A photograph from the walls of Fort San Marcos looking at one of the corner towers

Teaching EAS: Teaching the American Revolution as a Global Conflict – Abby Chandler

Covering the American Revolution is a core expectation for teachers of early American history. I work at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, a stone’s throw from Lexington and Concord. My career began in the public history field and drawing on local historic sites is my natural inclination in the classroom. And yet my course, “The American Revolution in the World,” strays further from Massachusetts with every passing year. Now that…