Whose Revolution? Multiple Narratives of the American Revolution and its Legacies in Massachusetts
Tuesday July 22nd and Wednesday July 23rd, 2025
9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Tuesday July 22nd and Wednesday July 23rd, 2025
9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Presented by the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Concord Museum
WI-FI & PASSWORDS
MHS-Guest: cranch1047
Concord Museum Guest (no password)
Workshop Syllabus
K-12 participants may complete this course for either 45 History/Social Science PDPs OR 2 graduate credits courtesy of Worcester State University. WSU charges an additional fee of $250 for the graduate credit. Let us know which form of credit you prefer on the day of the workshop.
To complete the course and receive credits, participants must attend the workshop on July 22nd and 23rd and complete pre- and post- workshop assignments. Pre-workshop assignments are listed on p4 of the syllabus and must be completed prior to the first day of the workshop (July 22nd). Post-workshop assignments are listed on p6-10 of the syllabus and are due on or before EOD on Monday, August 19th (email to education@masshist.org).
Workshop Agenda
Day 1: Massachusetts Historical Society (1154 Boylston Street Boston MA 02215)
The MHS is a short walk from the Hynes Convention Center stop on the MBTA Green Line, and by several bus lines. The MHS does not have a parking lot, but we recommend the Haviland Garage next door for those driving.
Day 2: Concord Museum (53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA 01742)
The Concord Museum offers free parking on-site. It is also a mile's walk from the Fitchburg Commuter Rail Concord Station.
Breakfast and Lunch will be provided on both days.
Pre-Workshop Assignment: Please read or listen to the following assignments prior to Day 1 of the workshop:
“Slow Looking: The Art and Practice of Learning through Observation” by Shari Tishman, p1-20, Introduction and part of Ch.2. Read up to the paragraph before “Open Inventories” (last line: “the “Grinnellian Method” is still standard practice for many naturalists today.”
“The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution” by William Cooper Nell, p9-23 (Author’s Preface and excerpt from Chapter 1) at the Internet Archive (1855)
After reading, please respond to the prompts on our workshop padlet prior to the beginning of the workshop.
DAY 1: MHS
Lens Analysis Sources
Lens Analysis Worksheet
Show-and-tell Gallery walk: image printouts, directions, clipboard handouts
Freedom and Independence quotes gallery walk materials
DAY 2: CONCORD MUSEUM
Thinking Strategies
Workshop Assignments (found p. 7-10 in the Workshop Syllabus) due EOD Monday, August 19, 2025 – Email to education@masshist.org
Part 1: Read or Listen and respond to your choice of THREE of the following readings or podcasts and write a response journal entry for each of the three (see journal entry instructions)
Female Husbands: A Trans History (p. 68-71; 93-103)
Jen Manion
"Independence or Freedom” (Patriots of Color series)
John Hannigan
Colonial America and the Paradox of Liberty: Revolutionary War
NMAAHC (read all four sections)
A Minister’s Desk? Reanimating Space, Rethinking Furniture
Caylin Carbonell
Prince Hall, A Forgotten Founder
Danielle Allen
Stockbridge-Munsee People in the Revolutionary War
Rose Miron, Aurora Schmidt, and Monique Tyndall
By Being Almost Murdered: Konwatsi'tsiaienni Molly Brant
Episode 53 of "Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant Women's History Podcast" (transcript available)
Communicating the Value of Inclusive History
Episode 4 of the "Reframing History Podcast," American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) (transcript)
Part 2: Lesson Design or Lesson Adaptation
THE HISTORY SOURCE: Potential Sets for Lesson Adaptations
Corn from the Oneida Nation
BOOKS
PODCASTS
ARTICLES
Felix Cuff by Ben Remillard