Second Annual Locally Grown History Forum
Sunday, October 18, 2009
UConn Torrington Campus

Connecticut and the Revolution

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ECE WORKSHOP  11:00  – 11:50:  Professor Robert Gross, University of Connecticut, “The Minutemen and Their World: The Historical Process from Idea to Book.”

KEYNOTE ADDRESS 1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.  Professor Robert Gross, University of Connecticut

WORKSHOP SESSION I            2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

A.            Teaching through History Day: Cathy Gorn, Ph.D., Executive Director, National History Day, Ben Gammell, Connecticut Historical Society, State History Day Coordinator and Chelsea Eckert, Junior, Torrington High School, and Connecticut History Day participant

B.            Revolutionary Archaeology in Connecticut:  Dr. Nicolas Bellantoni, Connecticut State Archaeologist

                 
WORKSHOP SESSION II            3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

A.            Children and the Revolution through Literature: Prof. Christopher Collier, University of Connecticut, former Connecticut State Historian and co-author of the Newberry award-winning My Brother Sam is Dead and other historical novels for young adults.
 
B.            Connecticut Native Americans and the Revolution: Dr. Jason Mancini, Senior Researcher, Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center

ROUNDTABLE 4:00-5:00  Religion and the Republic: Approaching a Central Theme in Connecticut History.  Prof. Andrew Walsh, Associate Director, Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion and Public Life, Trinity College, Hartford, with participation by the Bellamy-Ferriday House, Bethlehem, the Glebe House, Woodbury, and the Cornwall Historical Society, Cornwall.

NOTE: Program is subject to change. Please see website at www.locallygrownhistory.org for current information.  

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