Education Programs

Part of the charter of the Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House is to promote the education of the history and artifacts of the period, the structures, as well as the stories of the times. The best way to experience this is to visit us.

We are in the early stages of preparing information for use in educations programs around the area. If you are an educator and would like to learn more on how to promote this history of the Jacobus Vanderveer House, local revolutionary war history, or early dutch farming in the early colonies, please let us know how we can work together.

A virtual field trip is also under consideration.

If you'd like to plan a school field trip to visit to the JVH, please reach out to us on our Contact Us page.

Bedminster Education - Social Studies Curriculum - Grade 8 - Click Here
Washington in New Jersey and Bedminster	Explain New Jersey’s critical role in the American Revolution, including major battles, the involvement of women and African Americans, and the origins of the movement to abolish slavery. Locate battles and camps on map of New Jersey. Explain way happened at Pluckemin in January of 1777 and the winter of 1778-1779 Identify John Honeyman of Lamington Explain the importance of the battles at Trent on and Princeton 1777	The Crossing (A&E Video, 1999) University of Maryland Study on the Pluckemin Artillery Park (1992) Virtual Field Trip to Old Barracks at http://www.barracks.org/ History of the Lamington Presbyterian Church (1994)
Valley Forge and the return to New Jersey	Describe the winter at Valley Forge Explain the importance of the Battle of Monmouth Trace Washington’s 1777-1778 campaign on a map of New Jersey and Pennsylvania Estimate distances between two places on a map using a scale of miles, and use cardinal and intermediate directions when referring to a relative location.	Liberty (PBS Video, 1996) Virtual Field Trip to Valley Forge Click Here

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Additional References

Local History

• Historical Society of the Somerset Hills
• Crossroads of the Revolution
• Somerset County History for Kids - Vanderveer House

Lesson Plans:*

• The Battle of Bunker Hill: Now We Are at War developed by the National Park Service
• Revolutionary Money: developed by the Smithsonian
• Teaching with Documents: Launching the New US Navy developed by the National Archives and Records Administration
• Teaching with Documents: Images of the American Revolution

History Programs:*

• National History Day

Activities:*

• An Original Colonial Simulation created by Inquiry Unlimited
• American Revolution Simulation: An AskERIC Lesson Plan
• The Road to Independence by Thinkquest

Online Resources:*

Primary Documents:

• Maine Memory Network: Recently completed, the online Knox exhibit at Maine Memory Network is a fine example of our ongoing educational efforts to reach interested parties world-wide with information specific to General Knox and his life and times. Click the following link to view the exhibit:
• Major General Henry Knox
• National Archives Digital Classroom
• American Memory
• Archiving Early America

* Additional resources provided with support from the Henry Knox Museum in Thomaston, Maine