TAH4 Philadelphia locations to consider

1. TAH4 Philadelphia locations to consider Please note that the slides that follow represent a combination of projects. Some animation and graphic features were compromised as the projects were combined. (Several original presentations were more sophisticated in design.) For use in Summer, 2011

2. Carpenters' Hall is a treasure in historic Philadelphia. ∞ By, Leslie Gray Smith Carpenters’ Hall

3. Carpenters’ HallWhat happened at this site? • Carpenters' Hall is a treasure in historic Philadelphia. It hosted the First Continental Congress in 1774 and was home to Franklin's Library Company, The American Philosophical Society, and the First and Second Banks of the United States. • Today, Carpenters' Hall is open to the public and welcomes over 150,000 world-wide visitors to this wonderful Georgian building.

4. Carpenters’ Hall How did this building get started? • When Benjamin Franklin needed an architect to build his house, he turned to master builder Robert Smith of the Carpenters' Company. Smith not only belonged to the Carpenters' Company — he designed their headquarters, Carpenters' Hall. Founded in Philadelphia in 1724, the Carpenters' Company was organized to share information about the art of building, determine the value of completed work, hone architectural skills, and help indigent craftsmen.

5. 1776. It is a warm day in late June. Feel the intense heat as 103 delegates from the eleven counties of Pennsylvania crowd into the main hall to decide whether this politically important state wants to remain a loyal colony of England, or declare itself an independent colony. Finally, all the delegates begin to understand that freedom from England's rules and regulations is the only way to provide happiness and safety for all persons who are living in America, a country two thousand miles away. Pennsylvania proclaimed its independence, it can sign the Declaration of Independence along with the other American colonies. Hip. Hip. Hooray! Carpenters’ HallImportance of this building site

6. Carpenters’ HallClassroom Connection Learn More: Carpenter's Tools Adze: Tool used to shape or trim rough-cut wood. Auger: Basic boring tool used for drilling large holes by hand. Axe: A broad axe is used to cut spare logs into structural timbers. Block: A double block is a double pulley rope system for lifting heavy timber or objects. Bob: A plumb bob and line is a weight of metal or stone suspended from a cord used for testing vertical measurements. Chisel: Mortising chisels are used to start and cut out accurate square mortise holes in framing timbers. Divider: Wing dividers are a type of compass used to transfer measurements. Gauge: A marking gauge is used for marking lines to the edge of the wood when planing work pieces to size, and for similar parallel lines when marking rebates, joints, etc. Knife: Draw knives are used to remove surface wood and for rounding, shaping, and cutting bevels. Level: Used to test for horizontal surfaces or lines. Mallet: Hammers made of wood used to drive in dowels or pegs which would be split or fractured if a metal hammer were used. Oilstone: Also called a whet stone. It was kept oiled and used for sharpening the metal edges of tools such as chisels, plane blades, knives, etc. Reel: A Chalk line reel is a length of twine on a wooden reel used for setting out long, straight lines on timber. Saw: Frame saws are used with characteristic up and down movement and are used for cutting all kinds of curved work. Square: Try squares are squares in which the blade is set at right angles to the stock. They are used to test the accuracy of a structural timber.

7. Carpenters’ Hall • Visiting Carpenters' Hall • 320 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 • Open daily, except Mondays (and Tuesdays in January and February), from 10am-4pm (Free Admission) • When visiting the Georgian Style Carpenters’ Hall, the furniture is displayed to give the visitor an idea of how the room may have looked in 1774, at the time of the First continental Congress.

8. Christ Church and Burial Ground • Save your pennies!

9. History of Christ Church • Christ Church was founded in 1695 as a condition of William Penn’s Charter. • Benjamin and Deborah Franklin and Betsy Ross were parishioners. Later, George Washington and John Adams attended services while they were the nation’s Chief Executives. • Here, the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States was created from the ashes of the Church of England. • At Christ Church, 25% of Philadelphia’s free and enslaved Africans were baptized, a school was created to educate slaves, and the first black priest, Absalom Jones, was ordained. • On July 5th, 1776 the signers of the Declaration of Independence came here to pray.

10. History of the Burial Ground The burial ground became the final resting place for over 4000 members of Christ Church including five signers of the Declaration of Independence: Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Hewes, Francis Hopkinson, George Ross, and Dr. Benjamin Rush. Also buried on these historic and sacred grounds are many of our nations early founders and leaders, prominent lawyers, medical pioneers, military heroes, victims of the Yellow Fever epidemic, and members of the Church from the colonial era up into the last decade.

11. Visiting the church • Visiting the Church Is Freebut there is a suggested donation of $3 for adults and $2 for students to help maintain the Church. • Talks about the Church’s history, parishioners and artifacts are given on a regular basis throughout the day. Please view the News and Events page for updated information concerning tourism events for  the church and burial ground in 2011.  • Many visitors commented on the helpful, informative docents both inside and outside the church. • Check out reviews here!

12. Visiting the Burial Ground • MARCH - NOVEMBER • Monday-Saturday - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PMSunday - 12:00 PM - 4:00 PMWeather permitting • Arch Street between 4th & 5thPhiladelphia, PADirections Admission$1 Students, $2 adults and$15 for groups up to 25 people.Guided tours of the burial ground are available for an additional fee of $3 for adults and $1 for students. Guided tours are given from noon-3:45 PM. The historian/guide leads the visitors to markers of important Colonial and Revolution-Era people and tells the stories of their lives. This is an excellent way to learn about this early period of American history and become more familiar with the lives of the American colonists.

13. Directions to the Church and Map of the Burial Ground Notice: Don’t stop for a cheese steak on the way. You want to get there early.

14. Dead white guys project • After researching one of the founding fathers buried in the cemetery, students will write a letter to “their founding father”, asking them questions that they have today in regards to the Declaration of Independence. Pick me! Pick me!

15. Where Did Our National Debt Begin? 138 South 2nd Street at Walnut St. Philadelphia ...with our founding fathers!

16. GATHER… where some of the most influential men in the colonies did! • SIT…in the same room where leading citizens collected to discuss the “intolerable acts!” • CELEBRATE… where the members of the Consitutional Convention adjourned for a final dinner!

17. Gift Shop Outdoor seating Lunch Menu Families Full Bar What will you see today? Founding Fathers’ Brews Children’s Menu 18th Century Inspired Food Casual Attire Dinner menu

18. General 411! • Four 4oz samples of the founding fathers’ favorite beers- only $10! • 3 Blocks East of Independence Hall! • Lunch prices: $5-$20 • Dinner prices: $6-$32 • Accepts reservations

19. What's the Word on the Street? • To step into City Tavern is literally to step into history. • A bit tourist-y, but super fun! The servers dress in historical outfits, and all the food was based on that time period as well. You get the scoop from the servers on the history of it all. • The food was fantastic! • The price was high for what you get. Without the history this place is a 2 star. • Have fun and just go with it.  So worth the calories and the bill. • Have you ever asked yourself "After a long day of writing a document that would start a war, how did Jefferson like his rabbit cooked?" or "I wonder if George Washington liked his dressing on the side?" Well, at City Tavern you can party like it’s 1799. Grab a falgen of iced tea and get a good meal before standing in line at the Liberty Bell. • Received 3 ½ stars on Yelp!

20. Declaration Graff House 7th Street and Market Street on the way to Independence Park

21. What Happened at Graff House? • Thomas Jefferson stayed here to “escape” hectic Congressional Congress • Within 3 weeks Jefferson had edited his part of the Declaration of Independence.

22. How is the story told? • 2 stories of recreated household rooms show environment Jefferson wrote in • At the time the Graff house was on the edge of town

23. Jefferson complained about the houseflies from the stable across the street while writing the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson had an account at the City Tavern while writing the Declaration. The site became among other things a print shop and a Tom Thumb diner. The Independence Hall Association led the efforts to have the Declaration House rebuilt in 1975 for the Bicentennial. Location: 7th and Market Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Originally built: 1775 Rebuilt: 1975 from old photos Architect: Jacob Graff Style: Georgian Commissioned by: Jacob Graff, bricklayer Tourism information: open 9-5 Facilities: Books and site-appropriate items for sale, bathrooms, benches. Fun Facts:

24. Classroom Connections • 5.5.4 Describe the views, lives, and impact of key individuals during this period (e.g., Thomas Jefferson) • 10.2.1 Compare the major ideals and their effects on democratic revolutions in England, US, France and Latin America • Click link to print: Jefferson's Homework: The Decloration of Independence

25. Other Tips: Open: 9AM-5PM At: 7th and Market Street (on the way to/from Hotel to National Declaration Park) Best to ask a Guide for bonus information when visiting Click link to print: Jefferson's Homework: The Declaration of Independence Phillip Young

26. The Liberty Bell

27. Famous Icon of American Independence • Used to reside in the steeple of the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) • Now located in a glass pavilion in Independence Mall, in Philadelphia

28. First cast in 1752 by Whitechapel Bell Foundry and made of copper and tin. Circumference is 12 ft. and weighs 2080 pounds. It was cast with the lettering (part of Leviticus 25:10) "Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof." It originally cracked when first rung after arrival in Philadelphia, and was twice recast by local workmen John Pass and John Stow, whose last names appear on the bell. It was originally used to summon lawmakers to legislative sessions and to alert citizens to public meetings and proclamations.

29. How did it become a symbol of liberty? *Was believed to have been rung at the first reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 8, 1776. *A false story was invented that stated it was rung on July 4, 1776. This was later disproven. *Was named the “Liberty Bell” in the 1830’s by abolitionist groups. *Crack believed to have happened when bell was rung upon the death of Chief Justice John Marshall in 1835, but this is not historically confirmed. *Traveled around country from 1865 to 1915 to various expositions so that larger numbers of people could view it.

30. Classroom Applications There are some great lessons on these sites: *www.indepenenceparkinstitute.com -teacher guide including a variety of lessons for K-12. *www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/www/ps/les -lessons on national symbols *http://americanhistory.mrdonn.org -free powerpoints and lessons OR-a fabulous lesson on HERITAGE! In 1776, if you were to ask a Philadelphian where to find the Liberty Bell, they would not have been able to help you. If you had asked their grandchildren, 60 years later, they would have directed you to Independence Hall. What changed?

31. Visitor Information Open from 9-5 daily-extended hours in summer months. Just a few blocks from our hotel. Surrounded by other historical sites. Bring your camera!

32. Penn’s Landingis the Great Plaza, a mostly concrete labyrinth located along the Delaware River at Christopher Columbus Boulevard and Chestnut Street • The barquentine Gazela and tugboat Jupiter are moored there by the Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild. • The RiverLink Ferry links Penn's Landing with the Camden, New Jersey waterfront. • Sterling Helicopter operates the only public-useheliport in Philadelphia at Pier 36. • Abarque Moshulu is a floating restaurant • The World War II-era submarine USS Becuna • Spanish-American War-era cruiser USS Olympia • (C-), part of the Independence Seaport Museum

33. Penn’s Landing The area today known as Penn's Landing stretches along the Delaware River for about 10 blocks from Vine Street to South Street, and encompasses the spot where William Penn, Philadelphia's founder, first touched ground in his "greene country towne." After Penn's arrival, this area quickly became the center of Philly's maritime soul and the city's dominant commercial district. Today, however, Penn's Landing is a riverside park and the place where Philadelphians gather in the summer to hear music and on December 31 to usher in the New Year

34. A Short History William Penn first sailed up the Delaware River in the fall of 1682 aboard the ship Welcome, an aptly named vessel, for in Penn's progressive vision of his colony, all religions would be welcome to pray as they pleased. Penn arrived in Philadelphia by barge from the downriver town of Chester where the Welcome had moored. He alit near a tidewater basin called the Dock fed by a creek of the same name. At the time of Penn's arrival, the area was inhabited, though sparsely, by some landowners in his "holy experiment," as well as by Swedes, Dutch, and Indians. Many of these locals gathered to welcome Penn near the Blue Anchor Tavern, an inn being built along Dock Creek. Nineteenth-century historian John Fanning Watson, author of the nonpareil "Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania," believed that the landing of Penn in Philadelphia rivaled the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock in importance and should have been similarly canonized. Writing in 1842, a time when the Penn's Landing area was a web of wharves and commerce, he rhapsodized fancifully about what Penn might have seen in 1682: "the creek adorned with every grace of shrubbery and foliage, and beyond it...a few of the natives' wigwams, intermixed among the shadowy trees."

35. Classroom Connections http://www.mce.k12tn.net/colonial_america/lesson_plans_for_colonial_americ.htm

36. Penn’s Landing Information Location: Columbus Avenue (formerly Delaware Avenue) between South and Vine Streets. Built: 1967 Tourism information: There are four footbridges which cross over I-95 and Columbus Avenue onto Penn's Landing, at Market, Chestnut, Walnut, and South Streets. A riverbus runs between here and the Aquarium in Camden, New Jersey. Seaport Museum: Penn's Landing at Walnut Street. Open daily 10-5 (closed Christmas and Thanksgiving). Fees (see below). 215-925-5439 Adults: $12 U.S.S. Olympia & U.S.S. Becuna: Penn's Landing at Spruce Street. Open daily 10-4:30 (closed Christmas and New Year's Day); Summer hours 10-5. Fees (see below). 215-922-1898 Gazela: Penn's Landing at Market Street. Labor-Memorial Day Sa-Su noon-5pm; Memorial-Labor Day daily 10am-6pm. 215-923-9030 Riverlink Ferry: Connects Penn's Landing with Camden, NJ, the aquarium, entertainment center, Riversharks baseball, etc. Call 215-925-LINK Facilities: Public bathrooms, lots of benches, many nearby restaurants, and a couple of floating restaurants, including the Liberty Belle, in season. More information online: pennslandingcorp.com and http://www.ushistory.org/tour/penns-landing.htm

37. Map of Penn’s Landing (red star )

38. Philadelphia Museum of Art Four different museums at Four different locations – Main Building, Perelman, Rodin and Park Houses Main Museum is one of the largest fine arts museums in the United States, renowned collections, acclaimed special exhibitions, enriching programs World reknown “Rocky” steps for a photo op! We recommend the Park Houses Michele Andersen and Leslie Ihrig

39. Main Building/ Perelman Building/Rodin Paris Through the Window: Marc Chagall and His Circle Isamu Noguchi at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

40. Cedar GroveWest Park • Built in 1746 • Interior of Cedar Grove contains innovative features such as an indoor bake oven and hot water boiler in the kitchen, and an unusual two-sided wall of closets on the second floor. • Mixture of fine Baroque, Rococo, and Federal styles seen in its interior rooms reflects the evolution of the family's taste and their continued occupancy of the house through the mid-nineteenth century.

41. Mount PleasantEast Park • Built in 1762 • Breath-taking beauty of the house’s interiors and vistas • Elegance of the lifestyle of colonial elites, and the curiosities of Captain Macpherson’s life are all on display at Mount Pleasant. • Rooms in this colonial masterpiece feature the craftsmanship of some of the leading Philadelphia artisans, such as carver Martin Jugiez.

42. Hours • Main Building, Perelman Building, Rodin - Tuesday through Sunday:10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Friday evenings: until 8:45 p.m. • Park Houses - Tuesday through Sunday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

43. Cost Main Building - Adults: $16Seniors (ages 65 & over): $14Students (with valid ID): $12 Perelman - Adults: $8Seniors (ages 65 & over) $7Students (with valid ID): $6 Rodin Tours- General Admission FeeGroups - $75 per group (up to 25 people); $25 for each additional 25 people Private Group Tours$8 per person for groups of 15 people or more Park Houses - $5 admission per house

44. Locations • Main Building - 26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway • Perelman Building - Fairmount and Pennsylvania Avenues • Mount Pleasant - 3800 Mount Pleasant Drive • Cedar Grove - 1 Cedar Grove Drive

45. Transportation Suggestion: Take a cab. This is a pretty good hike from our hotel Visitor Shuttle: A visitor shuttle between the Perelman Building and the Museum's main building operates every 10–15 minutes Tuesday through Sunday, 10:00 a.m–5:00 p.m.

46. Carinne & Vicky’s Hidden Treasures of Philadelphia American Philosphical Society Free Library of Philadelphia Walnut Street Theatre ‘Antique Row’ City Hall Tower

47. American Philosophical Society American Philosophic Society: Philosophical Hall, 104 South Fifth Street  Library and Museum Gallery open to the public M-F, 9-5 Current exhibit: Dialogues with Darwin  Founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin; members have included Thomas Jefferson, Francis Hopkinson, John Audubon, Robert Fulton, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Robert Frost, Thomas Edison, Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie…  Collection includes the diaries of Merriweather Lewis and samples sent to Jefferson during their Corps of Discovery.

48. Free Library of Philadelphia Largest collection of children’s literature in Pennsylvania. Rare Book Dept. Tours at 11 am: a cuneiform tablet, leaf from a Gutenberg Bible, Charles Dickens’ desk, and his pet raven, Grip! (believed to have inspired Edgar Allen Poe) Rare Book Dept. open 9 am – 5 pm 1901 Vine Street (between 19th & 20th) Current exhibit on the Civil War: prints of Old Philadelphia

49. Walnut Street Theatre Oldest continually operating theatre in the United States 203 years!! Website has great photo gallery by decades and a timeline of events. Once owned by Edwin Booth. ‘Hemp-House’: still using the original rope & pulley system made of hemp Currently showing Miss Saigon (by the same composers as Les Mis) 825 Walnut St. (corner of 9th St. & Walnut St.)

50. ‘Antique Row’ Pine Street, between 9th and 12th 4 blocks of shops! Walking distance from Independence Hall. Antiques/vintage/books/crafts Great opportunity to look for artifacts for your Peddler’s Cart! Most shops open from 11 – 6