Curriculum Guide
The curriculum guide, created to accompany the film, contains maps and timelines, a biography of General Alexander, a news report detailing General Washington's retreat to Manhattan across the Hudson River, and a detailed print and web bibliography. Download it below.
Henry P. Johnson’s map of the Battle of Brooklyn’s important engagements. A live map with details can be found at: www.nyfreedom.com/brooklynmap.htm
Resource List
The Old Stone House of Brooklyn:
www.theoldstonehouse.org
The Old Stone House (on the National Register and a member of the Historic House Trust) exists to commemorate the Battle of Brooklyn. It is a reconstruction – using the original stones – of the farm house that became the focus of General Alexander’s attacks. Now a not-for-profit that offers educational programs and much else, it also features a wonderful gallery that explores the history of the house and the area. The scope of the exhibit begins with the Lanape indian tribe, and continues through the Dutch farmers who settled the area, the Revolution, and on into the 19th Century to include the growth of professional baseball, especially the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers (precursors of the Dodgers), and Axel Paulson, the renowned skater who invented the “double axel.” It is worth a visit, and donations make a difference and are deeply appreciated.
Letter from Brig. General William Alexander (Lord Stirling) to Gen. George Washington describing the battle, written from aboard the Eagle, Admiral Lord Howe's flagship, on which he was held prisoner. - Founders Archives, National Archive, Washington, DC
Letter from Major General James Grant describing the battle. - Ballindalloch Press
Book - The campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn by Henry Phelps Johnston (1878)
Book - The Battle of Brooklyn, 1776, by John Gallagher (1978)
Book - The Battle for New York, by Barnet Schecter (2001)
Brooklyn Historical Society:
www.brooklynhistory.org
With a collection of documents, maps, and artifacts as impressive as its historic building, the BHS is an essential resource for anyone seeking primary source material relating to Brooklyn, New York, and the Revolutionary War.
Morristown National Historic Site:
www.nps.gov/morr/index.htm
The park is built on the sites of General Washington and the Continental army’s winter encampment of December 1779 to June 1780. It also features a wonderful museum & library collection related to the Revolutionary War, the encampments, and George Washington, as well as items relating to pre- and post-Revolutionary America.
William L. Clements Library, Univ, of Michigan:
clements.umich.edu/
The William L. Clements Library collects, preserves, and makes available fantastic historical resources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century American history.