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.
Revolutionary Roots in St. Louis
35th Annual National Council for History Education Conference
St. Louis, Missouri
March 2025
Revolutionary Reflections: Lafayette and the Legacy of the American Revolution
Workshop for Virginia Teachers
Virginia Museum of History & Culture
Richmond, Virginia
February 2025
“The American Cause… Is the Cause of Liberty”
Workshop for South Carolina Teachers
Hopsewee Plantation
Georgetown, South Carolina
January 2024
Underrepresented Revolutionary Voices and E Pluribus Unum
105th Annual National Council for the Social Studies Conference
Boston, Massachusetts
November 2024
Discord, Harmony, and the American Republic
104th 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
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
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
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
