Partnership Programs: American Revolution Native American Series Southeast Asian Tour STEMTEC Teachers as Scholars Witness for Freedom American Revolution: Resources {Books, lesson plans, links, videos, and more} Evaluations {Read what the participants have to say about each session.} "To Form a More Perfect Union" (PDF) Read the article printed in Five College Ink magazine about the series (PDF files require Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 to view. Download free program) Participants (are from the four collaborating districts, which include Belchertown, Holyoke, Mohawk Trail and Hampshire Regional). Judith Atwood, Peck Middle School James Cannon, Dean Technical Voc. High School Leny Jo Captein, Belchertown High School Joe Coll, Hawlemont Regional Elementary School Lynn Dole, Mohawk Trail Regional High School Patricia Dostie-Hounshell, Lynch Middle School Dana Geis, Lynch Middle School Robert Hansbury, Belchertown High School Jerry Hoyt, Mohawk Trail Regional High School Edward O'Malley, Dean Technical Voc. High School Helene Pajak, Westhampton Elementary School Tracey Pinkham, Hampshire Regional Middle School Steven Shepherd, Swift River Elementary School Jane Shaney, Mohawk Trail Regional High School Jason Woodcock, Belchertown High School   The American Revolution and American Peoples: A Comparative Inquiry (2001-2002) A one-year professional development program for K12 teachers that will draw on new scholarship in intellectual and social history about the American Revolutionary era and its impact on various groups of Americans. The project includes eight daylong seminars organized around the themes: Geo-politics, Liberty, Sovereignty Citizenship, Equality, and Empire. Sponsored by National Endowment of the Humanities. SCHEDULE: December 1 Chronological and Historiographical Overview All Faculty January 5 Geo-Politics of the Revolution {Session Notes PDF (12/1-1/5/02)} Barry O'Connell, English and American Studies, Amherst College, and Rosemary Agoglia, The Common School February 2 Sovereignty {Session Notes PDF} Alice Nash, History, University of Massachusetts and Virginia Ahart, Social Studies Coordinator, Hampshire Regional High School March 2 Liberty {Session Notes PDF} Neal Salisbury, History, Smith College and Robert Hansbury, Belchertown High School April 6 Citizenship {Session Notes-Not available} Joyce Berkman, History, University of Massachusetts, and Tracey Pinkham, Hampshire Regional Middle School July 8 Equality {Session Notes PDF} Marla Miller, History, University of Massachusetts and Tracey Pinkham, Hampshire Regional Middle School July 9 Field Trip to Minuteman National Historical Park July 10 Empire & New Approaches to Historiography {Session Notes PDF} Neal Salisbury and Robert Hansbury