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Ein Leitfaden für Schülerinnen und Schüler zu den sieben Tafeln der digitalen Ausstellung. Nutzen Sie ihn als Arbeitsblatt im Computerraum, bei einem Klassenbesuch oder als Leseanleitung für die Hausaufgabe. Jede Frage schickt die Schülerinnen und Schüler in eine Tafel, um die Antwort zu finden.

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Bevor Sie beginnen

Before you read: When you hear the word "independence," what do you think it promised, and who do you imagine it was meant for? Write down your first guess. You will come back to it at the end.

Eine Frage pro Tafel

  1. 1. The Promise

    This exhibit asks what independence meant in 1776, and it also asks who was included in it and who was left outside. As you begin, what does 'the promise of independence' mean to you, and why might one small town be a good place to test that big question?

    Diese Tafel öffnen: The Promise

  2. 2. Before the Town

    Islip has no single founding date: it grew from Native land, to a 1683 land purchase, to a 1710 act that let the precinct elect its own officials. Why do you think this panel says the 1710 act, not the 1683 purchase, is the real beginning of the town's government?

    Diese Tafel öffnen: Before the Town

  3. 3. Revolution Comes to Islip

    In May 1775 the people of Islip Precinct signed the Articles of Association even though signing was treason against the Crown, and by 1776 they had formed their own militia company. What does it tell you about the town that Isaac Thompson, a Crown magistrate, signed anyway?

    Diese Tafel öffnen: Revolution Comes to Islip

  4. 4. Washington's Visit

    In 1790 Washington stopped for one night at Sagtikos Manor, by then serving as the new nation's first president. The panel is careful to say some popular stories about that visit 'cannot be proven.' Why do you think historians choose careful wording instead of the more exciting version?

    Diese Tafel öffnen: Washington's Visit

  5. 5. An Unfinished Promise

    The Revolution spoke in the language of liberty, yet enslaved and free Black people, Native people, women, children, and Quakers were left out, and enslaved people worked at Sagtikos Manor. How can the promise of independence be both real and unfinished at the same time?

    Diese Tafel öffnen: An Unfinished Promise

  6. 6. Many Roots, One Town

    From the 1798 households Nathaniel Conklin counted, to the Jewish community whose roots this panel traces through the town's later history, to the Holocaust survivors who found refuge here, the town's story kept widening to include more people. What does this panel show you about how belonging in Islip has changed over time?

    Diese Tafel öffnen: Many Roots, One Town

  7. 7. The Promise Continues

    This panel says that history is more than the past. It is also what a community chooses to preserve, question, and share. How does scanning and publishing a few handwritten lines from the old town records, like the 1776 gun or the 1784 heading, help keep the promise of independence going today?

    Diese Tafel öffnen: The Promise Continues

Nachdem Sie gelesen haben

Was hat Sie überrascht?

What surprised you? Name one thing in these seven panels you did not expect, and explain why it changed how you think about Islip or about American independence.

Wer wurde einbezogen?

Who was included in this story? Using the panels, name the people and groups who could take part in Islip's early government and public life, and describe what gave them that place, such as owning land, holding office, or signing the Articles of Association.

Wer wurde ausgelassen?

Who was left out, or is still being researched? Using the panels, name people and groups who were excluded from liberty or whose fuller stories the exhibit says are still part of ongoing 250th research, such as the enslaved and indentured workers at Sagtikos Manor or the communities this exhibit hopes to add as sources become ready.

Abschließende Reflexion: das lebendige Versprechen

Now return to your first answer. The exhibit calls independence "a beginning, not an ending," and says "the story is not finished." What do you think it means to say the promise of independence is living and unfinished, and what is one way a student, a neighbor, or a whole community could help keep that promise going in Islip today?

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