Allensworth State Historical Park

What are the four most important things students and visitors should know about Allensworth State Historical Park? Why are those things important?

Personal History

1. Write a one paragraph story about something that happened in your family history. Be sure to give as many details as you can.

2. Identify a primary source document (document, letter, diary, autobiography, photograph, etc., or an artifact, that would help you and others understand more about your story

Declaration of Independence

Put at least 5 of the grievances against the king
that Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence in your own words

The Great Awakening

After taking your "tour" of the Joseph Bellamy Home in Bethlehem, Conn., answer the following questions from reading 1:

1. What problems with the Congregational Church troubled Jonathan Edwards? What actions did he take to solve those problems?

2. Who was George Whitefield? How did he inspire a religious revival in the American colonies?

3. What was the Great Awakening? How did it appeal to common people?

Extra Credit (see picture above):

1. What can we learn about Bethlehem in 1836 (40 years after Bellamy's death) from the picture above ?

2. What elements dominate the drawing?

3. Bellamy's home is the one to the right of the two trees in the center of the drawing. Based on its location, what does that tell you about Bellamy's status in the community?

(Questions and image are taken from "Teaching with Historic Places" -- NPS)

Magna Carta & the English Bill of Rights

What are four important rights that Americans inherited from the English? Be sure to name the rights, and explain in your own words how they protect citizens.