News and Features
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Searching for Slavery in Northwest Connecticut: Project-Based Learning on the Hilltop
By Kristina Miller in Salisbury School News on January 15, 2021 History Faculty Rhonan Mokriski ’90 and his students embarked on a project-based learning course this year entitled, “Searching for Slavery in Northwest Connecticut.” The goal was to engage students as public historians in authentic tasks to discover and share the local contributions people of color have made to the building of…
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Historic Deerfield Joins Witness Stones Project
The Witness Stones Project, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to restore the history and honor the humanity of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities, today announced a new affiliation with Historic Deerfield. The museum will be using the Project’s curriculum and landscape markers to expand their teaching of the history of…
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West Hartford Students Ask for Renaming of New Street to Honor Peleg Nott
Kingswood Oxford students, Regina Miller ‘22 and Aliza Sadiq ‘22 wrote a proposal to the West Hartford Town Council, in which they outlined their reasons to rename New Street in Blue Black Square after Peleg Nott. We invite you to read it here.
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Witness Stones Will Expand to New Schools and Add New Collaborations
By Jesse Williams published on ZIP06.COM on January 5, 2021. GUILFORD — The Witness Stones Project, Inc, which had already seen significant expansion since retired Guilford social studies teacher Dennis Culliton and therapist Doug Nygren launched it in 2019, is set to grow even more in 2021 as conversations around Black Lives Matter protests…
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Salisbury School Students Chronicle the Lives of African Americans
A blog on the Atlantic Black Box Project, started on December 24, 2020. History teacher Rhonan Mokriski and his students at the Salisbury School have been pursuing a project-based learning course in public history focused on uncovering the lives of free and enslaved African American families in northwestern Connecticut. Continue reading.
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Peleg Nott’s Story
We invite you to listen to this podcast from Kingswood Oxford students Garrett Gallup and Isaias Wooden: giddyup · Peleg Nott’s Story- History Podcast
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Henry James Memorial School Joins Witness Stones Project
The Henry James Memorial School in Simsbury, Connecticut, will be using the Project’s curriculum and landscape markers to expand their teaching of the history of slavery in colonial Connecticut. Henry James Memorial School‘s mission statement, “Connections, Challenge, Character,” is a reflection of the middle school’s philosophy that is essential to the experience that they provide…
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Witness Stones Project to Partner with Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum to Recover the History of the Enslaved
The Witness Stones Project, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to restore the history and honor the humanity of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities, today announced a new affiliation with the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum in Skillman, New Jersey. The Museum will be supporting the introduction of the Project’s curriculum and…
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Witness Stones Project Memorial for Tamer
By Bill Sullivan, Suffield Historical Society, published in the Suffield Observer on October 30, 2020. The Suffield Historical Society hosted Dennis Culliton, chair and co-founder of the Witness Stones Project, during three online classes during October. Using a document-based approach to understanding slavery in colonial New England, Culliton helped the class build a narrative about…
