America's Fort: Fort Ticonderoga
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The theme for the 2019 Fort Ticonderoga Teacher Institute was
World Wars: Historical Comparison of the French & Indian War and World War I. All of my thoughts, studies and reflections are collected on this page, along with lots and lots of photos from the week-long institute. If you are interested in applying to a place-based
teacher institute, read my thoughts here: |
Application, Acceptance, and Anticipation |
Older, possibly Related PostsA few of the entries about my summer residency at George Washington's Mount Vernon deal directly with Washington's involvement as a leader in the British army before and during the French and Indian War.
Integrated Activity PlanningIntended for direct use with students, these are lesson sets curated and created to address the French and Indian War:
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Preparatory Reading
Two books were chosen for all participants to read prior to attending the teacher institute
in hopes that the subject matter at hand will not be too foreign to us when we arrive.
in hopes that the subject matter at hand will not be too foreign to us when we arrive.
World War I |
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To continue building my own knowledge base, I continue to read about the founding era:
2019 Summer Teacher Institute
The actual week-long experience is reported here, along with a whole bunch of photographic evidence.
Follow Up
Photo credit: Wendy Berkelman, fellow institute attender and Missouri educator
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One of my responsibilities to the institute at Fort Ticonderoga was to attend. Another responsibility was to develop an original lesson plan to share with educators. My lesson plan uses primary resources introduced during the institute, including David Perry's first-hand account of the Battle of Carillon, as well as Daniel Dwight's powder horn. One anchors a portion of the lesson that focuses on the experience of the battle, while the other anchors a short introduction and study of the design of the fortress and the thought processes that go into preparing for battle. Here is the lesson that was accepted by Fort Ticonderoga:
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Beyond the Institute |
*Of course, Fort Ticonderoga is only part of the Revolutionary story. Other activity sets may be found on the Cultivating America page. |
