Workshop Outline
Reading assignments
- Walter, Edgar.Partisans and Redcoats: The American Revolution in the Southern Backcountry. New York: Harper Collins, 2001.
- Lawrence L. Babits. A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001. Chapters 1 and 2.
- Marvin L. Cann. “War in the Backcountry: the Siege of Ninety Six, May 22-June 19, 1781.” South Carolina Historical Magazine 72 (1971).
- Wilma Dykeman. With Fire and Sword: The Battle of Kings Mountain, 1780. National Park Service, 1978.
- Cynthia Kierner. Beyond the Household: Women’s Place in the Early South, 1700-1834. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998. Chapters 3 and 4.
- Gary Nash. The Forgotten Fifth: African Americans in the Age of Revolution. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2006.
Reading packet that includes excerpts from:
- Charles Lord Cornwallis. An answer to that part of the narrative of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton, K.B.,: Which relates to the conduct of Lieutenant-General Earl Cornwallis, ... campaign in North-America, in the year 1781.
- Banastre Tarleton. History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in the Southern Provinces of North America.
- Arthur Fairies Journal of Expedition Against the Cherokee Indians from July 8, 1776 to October 11, 1776. Records of Veterans Administration, Record Group 15. Arthur Fairies Journal, The National Archives And Records Service, General Services Administration, Washington, 1866.
- James Graham. The Life of General Daniel Morgan of the Virginia line of the Army of the United States: with portions of his correspondence. Bloomingburg, NY: Zebrowski
Historical Services Publishing Co., 1993.
- John Eager Howard’s account of the Battle of Cowpens.
- E. Alfred Jones and Wilbur Henry Siebert. 1921. The journal of Alexander Chesney, a South Carolina loyalist in the revolution and after. [Columbus]: Ohio State University.
Please note that all required readings should be completed before arrival at Converse, but not later than the beginning of sessions on the day for which that work is assigned. Free time is available each evening to review the reading materials.
Schedule
Workshop #1: July 19 - 24, 2009
Arrival on Sunday, July 19, check-in 2 to 5 pm in Belk Hall, Converse College; Departure Friday afternoon, July 24.
Workshop #2: August 2 – 7, 2009
Arrival on Sunday, August 2, check-in 2 to 5 pm in Belk Hall, Converse College; Departure Friday afternoon, August 7.
Sunday evening:
- 1:30 – 5:00 pm — Shuttle Service from airport
- 3:00 - 5:00 pm — Residence Hall check-in
- 5:00 - 6:00 pm — Dinner in Gee Dining Hall
- 6:00 - 8:00 pm — Orientation and welcome reception (dessert will be served)
Monday:
- 7:45 - 8:30 am — Breakfast, Gee Dining Hall
- 8:30 - 8:45 am — Welcoming Remarks, Converse College Administration
- 8:45 - 10:00 am — Keynote Address — An Overview of the Southern Backcountry at the time of the Revolution — Dr. Marty D. Matthews, Research Director, North Carolina Office of Historic Sites
- 10:00 - 10:30 am — Break
- 10:30 - 11:45 am — Women and African Americans in the American Revolution — Dr. Melissa Walker, George Dean Johnson, Jr. Professor of History, Converse College
- 11:45 am - 1:00 pm — Lunch in Gee Dining Hall
- 1:00 - 2:15 pm — Break-out session with Master Teacher Martha Bohnenberger on resources for teaching the American Revolution in the South
- 2:15 - 2:45 pm — Break
- 2:45 pm —- Board bus for Walnut Grove Plantation
http://www.spartanburghistory.org/node/2.html
- 3:30--5 pm — tour the Manor House and outbuildings at Walnut Grove
- 5-5:30 pm— Early stages of the American Revolution in the Backcountry — Dr. Melissa Walker (talk in the pavilion at Walnut Grove)
- 5:30-7 pm — Reenacting--a resource for teachers — by Tim Potts, veteran Revolutionary War re-enactor, social studies teacher, Robert J. Kaiser Middle School, Monticello, New York — Walnut Grove Pavilion
- 7 pm-8:30 pm — Barbecue supper in the Pavilion
- 8:30 pm — Board the bus to return to campus
- 9:00 pm — Access to email and Converse College Library; free time for reading
Tuesday:
Backcountry Life and the Battle of Huck’s Defeat
- 7:45-8:30 am — Breakfast in Gee Dining Hall
- 8:30 am — Bus departs for Historic Brattonsville (daily update on bus)
- 9:30 am — Arrival at Historic Brattonsville — Living history programs on backcountry life, women in the backcountry, African Americans in the backcountry, Battle of Huck’s Defeat (Box lunches will be provided)
- 3:30 pm — Arrival back on campus
- 4 - 5 pm — Breakout session with Master Teacher
- 5:00 - 6:00 pm — Dinner in Gee Dining Hall
- 6:00 - 9:00 pm — Access to email and Converse College Library; free time for reading
Wednesday:
- 7:45 - 8:30 am — Breakfast in Gee Dining Hall
- 8:30 am — Bus departs for Kings Mountain National Military Park (daily update on bus)
- 9:30 am — Arrival at Kings Mountain; film and battlefield tour led by Dr. George Fields, Military Heritage Program Director at Palmetto Conservation Foundation (Box lunches will be provided)
- 1:30 pm — Arrival back on campus
- 2 pm —3 pm — The Revolution from the British Perspective — Dr. Edward Woodfin, Assistant Professor of History Converse College
- 3:15 - 5:00 pm — Breakout session with Master Teacher How can you use primary sources from this workshop in your classroom?
- 5:00 - 6:00 pm — Dinner in Gee Dining Hall
- 6:15-6:45 pm — Cowpens and Beyond: Pushing the British from the Backcountry — Dr. Lawrence Babits
- 6:45 pm — Optional viewing of The Patriot, Discussion led by Dr. Babits
- 7:00 - 9:00 pm — Access to email and Converse College Library, free time for reading
Thursday:
- 7:45 - 8:30 am — Breakfast in Gee Dining Hall
- 8:30 am — Bus departs for Cowpens National Battlefield (daily update on bus)
- 9:30 am — Arrival at Cowpens — Tour battlefield with Dr. Lawrence Babits, George Washington Distinguished Professor of History, East Carolina University (Box lunches provided)
- 2:30 pm — Arrival back on campus. Time to rest and change for Greenville trip.
- 3:15 pm — Bus departs for Greenville Co. Museum of Art
- 4-5 pm — Using Art to Teach the American Revolution — Martha Severens, Curator, Greenville Co. Museum of Art
- 5-6:30 pm — Free time to tour museum
- 6:30 pm — Bus will drop participants in downtown Greenville — free time for dinner
- 9 pm — Bus will depart from Greenville to return to campus
Friday:
- 7:45 - 8:30 am — Breakfast in Gee Dining Hall
- 8:30 am — Bus departs for Ninety Six National Historic Site
- 10:00 am — Arrival at Ninety-Six — Tour the battlefield with Dr. Marvin Cann, Professor Emeritus, Lander University (Box Lunch will be provided)
- 2:30 pm — Return to campus
- 2:30 - 3:30 pm — Closing Session — The Significance of the War in the Backcountry — Discussion led by Dr. Melissa Walker
- 3:30 - 4:30 pm — Complete evaluations, receive stipend payments, certificates and letters
- 4:30 - 6 pm – Shuttle service to airport
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