The American Revolution in the Southern Backcountry: A National Endowment for the
Humanities Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop at Converse College
July 19-24 and Aug. 2-7, 2009
This one-week workshop, offered twice, provides teachers with fresh perspectives on
the complex dynamics of the American Revolution in the Southern backcountry, a
place where long-standing hostilities between American settlers erupted into a
full-scale civil war between Loyalists and Patriots. Eight historians will guide
explorations into the reasons that the war was won in the South. Our program will
make use of the rich historical resources in upstate South Carolina. We will visit
the eighteenth century backcountry plantation at Walnut Grove and the living
history museum at Historic Brattonsville in order to better understand day-to-day
life in the backcountry at the time of the revolution. Then we will tour the
battlefields at Kings Mountain, Cowpens, and Ninety-Six to learn more about the
nature of backcountry warfare. We will visit the Greenville County Museum of art in
order to explore ways to use art to increase student engagement with the subject
matter. We will examine the war's impact on the region's white women and on its
free and enslaved African Americans. A veteran history teacher will serve as
master teacher for the workshop, advising participants on ways they can use the
content and resources they gain at our workshop in their own classrooms. Teachers
at any level from K-12 and in any field may apply. For more information, email
project assistant Katherine Moore at nehworkshop@converse.edu or consult our web
site at www.converse.edu/neh
<https://exchange.converse.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.converse.edu/neh>
/.
Katherine (Katie) Moore
Administrative Assistant, Partisans and Redcoats Workshop
Converse College
580 East Main Street
Spartanburg, SC 29302
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