Detail, T. Conder, New Hampshire, Vermont, &c. Courtesy of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University, acc. no. 065-1.

Friday, June 6

  • 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
    Walking Tour of Boston’s Revolutionary Sites • For more information, see Walking Tours. Reservations must be made in advance by checking the appropriate box on the Conference Registration Form. Meet the tour in the lobby of David J. Sargent Hall (Suffolk University Law School), 120 Tremont Street. See the map.
  • 12:00–2:00
    Walking Tour of Boston’s Black Heritage Trail     • For more information, see Walking Tours. Reservations must be made in advance by checking the appropriate box on the Conference Registration Form. Meet the tour at the Robert Gould Shaw/Massachusetts 54th Memorial, Beacon and Park streets, across from the Massachusetts State House. See the map.
  • 1:00
    Conference registration     opens in the corridor outside the Function Room, first floor, David J. Sargent Hall, 120 Tremont Street. Unless otherwise noted, all sessions will take place in this building.
  • Book exhibits open • Function Room
  • 2:00–2:45
    Refreshments     • Function Room
  • 2:45
    Welcome     • Function Room
    Robert J. Allison, Suffolk University
    Kenneth S. Greenberg, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Suffolk University
  • 3:00–5:00
    • Plenary Session • Introducing Early American History into the Classroom
    Function Room, David J. Sargent Hall

    Chair: David Hackett Fischer, Brandeis University

    Engaging Students, Immortalizing History: Place-Bound Local History in the Broader Context
    Dean Eastman, Beverly High School, Beverly, Massachusetts

    Contesting Lenses: Teaching Narratives in Early American History
    Charles L. Newhall, St. John’s Preparatory School, Danvers, Massachusetts

    Engaging Students in Colonial History Using Web 2.0 Strategies
    Judi Allen and Robert Simpson, Malden Public Schools, Malden, Massachusetts

    Comment: Ted Widmer, John Carter Brown Library

  • 6:00-7:30
    Reception     . Hosted by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, a twenty-minute walk from Sargent Hall. You may also take the MBTA Green Line B, C, or D train westbound from Park Street. Go four stops to the Hynes Convention Center and exit on Massachusetts Avenue. Turn left, cross Boylston Street and Massachusetts Avenue, and walk two blocks to the Massachusetts Historical Society. (Expect crowds on the Green Line, since the Red Sox are playing at home. Parking near the MHS may be very difficult to find.)