Fort Ticonderoga Virtual Teacher Institute: “The Crucial Year 1776 on Lake Champlain”

Join us for this free virtual institute as we explore for the 250th anniversary of the crucial year 1776 on Lake Champlain, as the Continental Army faced a British invasion from Quebec.

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Schedule

10:00-10:05am Introductions

10:05-10:45am “An Overview of the 1776 Campaign on Lake Champlain”—Don Hagist (Journal of the American Revolution) examines the campaign from both the British and American perspectives.

10:45-11:30am Making Connections: Exploring the 1776 Campaign through the Ticonderoga Collections— Dr. Matthew Keagle, Curator at Fort Ticonderoga, highlights manuscripts, maps, and objects from the collection highlighting the story 1776 as it unfolded in the Champlain Valley.

11:30-11:50am “The Ticonderoga Soldiers Project”—Kate Tardiff, Archivist at Fort Ticonderoga, introduces this project documenting the soldiers at Ticonderoga during the American Revolution.

11:50-12:15pm—Lunch Break

12:15-1:15pm What Underwater Archaeology tells us about the Battle of Valcour, October 1776—Chris Sabick, Director of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, shares the stories underwater archaeology at the Battle of Valcour and Arnold’s Bay sites tell us.

1:15-2:00pm “REAL TIME REVOLUTION: Telling the Stories of the 1776 Campaign on Lake Champlain”—Tim Potts from SUNY New Paltz and Dr. Joseph Stoltz from Fort Ticonderoga model strategies for using primary sources and artifacts in the social studies classroom.

This virtual teacher institute is free for educators, but participants must pre-register. Providing your school’s name and location is greatly appreciated.