January 17, 2017

Crew Training Session: 9:15am-10:45am
USS Constitution Museum, Discovery Center

Topics:
Construction and Launch of USS Constitution
Introduction to Interpretation

Essential Readings:
Brodine, C. E., Crawford, M. J., & Hughes, C. F. (2007). Interpreting Old Ironsides: An Illustrated Guide to USS Constitution. (pp. 4-7, 93-94) Washington, DC: Naval Historical Center.

USS Constitution Museum. (2013, October 16). Madeira Mystery.

USS Constitution Museum. (2014, December 12). Should her ways have better laid.

Additional Readings:
Bacher et. al. (2007). “Foundations of Interpretation”, National Park Service.

Hawkins, Bethany L., (2016, May 31). “Five Opportunities to Take a House Tour from “Meh” to Great”. American Association for State and Local History.

Lacome, Becky. (2002). “The Interpretive Equation: More Than the Sum of its Parts”. National Park Service.

Nova Online. (2000). Buoyancy Basics.

USS Constitution Museum. (2013, November 6). Birch and Oak.

USS Constitution Museum. (2015, July 31). Constitution’s Launch from a Different Perspective.

USS Constitution Museum. (2015) Establishing Engagement.

Presentation Slides:
Desy, Margherita. (2017). Timeline for the creation of the U.S. Navy.

Smith, Jodie. (2017). Introduction to Interpretation Training.

January 24, 2017

Crew Training Session: 9:15am-10:45am
USS Constitution Museum, Discovery Center

Topics:
History of Charlestown Navy Yard dry dock and how it works
Techniques in Roving and Starting Conversations with Visitors

Essential Readings:
USS Constitution Museum. (2015, May 7). History of Dry Dock 1, Charlestown Navy Yard: An Overview. 

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2015, May 28). CONSTITUTION’s Dry Dock. 

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2015, June 24). An Open and Shut “Caisson”.

Additional Readings:
National Park Service. (1995) “The Yard’s First Dry Dock” in Charlestown Navy Yard. (pp. 40-41). Government Printing Office, Washington DC.

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2015, May 21). The Engine House. 

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2015, June 2). Adams Dry Dock. 

USS Constitution Museum. (2015, May 14). A Local Innovator: Loammi Baldwin Jr. (1780-1838). 

USS Constitution Museum. (2015, June 24). This Splendid Work of Art.

Additional Resources:
NHHC Detachment Boston. (2017). Dry Dock 1 Statistics.

NHHC Detachment Boston. (2017). Inscription, John Quincy Adams Dry Dock.

Presentation Slides:
Smith, Jodie. (2017). Techniques in Roving and Starting Conversations.

Smith, Jodie (2017). Group Discussion on Interpretation.

January 31, 2017

Crew Training Session: 9:15am-10:45am
USS Constitution Museum, Discovery Center

Topics:
Characteristics of Effective Programming
Simple Machines

Essential Readings:
Simon, N. (2010) “Principles of Participation” in The Participatory Museum.

Additional Readings:
Borun, M. (2008, Spring). “Why Family Learning in Museums?” in Exhibitionist, 27(1), 6-9.

Falk, J. H., & Dierking, L. D. (2012). “The Physical Context” in The Museum Experience Revisited (pp. 103-129). Routledge.

Griffin, J. (2004). “Research on Students and Museums: Looking More Closely at the Students in School Groups” in L. D. Dierking, K. M. Ellenbogen, & J. H. Falk (Eds.), In Principle, In Practice: Perspectives on a Decade of Museum Learning Research (1994-2004) (pp. 59-70).

Presentation Slides:
Smith, Jodie. (2017). Simple Machines.

February 7, 2017

Crew Training Session: 9:15am-10:45am
USS Constitution Museum, Discovery Center

Topics:
Past Rebuilds/Restorations of USS Constitution: 1872-1992

Essential Readings:
Crawford, Michael J. (2014) “U.S. war with Tripoli and war on Terrorism” Naval History and Heritage Command.

Desy, M. M. (2014). Overview of USS Constitution’s Re-builds & Restorations. Naval History and Heritage Command Detachment Boston.

Desy, M. M. (2016). Significant Rebuilding/Repair/Restoration Periods. Naval History and Heritage Command Detachment Boston.

Additional Readings:
Jones, Leslie, (1927-1931). Boston Public Library. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=24029425%40N06&view_all=1&text=uss%20constitution

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2015, May 07). Maintaining and Restoring an Icon. 

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2015, July 22). Restored with Care.

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2015, April 23). Handsomer than She Ever Was.

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2015, July 28). Axes and Adzes.

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2015, October 21). Constitution’s Support System.

Additional Resources:
Desy, Margherita. (2017). Re-building & Restoring USS Constitution for her 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Centuries of Service – 1833-2010.

NHHC Detachment Boston. (2017).  World Dignitaries Who Have Visited USS Constitution.

February 21, 2017

Crew Training Session: 9:30am-10:45am
NHHC Detachment Boston Historian (Margherita’s) Office, Building 24

Topics:
Understanding the Current Restoration

Essential Readings:
NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2015, July 16) Tall Trees for America’s Tall Ship.

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2016, Jan. 7). Year in Review – 2015.

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2017, Jan. 6). Year in Review – 2016.

Additional Readings:
NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2015, June 9). The Restoration Begins.

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2015, September 24). Progress Update: Chipping Away.

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2015, October 8). Walking the Plank.

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2016, May 26). Progress Update: Year 1 Recap.

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2015, November 5). Raising the Roof.

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2015, December 10). Protecting the Cutwater.

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum.  (2016, March 31). Small Jobs with Big Purpose.

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2016, June 9). The Cutting Edge.

USS Constitution Museum. (2016). Constitution Cam.

Additional Resources:
Desy, Margherita. (2017). Crew Questions & Answers.

February 28, 2017

Crew Training Session: 9:00am-11:00am
Meet at the Museum, Field Trip to Old North Church and Paul Revere House

Topics:
Constitution Copper & Paul Revere
Constitution’s Crew as Citizens of Boston

Essential Readings:
Desy, M. M. (2015). Copper Sheathing. Naval History and Heritage Command Detachment Boston.

The Old North Church. (2014, March 11). This Old Pew: #11-The Life and Times of Captain Sam Nicholson. 

Additional Readings:
Revere, P. (1775). Deposition, Draft. Massachusetts Historical Society, MA.

Revere, P. (1775). Deposition, Fair copy. Massachusetts Historical Society, MA.

Revere, P. (1778). Letter to Jeremy Belknap. Massachusetts Historical Society, MA.

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2015, August 12). Copper Bottomed.

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2016, February 17). A Bolt from the Past.

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2016, November 18). New Copper Sheathing.

USS Constitution Museum. (2013, April 24) A Tree Grows in Dedham.

USS Constitution Museum. (2014, February 13). Hot Stuff: Chocolate and the US Navy.

USS Constitution Museum. (2015, January 23). A Bolt Out of the Blue.

USS Constitution Museum. (2015, April 30). Carronades for the Tops: A New Interpretation.

USS Constitution Museum. (2016, January 28). A Copper Confessional.

USS Constitution Museum. (2016, April 27). USS Constitution Through Artist’s Eyes: Part I.

March 7, 2017

Crew Training Session: 9:30am-10:45am
USS Constitution Museum

Topics:
Interpreting the War of 1812
Using the Museum’s Collections, Archives and Digital Portal

Essential Readings:
Brenckle, M., McCormack, L., & Watkins, S. (2012) Men of Iron: USS Constitution’s War of 1812 Crew. (pp. 15-32). USS Constitution Museum, Boston, MA.

Brodine, C. E., Crawford, M. J., & Hughes, C. F. (2007) Interpreting Old Ironsides: An Illustrated Guide to USS Constitution. (pp. 7-10, 16-19, 40-50, 55-58, 62-65, 126-127, 143). Naval Historical Center, Washington DC. Constitution’s guns, Salt Junk, War of 1812 The Navy Department, Gun Drill, Battle Techniques, of the duties of a cooke.

Simon, N. (2010) “Social Objects” in The Participatory Museum.

Additional Readings:
Anonymous. (1812). The First Book of Remarkable Events of the Present American War.

Desy, M. M. (2016). The Armament of USS Constitution, 18th – 21st Century. Naval History and Heritage Command Detachment Boston.

Madison, J. (1812). Message from the President of the U. States Recommending an Immediate Declaration of War Against Great Britain.

Lowell, J. (1812). Mr. Madison’s War.

USS Constitution Museum. (2010). War of 1812 Overview.

USS Constitution Museum. (2015, November 12). Constitution’s Guns: A Snapshot.

USS Constitution Museum, Internet Archive. Retrieved at https://archive.org/details/ussconstitutionmuseum

Yenawine, P. (2013) Visual Thinking Strategies: Using Art to Deepen Learning Across School Disciplines. (pp. 15-74). Harvard Education Press.

Additional Resources:
USS Constitution Museum. Silver Urn Presented to Captain Isaac Hull, 1813.

March 14, 2017

Crew Training Session: 9:30am-10:45am
USS Constitution Museum, Discovery Center

Topics:
Letter Writing & Communication
The Uses and Abuses of History

Essential Readings:
Brenckle, M., McCormack, L., & Watkins, S. (2012) Men of Iron: USS Constitution’s War of 1812 Crew. (pp. 2-14, 46-55). USS Constitution Museum, Boston, MA.

Additional Readings:
Adkins, R & L. (2009). “At Leisure” in Jack Tar: Life in Nelson’s Navy (pp. 345-348). Abacus. United States Postal Service. (2012, November) The United States Postal Service: An American History 1775 – 2006.

Burke, K. Letter. Writing in America. National Postal Museum.

Daniels, M. (1980). “The Ingenious Pen: American Writing Implements from the Eighteenth Century to the Twentieth” in The American Archivist (pp. 312-324).

Parks Library Preservation. (2011, February 14). How to post a letter 18^th Century Style.

USS Constitution Museum. (2013, February 27). I Regret Husband Will Not Be With Me: The Wartime Letters of Abigail Chew.

USS Constitution Museum. (2013, March 14). Reading at Sea.

USS Constitution Museum (2013, March 22). In The Bag: Sailors and their Sea Bags.

USS Constitution Museum Collections: Correspondence (Isaac Hull letters). Digital Commonwealth: Massachusetts Collections Online.

March 21, 2017

Crew Training Session: 9:30am-10:45am
USS Constitution Museum, Discovery Center

Topics:
USS Constitution’s Rig
Understanding Your Audience

Essential Readings:
Lavery, B. (2012). Nelson’s Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization 1793-1815. (pp. 74-79). Naval Institute Press.

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2016, July 29). Suit of Sails.

USS Constitution Museum. (2015). Family Inclusive Language.

Additional Readings:
Falk, J. H., (2009). “The Museum Visitor Experience Model” in Identity and the Museum Visitor Experience Model (pp.157-177). Left Coast Press, Inc.

Falk, J. H., (2009). “Making Museums Work For Visitors” in Identity and the Museum Visitor Experience Model (pp.215-237). Left Coast Press, Inc.

Falk, J. H., & Dierking, L. D. (2012). “The Personal Context: Identity-Related Motivations” in The Museum Experience Revisited (pp. 37-63). Routledge.

Falk, J. H., & Dierking, L. D. (2012). “The Personal Context: Prior Experience, Interest and Knowledge” in The Museum Experience Revisited (pp. 82-100). Routledge.

Lavery, B. (2012). Nelson’s Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization 1793-1815. (pp. 74-77). Naval Institute Press.

National Park Service. (1995) Charlestown Navy Yard (pp. 20-21) Government Printing Office, Washington DC.

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2016, October 6). Ropemakers for the Navy: Part I.

NHHC Detachment Boston/USS Constitution Museum. (2016, October 21). Ropemakers for the Navy: Part II. 

USS Constitution Museum. (2015). The Family Audience. Retrieved from http://engagefamilies.org/family-learning/understanding-families/family-audience/

March 28, 2017

Crew Training Session: 9:00am-11:00am
Meet at the Museum, Field Trip to Bunker Hill Monument and Museum

Topics:
The American Revolution
History of Charlestown

Essential Readings:
Brodine, C. E., Crawford, M. J., & Hughes, C. F. (2007). “Re-establishment of the Navy” in Interpreting Old Ironsides: An Illustrated Guide to USS Constitution (pp. 3-4). Washington, DC: Naval Historical Center.

Additional Readings:
Allison, R. (2011). “Important Dates in the American Revolution and Preface” in The American Revolution: A Concise History (pp. ix-viii). Oxford University Press.

Allison, R. (2011). “Chapter I: The Revolution’s Origins” in The American Revolution: A Concise History (pp. 1-15). Oxford University Press.

Desy, M. M. Timeline of US Navy Creation. Naval History and Heritage Command Detachment Boston.

Quintal Jr, G. (2005). Patriots of Color: African Americans and Native Americans at Bunker Road and Bunker Hill. (pp. 1-6, 25-37, 170-180). National Park Service.

Crew Training Session: 9:30am-10:45am
USS Constitution

Topics:
200 Years of Change

Essential Readings:
USS Constitution Museum. (2011) Stop Sheets: Spar Deck Forward, Gun Deck Forward, Berth Deck, and Gun Deck Aft

Desy, M. M. (2016) USS Constitution: 200 Years of Change: An Illustrated Tour. Naval History and Heritage Command Detachment Boston.

Additional Readings:

Essential Texts

A Most Fortunate Ship: A Narrative History of Old Ironsides
Tyrone G. Martin (Naval Institute Press)

Interpreting Old Ironsides: An Illustrated Guide to USS Constitution
Charles E. Brodine, Michael J. Crawford, and Christine F. Hughes (Naval Historical Center)
https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/download/2314

Men of Iron: USS Constitution’s War of 1812 Crew
Matthew Brenckle, Lauren McCormack and Sarah Watkins (USS Constitution Museum)

Log Lines: Research and Collections at the USS Constitution Museum
USS Constitution Museum
https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/collections-history/log-lines/

Restoring an Icon: Making “Old Ironsides” New Again
Naval History and Heritage Command Detachment Boston & USS Constitution Museum
https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/restoration/blog/

War of 1812 Chronology
Ralph Eshelman and Donald Hickey (The War of 1812 Magazine)
http://nps.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=21c1e524a978c0c3902755344&id=3a80f61bde&e=cb2aa95dcd