South Carolina Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference
Greenville, South Carolina
September 28-30, 2023
Participants will explore the 1810 publication The Patriot’s Monitor: Designed to Impress the First Principles of the Revolution…for Schools and propose essential primary source readings for a 2023 version for SC students. Online lessons created by ARI master teachers teaching in South Carolina will be spotlighted as well—with one of those educators on hand to present their experience researching with our library and museum collections.
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Carolina
Herman Moll
London, 1736The Society of the Cincinnati, The Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson Collection
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Carte de la Caroline et Georgie: pour servir a l'Histoire generale des voyages
Jacques Nicolas Bellin
Amsterdam, 1773The Society of the Cincinnati, The Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson Collection
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A map of those parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, & Georgia, which were the scenes of the most important operations of the Southern armies
Francis Shallus, egr. and Samuel Lewis
Philadelphia, ca. 1807The Society of the Cincinnati
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The Patriot's Monitor, for New-Hampshire: Designed to Impress and Perpetuate the First Principles of the Revolution on the Minds of Youth; together with Some Pieces Important and Interesting. Adapted for the Use of Schools
Ignatius Thomson
Randolph, Vermont: Sereno Wright, 1810The Society of the Cincinnati
This 1810 textbook “designed to impress and perpetuate the first principles of the Revolution on the minds of youth,” was compiled by the Rev. Ignatius Thomson of Pomfret, Vermont. He selected key documents of America’s founding, from the Declaration of Independence through the inaugural addresses of the first four presidents of the United States, along with other moral and patriotic lessons. Each paragraph of each text is numbered to facilitate recitation and reading aloud in a class.
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The Patriot's Monitor, for New-Hampshire: Designed to Impress and Perpetuate the First Principles of the Revolution on the Minds of Youth; together with Some Pieces Important and Interesting. Adapted for the Use of Schools
Ignatius Thomson
Randolph, Vermont: Sereno Wright, 1810The Society of the Cincinnati
George Washington’s central role in the achievement of American Independence is documented in the first five texts of the Patriot’s Monitor: “The Declaration of Independence” (p. 3-7); "General Washington's appointment and acceptance of the command of the American army" (p. 7-8); "General Washington's address to the army" (p. 8-12); "General Washington's resignation of the command of the army" (p. 12-13); and "General Washington's circular letter to the governors of the several states" (p. 13-24).
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