Workshop Resources

2010 Flickr Photo Gallery (MHS Crossroads):
View photos from our previous 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 name below:
  
  • 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: Writing Activity: Joanne's Writing Activity

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/