Category Archives: Local History

Excited to Share my Ideas about #PBL with #NENTS17 Colleagues

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Bill Sullivan
Posted in #Placemaking, CAIS, Collaboration, Local History, PQP: Praise, Question, Polish, Professional Development, Project Based Learning, Twitter | Leave a comment

Challenging Students To Become Curators

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Bill Sullivan

Because we use a digital blog for a classroom, I am constantly reminded of the opportunity for us to share what we learn and show how we learned it. This project of having individual students connect with one piece of … Continue reading →

Posted in Higher Order Thinking, Local History, Old Center Cemetery, Service Learning | 1 Comment

Productive and Fun Visit to Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Bill Sullivan

My American Studies class traveled to Hartford recently and visited the research room at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center as well as the history and genealogy room at the Connecticut State Library. Tracking down leads from the end of our … Continue reading →

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King Phillip’s Burning of Simsbury

Posted on October 5, 2015 by mittelmand

In order to further understand early American Literature we must look into the relations between the Natives and the European settlers. The Europeans arrived in America to meet well established native nations who have had claims on the land thousands … Continue reading →

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Great #PBL Trip to Windsor Historical Society Program

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Bill Sullivan

As we pass through our tenth week of researching the Connecticut’s 29th Regiment soldiers who signed up from Suffield and learning more about the lives of these pioneers before, during and after the Civil War, we now look forward to a … Continue reading →

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A Consideration for Adding Henry Foster’s Residence as an UGRR Site on the Connecticut Freedom Trail

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Bill Sullivan

The American Studies class at Suffield Academy has been investigating Underground Railroad activity in our town for the past since December. The Connecticut Freedom Trail sites have been very informative and beneficial in our search. Our goal for this school … Continue reading →

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American Studies 2014 Presentation of the UGRR in the Suffield Area

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Bill Sullivan

Here are the slides from tonight’s presentation. Thank you everyone for coming out and being a great audience. The class appreciated your questions and conversation afterward. I was hoping to keep a project-based learning journal because other teachers often asked … Continue reading →

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Horatio T. Strother’s outlook on David Ruggles!

Posted on January 18, 2014 by jackfrank18

               In his book, The Underground Railroad in Connecticut, Horatio T. Strother’s explores and unveils the heroic actions that David Ruggles, an agent on the Underground Railroad, took to ensure the freedom of countless … Continue reading →

Posted in 21st Century Learning, 21st Century Skills, American Studies, HOT Log Florence 1/20/14, Local History | 6 Comments

David Ruggles Radical Abolitionist

Posted on January 17, 2014 by 14ross

As all of our class should know by now, David Ruggles was a black abolitionist who took slavery very seriously.  Ruggles pretty much made it his life to actively free black slaves.  Most abolitionists tried to persuade slave-owners to free … Continue reading →

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A History of the Underground Railroad

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Bill Sullivan

Here is the presentation document that I used for my wonderful talk to the fourth grade class reading The Last Safe House: A Story of the Underground Railroad. Their great questions made for a great dialogue. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1b6NcrTJYnPh50URaTh9-8LCz3ni_LHi86jSPS7KyDgM/edit?usp=sharing Here’s a Underground … Continue reading →

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