Teacher Resource Page

The following materials can be used to enhance your students' understanding of the Victorian era:

   Bennington Battle Monument

   Important facts about the Battle of Bennington, Vermont's decision to become the 14th state and to join the Union.

   The Big House, a play by Sarah Wolfe

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Written by a Bennington College student, this historically-based, one-act play focuses on the relationship between a young Irish servant in the McCullough home and one of the McCullough daughters during the mid-19th century.

   Related Children's Reading List

Children's periodicals that highlight 19th century topics like the Gold Rush, age of rail, etc.

   Feeding America

A project of Michigan State University that archives cookbooks of the 18th through 20th century. Two cookbooks likely used by the Park-McCullough family at the time were:
Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer
Practical Cooking and Dinner Giving by Mary F. Henderson

   Greeting the President

  Centennial   Harrison - Aug 19    Harrison - Aug 21

Newspaper articles: Three NY Times articles from August 1891 that trace President Harrison's train ride to Vermont.

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   The McCulloughs Celebrate Vermont's Centennial

  Meet the Family

Links to information about the Park-McCullough family, etiquette of the 19th century, amusements, etc, in the History section of this website.

   One Day in August 1777

Excerpt from a speech delivered by the Honorable Edward J. Phelps at the Dedication of the Bennington Battle Monument on August 19,1891, with illustrations made for him by Lizzie McCullough as a Christmas surprise. Published by the Park-McCullough House Association, 1977, pp. 1-4.