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<\/a>\u00a0The course provided a unique balance of pedagogy, academic content and field trips into community resources. \u00a0It not only lifted “the sash to open the window to the 19th century”, but mentally, emotionally and sometimes physically allowed participants “to climb through into another time” with our students. \u00a0Complex thinking skills grew using an interdisciplinary focus including the art, literature, history, music, economics, architecture, government, geography and religion of the 19th century–an era of great change and contrasts that influence how we live today. \u00a0It’s more that teaching about the Civil War!<\/p>\nOne of the greatest challenges for classroom teachers is to actively involve each student in gaining new knowledge and skills in a way that it will become part of their lives. \u00a0This energy and creativity must occur within each teacher’s busy life in addition to the usual work of the average teacher. \u00a0Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923),19th century French actress, once said,<\/p>\n
Life begets life. \u00a0Energy creates energy. \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n In that spirit the “Opening Your Classroom Window to 19th Century America” Course was written and won a $25,000 DOE grant to facilitate stimulating adventure to benefit our students. \u00a0The course would offer participants:<\/p>\n SYLLABUS<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Review of successful course<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Lessons created by participants<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Moran’s unit created for this grant was\u00a0<\/span><\/a>“<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Auburn, Massachusetts Women Enter the Public Sphere in 19th Century<\/span><\/a>“.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2002\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span>Bringing Her Footsteps into the Classroom<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span> Twenty educators from across Worcester County gathered at the Worcester Public Library on February 6 for a rehearsal of the Heritage Trail slide show, a field trip to the new library, and an introduction to the resources of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester Historical Museum and Preservation Worcester. The mission for Professional Development Points was to follow the footsteps of women in their community\u2019s past and develop a lesson for their <\/p>\n 2003<\/span>\u00a0August 11-15\u00a0<\/span>Classroom Paths to Impressionism Teacher Workshop<\/span><\/a>,<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span> Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA.<\/p>\n To prepare classroom teachers for the 5 October 2003 opening of \u201cPaths to Impressionism\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span> at the Worcester Art Museum a workshop was offered. \u00a0This workshop\u00a0explored the world that gave birth to the Impressionists. \u00a0Classroom teachers immersed themselves in the social history, art, literature and environment of the Impressionists to share with their students. The institute balanced pedagogy and academic content under the mentorship of a practicing classroom teacher and academic experts who provided content-rich and learner-centered experiences aligned with the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, such as an au plein air painting session and interactive gallery visits.\u00a0 Professional Development Points were given to teachers who created a specific lesson for their class by the end of the institute.\u00a0\u00a0 A comprehensive research paper based on the student\u2019s curiosity and interests was submitted to earn college credit.\u00a0 All participants received a copies of the lesson plans and research papers to help them incorporate art into their classrooms.<\/p>\n Monday\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cTime and Place\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 9-12 \u00a0Welcome and introductions<\/p>\n Guidelines for lesson plan and graduate papers<\/p>\n Draw Artists for Thursday lunch<\/p>\n Karen Board Moran,<\/b> historian and consultant with Burbank Educators:Historic Overview<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Lunch break (decide how group wishes to use hour break)<\/p>\n 1-4 \u00a0 Introduction to WAM library<\/p>\n Teaching models in social studies and math<\/p>\n Homework: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Readings for Thursday class and research assigned artist<\/p>\n Tuesday\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cImpulses of Color, Light and Texture\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 9-12\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Dr. Elizabeth Johns<\/b>, guest curator from Holy Cross: overview of Impressionism with gallery visit<\/p>\n 12-4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cLight\u201d lunch \u2013 brown bags in Institute Park<\/p>\n Au plein air painting session with George Hancin<\/b>, painter and educator in Institute Park.<\/p>\n Wednesday\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWithin the Cosmos\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 9-12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Doug Kimball<\/b>, guest environmentalist from Massachusetts Audubon Society<\/p>\n Lunch \u2013half hour brown bags in courtyard or hour break<\/p>\n 1-2:30\u00a0 Sketch Pads to Launch Pads<\/p>\n Gallery science scavenger hunt<\/p>\n 2:30-4\u00a0 Research time in library<\/p>\n Role-playing assistance<\/p>\n Thursday\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWords of Color and Light\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 9-12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dr. Loren Hoekzema<\/b>, guest lecturer from WPI on literature<\/p>\n Caf\u00e9 Lunch with the “artists\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> (role playing and potluck dishes in style of their artist)<\/p>\n 1-2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Post-it Lesson: creating word pictures in the gallery<\/p>\n 2-3 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Research time in library<\/p>\n Friday\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cLeading Your Students Down the Path\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 9-12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lesson development time<\/p>\n 12-3 \u00a0 \u00a0 French picnic during sharing (bring fruit, cheese, bread or wine to share)<\/p>\n Connecting the Paths to your classroom:\u00a0 Sharing our classroom ideas.<\/p>\n A final copy of the lesson must be sent to Karen by Monday, August 18.<\/p>\n College credit papers must be sent to Karen by Monday, August 25.<\/p>\n Artist Timeline<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Bibliography<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Helpful worksheets when visiting art museums:<\/p>\n Compare American landscape paintings<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Environment Scavenger Hunt<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Nature’s poetic message<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in paintings<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Senses Scavenger Hunt<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Timeline Shuffle<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2003 August 25-26 and October 14 Classroom Connections to Sutton 300<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>, Sutton Public Schools, Sutton, MA.<\/p>\n This \u201cTeaching Through a Local Lens”<\/strong>\u00a0workshop is a model of how to open your classroom curriculum to teach a variety of disciplines connecting educators to local resources. \u00a0It was created to encourage students to be engaged in Sutton 300<\/span>,<\/a> a celebration of Sutton’s 300 year history throughout 2004. \u00a0Teachers worked in teams or individually to shape their new found knowledge of the community into “Hands-on, Minds-on”<\/strong> lessons or units aligned to the Massachusetts Frameworks to be used within the Sutton Public Schools. \u00a0 History is not the only link between the 21st century and the local spirits.<\/p>\n Consider links to what you are already teaching to help your students become aware of the complex multiple levels of human life:<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0P<\/strong> government, laws, leaders<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0E<\/strong> agriculture, industry, commerce, craftsmen<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0R<\/strong> religion<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0S<\/strong> fashion, fads, manners–as well as ethnic groups settling her and those who were pushed out<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I<\/strong> educational system, libraries, scientific discoveries and inventions<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A<\/strong> music, art, architecture, literature<\/p>\n The method the teacher chooses to engage their students’ minds and bodies depend on the instructor’s teaching style and comfort level, but it also requires a body of knowledge–content<\/strong>. \u00a0Consider student role-playing, painting student designed murals, student written and produced plays or musicals, student field research and share their finds with the community, student created web site museum and stories, student created period newspapers, student gathered oral histories, hold a biography fair where students meet in character, student designed tour maps, take field trips, student created videos (broadcasts from the past), use primary resources in the classroom, student created timelines linking local to global events…the list is as long as our imagination allows! \u00a0A personal favorite is having students research local historic characters and then meet each other in character at the local tavern<\/span><\/a> f<\/span>or cider and cornbread.<\/p>\n Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>Additional Sutton resources connected with Lucy Waters Phelps.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Blackstone River Watershed Association Map.<\/span><\/p>\n “<\/span>Sutton”, Massachusetts\u00a0Weekly Spy<\/em><\/span>,<\/a> 1874 February 13. \u00a0Found at the American Antiquarian Society.<\/p>\n Sutton and surrounds map<\/span><\/a> <\/span>from Peter Whitney’s\u00a0Worcester County: American’s First Frontier, 1793 <\/em>Worcester: Isaiah Thomas Books & Prints, 1983. \u00a0At Sutton Public Library.<\/p>\n Sutton, MA 1795 Map<\/span>.<\/a> \u00a0Sutton 1976<\/em>. Sutton, MA: Sutton Bicentennial Committee, 1976. \u00a0At Sutton Public Library.<\/p>\n\n
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Suzette Dowd, Debra Marchand, Fiona Vessio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/a>
Russ Anderson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>Karen Board Moran (WWHP vice president) asks Jack Whittaker (Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor Ranger), “Sir, they say you are a woman\u2019s rights man. Are you really willing to give up your power to the fairer sex?\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
\nstudents in the present. These lessons were shared at the follow-up meeting
\nat the Alliance for Education on March 6. \u00a0Their work is featured at this link.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>
Sandrof, ivan. Massachusetts Towns: An 1840 View.
Barre, MA: Barre Publishers,1965, 75.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/a>
![Sutton”, Massachusetts\u00a0Weekly Spy<\/em><\/span>,<\/a> 1874 February 13. \u00a0Found at the American Antiquarian Society.<\/p>\nSutton and surrounds map<\/span><\/a> <\/span>from Peter Whitney’s\u00a0Worcester County: American’s First Frontier, 1793 <\/em>Worcester: Isaiah Thomas Books & Prints, 1983. \u00a0At Sutton Public Library.<\/p>\nSutton, MA 1795 Map<\/span>.<\/a> \u00a0Sutton 1976<\/em>. Sutton, MA: Sutton Bicentennial Committee, 1976. \u00a0At Sutton Public Library.<\/p>\nSutton, MA 1976 Map.<\/span><\/a><\/span> \u00a0Sutton 1976<\/em>. Sutton, MA: Sutton Bicentennial Committee, 1976. \u00a0At Sutton Public Library.<\/p>\nSutton Spirits to research and \u00a0reenact<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> \u00a0Compiled by Karen Board Moran, 2002.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nLessons created by the workshop participants for Sutton Public Schools:<\/strong><\/p>\n2nd grade “Activity Book for Primary Children for the\u00a0300th Anniversary Celebration of Sutton”<\/strong> by Debbie Metzger, Bev MacCollom, Denise Johnson, Janet DellaRocco<\/p>\n3rd grade “Back ground readings on Nipmucs and European Explorers and Settlers”<\/strong> by Judy Rutelonis<\/p>\n3rd grade “Creating a Welcome to Sutton Brochure”<\/strong> by Sue Boudreau<\/p>\n4th grade “Sharing 12 Sites along the Walking Tour of Sutton Center as a PowerPoint presentation, a brochure \u00a0or a poster”<\/strong> by Denise Harrison, Kevin Keefe, Karrie Perry, Kari Raffa, Nicole Robbins<\/p>\n5th grade “Student Historians create group authored books, A-Z picture books and individual biographies of people who grew up in Sutton<\/strong>” by Linda Sweeney, Beth Watts, Patrick Westfall<\/p>\n5th grade “Doorways to Sutton 2004: A Celebration of our Local History<\/strong>” by Ann Junnila and student teacher Alana LeClaire. \u00a0The focus is printmaking with Soft-Kut Lino involving history, art and architecture based on the doorways and facades of homes in Sutton Center and links to Isaiah Thomas and the first printing press . \u00a0Thomas’ paper used to print the Massachusetts Spy\u00a0<\/em> was made at Crooked Pond (Lake Singletary) in Sutton, MA.<\/p>\n6th grade “Discovering How the Past Meets the Present in Sutton”<\/strong> by Hillary Ellingson, Pam Krygsman, Eileen Mitchell. \u00a0Students will research a famous historical person and create a personal “historical journal of their discoveries before sharing their new knowledge in an oral report with a poster or PowerPoint presentation.<\/p>\n7th grade “Cooperative Learning Project: Creating a Sutton Historical Newspaper”<\/strong> by Lorraine Bachand, Barbara Chapulis. \u00a0Newspapers will be created for 1700-1750, 1750-1800, 1800-1870, 1870-1930 after completing research. \u00a0Students will also assume the identity of one of the historic characters in their research and perform a 5-7 minutes presentation. \u00a0Costumes are encouraged.<\/p>\n8th grade “Narrative Based on the Blackstone River Unit”<\/strong> by Jeneen Moran, Steve Romasco. \u00a0Students will write a paragraph a day for June 1-7, 1825 in their journals relating events of a typical week incorporating at least 10 facts \u00a0they have learned about life in the Blackstone River Valley. \u00a0The class will read two assigned chapters of Gerald Tesch’s\u00a0Never the Same Again <\/em>and share their summaries and illustrations.<\/p>\n8th grade “Pen & Ink \u00a0Study of Sutton’s Local Historical Buildings Using Quill Pens”\u00a0<\/strong>by Ann Junnila and student teacher Alana LeClaire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Between 1994 and 2004 many of the lessons found under Educational Resources were presented at\u00a0The Bostonian Society Teaching Boston History Workshops: Boston in the Industrial Revolution,\u00a0the\u00a0Lowell Conferences on Women\u2019s History, the\u00a0Melrose, MA Summer Institute,\u00a0 the North England Regional Conferences for the Social Studies, and the Worcester\u00a0Alliance for Education. 1998-1999\u00a0“Opening Your Classroom Window to 19th Century […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":33,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/387"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":390,"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/387\/revisions\/390"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/1874-2-13-MA-Weekly-Spy.jpeg\"){kind=link}
![Sutton and surrounds map<\/span><\/a> <\/span>from Peter Whitney’s\u00a0Worcester County: American’s First Frontier, 1793 <\/em>Worcester: Isaiah Thomas Books & Prints, 1983. \u00a0At Sutton Public Library.<\/p>\nSutton, MA 1795 Map<\/span>.<\/a> \u00a0Sutton 1976<\/em>. Sutton, MA: Sutton Bicentennial Committee, 1976. \u00a0At Sutton Public Library.<\/p>\nSutton, MA 1976 Map.<\/span><\/a><\/span> \u00a0Sutton 1976<\/em>. Sutton, MA: Sutton Bicentennial Committee, 1976. \u00a0At Sutton Public Library.<\/p>\nSutton Spirits to research and \u00a0reenact<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> \u00a0Compiled by Karen Board Moran, 2002.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nLessons created by the workshop participants for Sutton Public Schools:<\/strong><\/p>\n2nd grade “Activity Book for Primary Children for the\u00a0300th Anniversary Celebration of Sutton”<\/strong> by Debbie Metzger, Bev MacCollom, Denise Johnson, Janet DellaRocco<\/p>\n3rd grade “Back ground readings on Nipmucs and European Explorers and Settlers”<\/strong> by Judy Rutelonis<\/p>\n3rd grade “Creating a Welcome to Sutton Brochure”<\/strong> by Sue Boudreau<\/p>\n4th grade “Sharing 12 Sites along the Walking Tour of Sutton Center as a PowerPoint presentation, a brochure \u00a0or a poster”<\/strong> by Denise Harrison, Kevin Keefe, Karrie Perry, Kari Raffa, Nicole Robbins<\/p>\n5th grade “Student Historians create group authored books, A-Z picture books and individual biographies of people who grew up in Sutton<\/strong>” by Linda Sweeney, Beth Watts, Patrick Westfall<\/p>\n5th grade “Doorways to Sutton 2004: A Celebration of our Local History<\/strong>” by Ann Junnila and student teacher Alana LeClaire. \u00a0The focus is printmaking with Soft-Kut Lino involving history, art and architecture based on the doorways and facades of homes in Sutton Center and links to Isaiah Thomas and the first printing press . \u00a0Thomas’ paper used to print the Massachusetts Spy\u00a0<\/em> was made at Crooked Pond (Lake Singletary) in Sutton, MA.<\/p>\n6th grade “Discovering How the Past Meets the Present in Sutton”<\/strong> by Hillary Ellingson, Pam Krygsman, Eileen Mitchell. \u00a0Students will research a famous historical person and create a personal “historical journal of their discoveries before sharing their new knowledge in an oral report with a poster or PowerPoint presentation.<\/p>\n7th grade “Cooperative Learning Project: Creating a Sutton Historical Newspaper”<\/strong> by Lorraine Bachand, Barbara Chapulis. \u00a0Newspapers will be created for 1700-1750, 1750-1800, 1800-1870, 1870-1930 after completing research. \u00a0Students will also assume the identity of one of the historic characters in their research and perform a 5-7 minutes presentation. \u00a0Costumes are encouraged.<\/p>\n8th grade “Narrative Based on the Blackstone River Unit”<\/strong> by Jeneen Moran, Steve Romasco. \u00a0Students will write a paragraph a day for June 1-7, 1825 in their journals relating events of a typical week incorporating at least 10 facts \u00a0they have learned about life in the Blackstone River Valley. \u00a0The class will read two assigned chapters of Gerald Tesch’s\u00a0Never the Same Again <\/em>and share their summaries and illustrations.<\/p>\n8th grade “Pen & Ink \u00a0Study of Sutton’s Local Historical Buildings Using Quill Pens”\u00a0<\/strong>by Ann Junnila and student teacher Alana LeClaire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Between 1994 and 2004 many of the lessons found under Educational Resources were presented at\u00a0The Bostonian Society Teaching Boston History Workshops: Boston in the Industrial Revolution,\u00a0the\u00a0Lowell Conferences on Women\u2019s History, the\u00a0Melrose, MA Summer Institute,\u00a0 the North England Regional Conferences for the Social Studies, and the Worcester\u00a0Alliance for Education. 1998-1999\u00a0“Opening Your Classroom Window to 19th Century […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":33,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/387"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":390,"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/387\/revisions\/390"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/1793-Map-of-Worcester-County-Whitney.jpeg\"){kind=link}
![Sutton, MA 1795 Map<\/span>.<\/a> \u00a0Sutton 1976<\/em>. Sutton, MA: Sutton Bicentennial Committee, 1976. \u00a0At Sutton Public Library.<\/p>\nSutton, MA 1976 Map.<\/span><\/a><\/span> \u00a0Sutton 1976<\/em>. Sutton, MA: Sutton Bicentennial Committee, 1976. \u00a0At Sutton Public Library.<\/p>\nSutton Spirits to research and \u00a0reenact<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> \u00a0Compiled by Karen Board Moran, 2002.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nLessons created by the workshop participants for Sutton Public Schools:<\/strong><\/p>\n2nd grade “Activity Book for Primary Children for the\u00a0300th Anniversary Celebration of Sutton”<\/strong> by Debbie Metzger, Bev MacCollom, Denise Johnson, Janet DellaRocco<\/p>\n3rd grade “Back ground readings on Nipmucs and European Explorers and Settlers”<\/strong> by Judy Rutelonis<\/p>\n3rd grade “Creating a Welcome to Sutton Brochure”<\/strong> by Sue Boudreau<\/p>\n4th grade “Sharing 12 Sites along the Walking Tour of Sutton Center as a PowerPoint presentation, a brochure \u00a0or a poster”<\/strong> by Denise Harrison, Kevin Keefe, Karrie Perry, Kari Raffa, Nicole Robbins<\/p>\n5th grade “Student Historians create group authored books, A-Z picture books and individual biographies of people who grew up in Sutton<\/strong>” by Linda Sweeney, Beth Watts, Patrick Westfall<\/p>\n5th grade “Doorways to Sutton 2004: A Celebration of our Local History<\/strong>” by Ann Junnila and student teacher Alana LeClaire. \u00a0The focus is printmaking with Soft-Kut Lino involving history, art and architecture based on the doorways and facades of homes in Sutton Center and links to Isaiah Thomas and the first printing press . \u00a0Thomas’ paper used to print the Massachusetts Spy\u00a0<\/em> was made at Crooked Pond (Lake Singletary) in Sutton, MA.<\/p>\n6th grade “Discovering How the Past Meets the Present in Sutton”<\/strong> by Hillary Ellingson, Pam Krygsman, Eileen Mitchell. \u00a0Students will research a famous historical person and create a personal “historical journal of their discoveries before sharing their new knowledge in an oral report with a poster or PowerPoint presentation.<\/p>\n7th grade “Cooperative Learning Project: Creating a Sutton Historical Newspaper”<\/strong> by Lorraine Bachand, Barbara Chapulis. \u00a0Newspapers will be created for 1700-1750, 1750-1800, 1800-1870, 1870-1930 after completing research. \u00a0Students will also assume the identity of one of the historic characters in their research and perform a 5-7 minutes presentation. \u00a0Costumes are encouraged.<\/p>\n8th grade “Narrative Based on the Blackstone River Unit”<\/strong> by Jeneen Moran, Steve Romasco. \u00a0Students will write a paragraph a day for June 1-7, 1825 in their journals relating events of a typical week incorporating at least 10 facts \u00a0they have learned about life in the Blackstone River Valley. \u00a0The class will read two assigned chapters of Gerald Tesch’s\u00a0Never the Same Again <\/em>and share their summaries and illustrations.<\/p>\n8th grade “Pen & Ink \u00a0Study of Sutton’s Local Historical Buildings Using Quill Pens”\u00a0<\/strong>by Ann Junnila and student teacher Alana LeClaire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Between 1994 and 2004 many of the lessons found under Educational Resources were presented at\u00a0The Bostonian Society Teaching Boston History Workshops: Boston in the Industrial Revolution,\u00a0the\u00a0Lowell Conferences on Women\u2019s History, the\u00a0Melrose, MA Summer Institute,\u00a0 the North England Regional Conferences for the Social Studies, and the Worcester\u00a0Alliance for Education. 1998-1999\u00a0“Opening Your Classroom Window to 19th Century […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":33,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/387"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":390,"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/387\/revisions\/390"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/1795-Map-of-Sutton-Sutton-1976.jpeg\"){kind=link}
![Sutton, MA 1976 Map.<\/span><\/a><\/span> \u00a0Sutton 1976<\/em>. Sutton, MA: Sutton Bicentennial Committee, 1976. \u00a0At Sutton Public Library.<\/p>\nSutton Spirits to research and \u00a0reenact<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> \u00a0Compiled by Karen Board Moran, 2002.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nLessons created by the workshop participants for Sutton Public Schools:<\/strong><\/p>\n2nd grade “Activity Book for Primary Children for the\u00a0300th Anniversary Celebration of Sutton”<\/strong> by Debbie Metzger, Bev MacCollom, Denise Johnson, Janet DellaRocco<\/p>\n3rd grade “Back ground readings on Nipmucs and European Explorers and Settlers”<\/strong> by Judy Rutelonis<\/p>\n3rd grade “Creating a Welcome to Sutton Brochure”<\/strong> by Sue Boudreau<\/p>\n4th grade “Sharing 12 Sites along the Walking Tour of Sutton Center as a PowerPoint presentation, a brochure \u00a0or a poster”<\/strong> by Denise Harrison, Kevin Keefe, Karrie Perry, Kari Raffa, Nicole Robbins<\/p>\n5th grade “Student Historians create group authored books, A-Z picture books and individual biographies of people who grew up in Sutton<\/strong>” by Linda Sweeney, Beth Watts, Patrick Westfall<\/p>\n5th grade “Doorways to Sutton 2004: A Celebration of our Local History<\/strong>” by Ann Junnila and student teacher Alana LeClaire. \u00a0The focus is printmaking with Soft-Kut Lino involving history, art and architecture based on the doorways and facades of homes in Sutton Center and links to Isaiah Thomas and the first printing press . \u00a0Thomas’ paper used to print the Massachusetts Spy\u00a0<\/em> was made at Crooked Pond (Lake Singletary) in Sutton, MA.<\/p>\n6th grade “Discovering How the Past Meets the Present in Sutton”<\/strong> by Hillary Ellingson, Pam Krygsman, Eileen Mitchell. \u00a0Students will research a famous historical person and create a personal “historical journal of their discoveries before sharing their new knowledge in an oral report with a poster or PowerPoint presentation.<\/p>\n7th grade “Cooperative Learning Project: Creating a Sutton Historical Newspaper”<\/strong> by Lorraine Bachand, Barbara Chapulis. \u00a0Newspapers will be created for 1700-1750, 1750-1800, 1800-1870, 1870-1930 after completing research. \u00a0Students will also assume the identity of one of the historic characters in their research and perform a 5-7 minutes presentation. \u00a0Costumes are encouraged.<\/p>\n8th grade “Narrative Based on the Blackstone River Unit”<\/strong> by Jeneen Moran, Steve Romasco. \u00a0Students will write a paragraph a day for June 1-7, 1825 in their journals relating events of a typical week incorporating at least 10 facts \u00a0they have learned about life in the Blackstone River Valley. \u00a0The class will read two assigned chapters of Gerald Tesch’s\u00a0Never the Same Again <\/em>and share their summaries and illustrations.<\/p>\n8th grade “Pen & Ink \u00a0Study of Sutton’s Local Historical Buildings Using Quill Pens”\u00a0<\/strong>by Ann Junnila and student teacher Alana LeClaire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Between 1994 and 2004 many of the lessons found under Educational Resources were presented at\u00a0The Bostonian Society Teaching Boston History Workshops: Boston in the Industrial Revolution,\u00a0the\u00a0Lowell Conferences on Women\u2019s History, the\u00a0Melrose, MA Summer Institute,\u00a0 the North England Regional Conferences for the Social Studies, and the Worcester\u00a0Alliance for Education. 1998-1999\u00a0“Opening Your Classroom Window to 19th Century […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":33,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/387"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":390,"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/387\/revisions\/390"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/1976-Map-of-Sutton-Sutton-1976.jpeg\"){kind=link}