Collections for the Classroom presents thematic selections from the library and museum collections of the American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati featuring the people, places and ideas central to understanding and appreciating the achievements of the American Revolution. Each of these collections features digitized images and descriptions of maps, manuscripts, graphic arts, official military documents and artifacts organized by topic as presented to teachers at workshops, conferences and our Master Teachers Seminar. Classroom analysis of these primary and secondary source materials can offer teachers and their students unique insight in their interpretation of the Revolution itself and of our independence, our republic, our national identity and our highest ideals.

 

Discord, Harmony, and the American Republic

103rd Annual National Council for the Social Studies Conference
Nashville, Tennessee
December 2023

“Designed to Impress the Revolution on the Minds of Youth”

South Carolina Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference
Greenville, South Carolina
September 2023

American “Notions of Independence”

7th Annual Florida Council for History Education Conference
St. Augustine, Florida
July 2023

“Regulations for the Order and Discipline…”

Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge Seminar,
American Revolution Institute
Washington, D.C.
July 2023

 

Affairs of State and the Presidency

Truman Library Teachers Conference
virtual
July 2023

2023 Master Teachers Week

11th Annual Master Teachers Seminar,
American Revolution Institute
Washington, D.C.
July 2023

Exploring the Ideals that Unite Us

Bill of Rights Institute Workshop,
American Revolution Institute
Washington, D.C.
June 2023

The Patriot’s Monitor: Defining Freedom in the Early Republic

33rd Annual National Council for History Education Conference
Salt Lake City, Utah
March 2023

Saving Soldiers & Notions of Independence

102nd Annual National Council for the Social Studies Conference
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 2022

Revolution in the South

Workshop for VA and NC Teachers
Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History
Danville, Virginia
November 2022

This bronze cannon cast by James Byers in 1777 is one of the few surviving American-made bronze cannons from the Revolutionary War.

Meet George, the Six-Pounder

Rocky Mountain Christian Academy,
American Revolution Institute
Washington, D.C.
October 2022

Why The American Revolution Matters

Pinellas County Schools K-12 Social Studies District-Wide Training
Palm Harbor University High School
Palm Harbor, Florida
August 2022

 

2022 Master Teachers Week

10th Annual Master Teachers Seminar,
American Revolution Institute
Washington, D.C.
July 2022

A Republic, If You Can Keep It

James Madison Fellows Workshop,
American Revolution Institute
Washington, D.C.
June 2022

George Washington at War: From Soldier to Commander in Chief

George Washington Teacher Workshop,
American Revolution Institute
Washington, D.C.
June 2022

Our Revolutionary Mothers’ Voices

32nd Annual National Conference for History Education Conference
virtual
March 2022

 
 

Why the American Revolution Matters

Memphis School of Excellence Professional Development
virtual
January 2022

American Identity and the Legacy of the American Revolution

101st Annual National Council for the Social Studies Conference
virtual
November 2021

Why the Revolution Matters

Alabama State Department of Education MEGA Conference and Alabama Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference
virtual
July and April 2021

George Washington: From Soldier to Commander in Chief

George Washington Teacher Workshop,
American Revolution Institute
virtual
July 2021

The Historiscope of the American Revolution

31st Annual National Conference for History Education Conference
virtual
April 2021

Media and Visual Culture: Imagery and National Identity over Two Centuries

Cultural Organizations Dedicated to Educators Workshop
virtual
March 2021

Social Movements and the Legacy of the American Revolution

100th Annual National Council for the Social Studies Conference
virtual
December 2020

Teaching the Veteran Experience of the Early Republic

Connecticut Council for the Social Studies Annual Fall Conference
virtual
November 2020

 

Patriotism and Age

4th Annual Florida Council for History Education Conference
virtual
August 2020

Boom and Zoom

Two Rivers Public Charter School, American Revolution Institute
Washington, D.C.
May 2020

America’s First Veterans and the Legacy of the Women of the Revolution

Florida Teacher Workshop, Sarasota Middle School
Sarasota, Florida
April 2020

Remembering the Ladies

30th Annual National Council for History Education Conference
Cleveland, Ohio
March 2020

 
 
 

Remembering America’s First Veterans

Virginia Teacher Workshop, Fredericksburg Area Museum
Fredericksburg, Virginia
November 2019

America’s First Veterans

Weekly Teacher Workshops,
American Revolution Institute
Washington, D.C.
November 2019—March 2020

American “Notions of Independence”

53rd Annual Virginia Conference for Social Studies Educators
Williamsburg, Virginia
October 2019

The Property of the Nation: George Washington’s Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President

Educator Book Club,
American Revolution Institute
Washington, D.C.
October 2019—December 2019

John Laurens and the Tradition of Civic Engagement

New Hampshire and Massachusetts Teacher Workshop,
American Independence Museum

Exeter, New Hampshire
October 2019

Revolutionary South Carolina and “A Vindictive Asperity Not Easily Restrained”

South Carolina Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference
Greenville, South Carolina
September 2019

Washington at War

George Washington Teacher Workshop,
American Revolution Institute
Washington, D.C.
August 2019

Darly Rebuses

Master Teachers Seminar,
American Revolution Institute
Washington, D.C.
July 2019