At the beginning of June, 2009 the teachers participating in the grant spent five days at Minnesota State University Moorhead where they explored the American Revolutionary Era in a variety of ways including lecture and discussion, as well as playing "NEW YORK CITY IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1775-76," part of the Reacting to the Past Series.
After a week on campus everyone loaded on a bus to visit Historic Fort Snelling, the Henry Sibley House, and the Northwest Company Fur Post, all maintained by the Minnesota Historical Society in the Twin Cities area.