Workshop Resources

NEH Participant Evaluation: https://securegrants.neh.gov/education/participants/Evaluation/
Participants in our 2012 Workshop can follow this link to share their comments with the project directors and the NEH. Be sure to select our workshop ("At the Crossroads of Revolution") from the list of programs before you enter your comments!

Flickr Photo Galleries:
View photos from our 2012 NEH Workshop: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crossroads2012/
View photos from our 2010 NEH Workshop:http://www.masshist.org/education/silver/institute-photographs-july-201/?stage=Live

Massachusetts Historical Society:   http://www.masshist.org

• Coming of the American Revolution, 1764-1776: http://www.masshist.org/revolution/
• African Americans and the End of Slavery in Massachusetts: http://www.masshist.org/endofslavery/

Minute Man National Historical Park: http://www.nps.gov/mima/index.htm

• Honored Places: The National Park Service Teacher's Guide to the American Revolution: http://www.nps.gov/revwar/educational_resources/teachers.html
• Lesson Plan: Lexington and Concord: A Legacy of Conflict: http://www.nps.gov/mima/forteachers/upload/Minute%20Man%20Lesson%20Plan.pdf
• "A Bridge to the Past: A Teacher's Guide to the North Bridge and Battle Road Units of Minute Man National Historical Park": http://www.nps.gov/mima/forteachers/upload/Bridge%20to%20the%20Past.pdf
• Who Shot First? This activity, designed by NPS Ranger Jim Hollister, will help preapre students for a visit to the North Bridge at Minute Man National Historical Park. It includes first-hand accounts collected from British and colonial men who participated in the fight on April 19, 1775. You can also read these account by clicking on an individual links below:
  
  • Lexington Green Accounts
  • Ensign Jeremy Lister
    
  • Lt. John Barker
    
  • Captain Walter Laurie
  • Lt. William Sutherland
  • Amos Barrett
  • Col. James Barrett
  • Thaddeus Blood
  • Rev. William Emerson

Concord Museum: http://www.concordmuseum.org/

Mary Fuhrer: Lexington Primary Source Activity

• Clarke Family Evidence Packet
• Clarke Family Worksheets
• Estabrook Family Evidence Packet
• Estabrook Family Worksheets
• Fiske Family Evidence Packet
• Fiske Family Worksheets
• Loring Family Evidence Packet
• Loring Family Worksheets
• Sanderson Family Evidence Packet
• Sanderson Family Worksheets

Joanne Myers: Creative Writing Activity

• Creative Writing Worksop: Shaping the Past
• Writing Exercises
• Bibliography

Concord Free Public Library: Visit the library's special collections for "a Brief History of Concord" and links to online exhibitions. http://www.concordlibrary.org/scollect/scoll.html

Drinking Gourd Project: The Drinking Gourd Project is a Concord-based nonprofit organization focused on raising awareness of Concord’s African and Abolitionist history from the 17th through the 19th centuries. http://drinkinggourd.cchumanrights.org/