- Grade Level:
- Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subject:
- Literacy and Language Arts,Social Studies
- Common Core Standards:
- 6-8.RH.1, 6-8.RH.2, 6-8.RH.3, 6-8.RH.4, 6-8.RH.5, 6-8.RH.6, 6-8.RH.7, 6-8.RH.8, 6-8.RH.9, 6-8.RH.10, 4.RI.3, 4.RI.7, 4.RI.8, 4.RI.9, 5.RI.1, 5.RI.2, 5.RI.3, 5.RI.4, 5.RI.5, 5.RI.6, 5.RI.7, 5.RI.8, 5.RI.9, 5.RI.10, 6.RI.1, 6.RI.2, 6.RI.3, 6.RI.4
- State Standards:
- New York State Learning Standards: Social Studies
Standard 1 – History of the United States and New York
Key Idea 3 (Grades 4–8)
Standard 3 – Geography
Key Idea 1
New York State Learning Standards: The Arts, Grade 4 - 8 (various)
All materials can be found below, or in ready form on the following website:
https://sites.google.com/wboro.org/fortstanwixforgottenhistory
In order to attain 10 hours of Professional Development Credit for your work on this website you must:
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Read through the lesson plans
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Go through the Prezi with its videos and links
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Download “A Different Kind of Childhood” worksheet and review it
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Download the “Forgotten Stories” Powerpoint and go through the information and the links
- Fill out the second page of the credit document and send it to:
Fort Stanwix National Monument
112 E Park St.
Rome, NY 13440
- Please include your name, school name, and address on the document
- You will receive a certificate to submit to your school for credit
A special thank you to our 2025 teacher interns: Teale, Alexandra, and Lauryn for their dilligence in creating these materials!
Materials
PD session to help you synthesize the materials you are presenting to your class.
Download Forgotten History of Fort Stanwix
A Prezi lesson plan for your students on the history of the Campaign and Siege of 1777.
Download Fort Stanwix in the Campaign of 1777
Compare/contrast worksheet on life of a child during the American Revolution. Can be done as an ELA extension activity, lead by teacher. Or it can be lead as a virtual ranger visit to your classroom, upon request to the park.
Download "A Different Kind of Childhood" Worksheet
Instructions to obtain your Professional Development Credits
Last updated: March 24, 2026