea.

For example, Death to Pachuco #3 by @ohhhaeee.bsky.social, Lee Loughridge, and myself will be out this Wednesday. bindings.app/read/388LyCnO

04.12.2025 23:49 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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As part of our Day of Teaching the Grateful Dead professional learning event with @teachrockorg.bsky.social, the NYC Department of Social Studies & Civics released a collaborative lesson plan, Getting on the Bus with the Grateful Dead available here: www.weteachnyc.org/resources/re...

08.11.2025 22:05 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
www. Graphic History Company .com

www. Graphic History Company .com

Learn more ancient history this weekend. It will put the present issues in perspective.

Every past was once a future. #afrofuturism

08.11.2025 12:18 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What a fantastic way to open @nycschools.bsky.social’s Department of Social Studies & @teachrockorg.bsky.social five session Let The Music Play Professional Learning Tour, A Day of Teaching The Grateful Dead at Brooklyn Bowl. Truly one of the highlights of my 27 year career!

08.11.2025 01:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Medieval promo with art by Alex cormack in the background showing the lead on a horse with his baseball bat - in the front is a Kindle Colorsoft in black featuring a page from the Medieval comic book. The medieval logo is at the top in white and in blue it says β€œhe’s stuck in Camelot without his phone, without his girl, and without a way back home. Now to get to New York baseball fan Danny Landau is going #$%ing” which then leads into the medieval logo. Under that is says in blue and red, "Five issues of mature-readers Arthurian baseball comics from Neil Kleid, Alex Cormack, and Sarah Litt. Bronx, baseball, Britain, baby." Then it shows the Comixology originals and migdal comics logos in blue and says β€œNext week!” in red

Medieval promo with art by Alex cormack in the background showing the lead on a horse with his baseball bat - in the front is a Kindle Colorsoft in black featuring a page from the Medieval comic book. The medieval logo is at the top in white and in blue it says β€œhe’s stuck in Camelot without his phone, without his girl, and without a way back home. Now to get to New York baseball fan Danny Landau is going #$%ing” which then leads into the medieval logo. Under that is says in blue and red, "Five issues of mature-readers Arthurian baseball comics from Neil Kleid, Alex Cormack, and Sarah Litt. Bronx, baseball, Britain, baby." Then it shows the Comixology originals and migdal comics logos in blue and says β€œNext week!” in red

To get home to New York from Camelot, time lost baseball fan Danny Landau is going f---ing MEDIEVAL.

Issue #1 is out TUESDAY from me, @alexcormack.bsky.social @sarahstarlitt.bsky.social & @comixology.bsky.social Originals.

πŸ”— PREORDER: amzn.to/4nTBI9h
πŸ”— INFO: www.neilkleidbooks.com/books/medieval

07.11.2025 14:05 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
www. Graphic History Company .com

www. Graphic History Company .com

Thinking about Jamaica and the future of freedom. #afrofuturism

06.11.2025 15:41 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0