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The American Revolution in the Southern Backcountry: A National Endowment
for the Humanities Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop at
Converse College
July 19-24 and Aug. 2-7, 2009
This one-week workshop, offered twice, provides teachers with fresh
perspectives on the complex dynamics of the American Revolution in the
Southern backcountry, a place where long-standing hostilities between
American settlers erupted into a full-scale civil war between Loyalists
and Patriots. Eight historians will guide explorations into the reasons
that the war was won in the South. Our program will make use of the rich
historical resources in upstate South Carolina. We will visit the
eighteenth century backcountry plantation at Walnut Grove and the living
history museum at Historic Brattonsville in order to better understand
day-to-day life in the backcountry at the time of the revolution. Then we
will tour the battlefields at Kings Mountain, Cowpens, and Ninety-Six to
learn more about the nature of backcountry warfare. We will visit the
Greenville County Museum of art in order to explore ways to use art to
increase student engagement with the subject matter. We will examine the
war's impact on the region's white women and on its free and enslaved
African Americans. A veteran history teacher will serve as master teacher
for the workshop, advising participants on ways they can use the content
and resources they gain at our workshop in their own classrooms. Teachers
at any level from K-12 and in any field may apply. For more information,
email project assistant Katherine Moore at nehworkshop@converse.edu or
consult our web site at www.converse.edu/neh/.
Katherine (Katie) Moore
Administrative Assistant, Partisans and Redcoats Workshop
Converse College
580 East Main Street
Spartanburg, SC 29302
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