Photo: Jim Carroll (left) and Peter Giuliano
Adjunct instructor Jim Carroll and film producer Peter Giuliano are teaming up to teach a community education course at Arkansas State University-Mountain Home (ASUMH) beginning in early January. The course is titled “From Colonies to Country: The Story of the American Revolution.”
It will examine the British colonies in North America before the Revolution, why and how they were able to unite and successfully defeat the greatest military power on earth at the time and mold themselves into the greatest country the world has ever seen – the United States of America.
All of the classes will be in the Ozark Regional Arts Council conference room in the Vada Sheid Community Development Center on the campus of ASUMH Jan. 7 through March 19. The classes will be held every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from 3 until 4:30.
The course will be a series of lectures and historical movies and audio-visuals designed to be fun, informative and patriotic.
The curriculum is based on several books including “The British Are Coming” by Rick Atkinson, “Independence” and “Almost a Miracle” by John Ferling, “Washington’s Immortals” by Patrick K. O’Donnell and films like “Founding Fathers” and “John Adams.”
George Washington, John Adams, Benedict Arnold, Alexander Hamilton, Henry Knox, Nathaniel Greene and other patriots will be featured. Special attention will be paid to the women of the Revolution like Molly Pitcher, Dolly Madison and Deborah Franklin, one of the original advocates of the second amendment in 1765 – 23 years before the Constitution was ratified. And, they won’t forget Betsy Ross.
As a bonus, some of the lectures will feature guest speaker(s) from the Mountain Home Captain Nathan Watkins Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
To register, go online to asumh.edu, press the “About” tab, then press on the “Community Education” link or call 870-508-6105.
Proceeds go to Scalia Institute of Criminal Justice at ASUMH. Justice Antonin Scalia lectured on the ASUMH campus shortly before his death four years ago.
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