EPISODE SIX:
SECURE THE BLESSINGS
OF LIBERTY
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ON THE WEB
The National Archives website contains a wealth of information on the signers of the
Constitution. The address is http://www.archives.gov/national-archivesexperience/charters/constitution_founding_fathers.html.
Teachers can find lesson plans, a four-part drama, and biographies on the signers of the
Constitution by visiting http://teachingamericanhistory.org/convention.
Visit the University of Pennsylvania, the school where Hugh Williamson taught
mathematics, at http://www.upenn.edu.
Learn more about Fort McHenry and its rich history by visiting http://www.nps.gov/
fomc.
Check out the story of the flag that inspired the writing of The Star Spangled Banner by
logging onto Encyclopedia Smithsonian at http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmah/
starflag.htm.
Read some of the writings of James McHenry by visiting the Avalon Project at Yale Law
School at http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/const/mchenry.htm.
Learn more about The Fair at New Boston, a living history event capturing frontier life,
by visiting their website at http://www.grcha.org/fair.html.
Explore the life of Tecumseh through resources available at the James Madison Center,
located on the web at http://www.jmu.edu/madison/center/main_pages/
madison_archives/era/native/tecumseh/tecumseh.htm.
Ohio features two outdoor dramas based on the lives of famous Native Americans
leaders. Visit http://www.tecumsehdrama.com to learn more about the drama Tecumseh!
in Chillicothe and http://bluejacketdrama.com to learn more about the drama Blue Jacket
in Xenia.
The Ohio Historical Society is a great resource for more information on Tecumseh, the
Battle of Tippecanoe, and other history related to the War of 1812. The web address is
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org.
A detailed history of the Shawnee Nation can be found at http://www.tolatsga.org/shaw.
html.
Read the history of Samson Occom and the Mohegan Nation by visiting
http://www.mohegan.nsn.us/heritage/ourHistory.aspx.
Explore the story of the Brothertown Nation by visiting http://www.mpm.edu/wirp/ICW157.html.
Explore Dartmouth College, the university established with the help of Samson Occom,
at http://www.dartmouth.edu.
Travel back in time to the war camp at Manzanar by visiting http://www.nps.gov/manz.
Many Japanese Americans are working to keep the history of Manzanar alive through
education and annual pilgrimages to the internment camp site. Read about their efforts at
http://www.manzanarcommittee.org.
The Ansel Adams photographs of Manzanar found at the Library of Congress can be
accessed by visiting http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/collections/manzanar/
history3.html.
See over two hundred legendary photos taken by Ansel Adams at http://www.archives.
gov/research/ansel-adams.
Visit Storyteller of the Heartland Rick Sowash’s website at www.sowash.com.
Thinking about hiking the Appalachian Trail? You’ll find maps and more at http://www.
nps.gov/appa.
Visit Hocking Hills State Park in Southeastern Ohio, home to the Grandma Gatewood
Trail, at http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/743/default.aspx.
FOR Further Reading
Editor’s note: for a variety of resources on the signers of the Constitution including
information on Daniel Carroll, Hugh Williamson, and James McHenry, open the PDF
titled “Learn More About the Constitution.”
Ansel Adams: American Photographer by Beverly Gherman with photos by Ansel
Adams. Ages 9 to 12. Published by Little, Brown, & Company, 2002.
Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs by Ansel Adams, edited by Andrea Stillman. All ages.
Published by Little, Brown & Company, 2007.
Born Free and Equal: The Story of Loyal Japanese Americans by Ansel Adams, edited
by Wynne Benti. Ages 12 and up. Published by Spotted Dog Press, 2002.
By the Dawn’s Early Light: The Story of the Star Spangled Banner by Steven Kroll and
Dan Andreasen. Ages 4 to 8. Published by Scholastic, 2003.
The Collected Writings of Samson Occom, Mohegan edited by Joanna Brooks. Adult.
Published by Oxford University Press, 2004.
Eye on the Wild: A Story about Ansel Adams by Julie Dunlap and Kerry Maguire. Ages 8
to 11. Published by Lerner Publishing Group, 1995.
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston. Young Adult. Published by
Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
Francis Scott Key and the Star Spangled Banner by Lynea Bowdish and Henry Burman.
Ages 6 to 10. Published by Mondo Publishing, 2002.
Heroes of Ohio by Rick Sowash. All ages. Available at www.sowash.com.
Heroes of Ohio Coloring Book by Rick Sowash. Available at www.sowash.com.
Panther in the Sky by James Alexander Thom. Adult. Published by Random House
Publishing Group, 1995.
Remembering Manzanar: Life in a Japanese Relocation Camp by Michael Cooper. Ages
9 to 11. Published by Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
Samson Occom and the Christian Indians of New England by William Deloss Love.
Adult. Published by Syracuse University Press, 1999.
A Sorrow in Our Heart: The Life of Tecumseh by Allan Eckert.
Bantam Books, 1993.
Adult. Published by
Tecumseh 1768 – 1813 by Rachel Koestler-Grack. Ages 8 to 9. Published by Coughlan
Publishing, 2002.
Tecumseh: Shawnee Leader by S. Gregson and Larry Nelson. Ages 6 to 9. Published by
Coughlan Publishing, 2003.
The Tecumseh You Never Knew by James Lincoln Collier and Greg Copeland. Ages 9 to
11. Published by Scholastic Library Publishing, 2004.