In the summer of 2022, NHD kicked off its programming to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with a live teacher institute in Providence, Rhode Island. Partnering with the Rhode Island Historical Society, NHD developed this week-long institute, Revolutionary Ideals, engaging 30 teachers. The program focused on Revolutionary ideals, exploring the ideals of the time and considering how they were (or were not) practiced or applied fully.
The teachers who participated in the 2022 summer teacher institute worked collaboratively to create lesson plans relating to the founding ideals of the Revolutionary Era. All supporting materials (graphic organizers, rubrics, etc.) and primary source documents are available for free download.
NHD thanks Tom Lauer and the Dr. Scholl Foundation for their generous support of this program, publication, and 2024 webinar series.
Articles
Staging a Revolution: The Complex History of Turning Thoughts into Actions
Revolutionary Ideals and the Study of American History
Lesson Plans
Using Maps to Compare European Colonization in North America
The Puritans and “Liberty of Conscience”: Conflicting Views on Religious Freedom in Colonial New England
New Ideas in a New Land: Roger Williams’s and William Penn’s Quest for Autonomy and Freedom in Colonial America
Metacom’s (King Philip’s) War: The Remaking of Colonial Identity
The Regulators of North Carolina: Rebels with a Cause
Rum and Revolution: Rhode Island’s Role in the Triangular Trade
The Gaspee Raid: Prelude to the Boston Tea Party?
Party in Philadelphia: Tea, Time, and Troubles
Women’s Coverture: Unpacking the
Historical Context of Abigail Adams’s Call to “Remember the Ladies”
The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Great Law of Peace: A Precursor to the United States Constitution
Founding Mothers: Women and the Spread of Revolutionary Ideas
Free Press and Its Limits in
Colonial America
Revolutionary Ideals and Native Nations: Taking Sides in the American Revolution
Promises Made, Promises Broken: The Rhode Island First Regiment and The Struggle for Liberty
Revolutionary Ideals in Action: Comparing the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions
Webinar Recordings
“In the Eye of Foreign Nations” Empire, Trade, and the World that Inspired the Declaration
Revolutionary Ideals and North Carolina’s Regulator Rebellion
Liberty for Who? Democracy and Race-Based Slavery in the Early American Republic
Revolutionary Ideals: The Age of Constitutionalism
