Student Resources

Resources for Teachers & Students

On this page of resources we’ve included not only our beloved Danbury school “newspapers” (created for third graders but appropriate for students of other ages) but YouTube videos of

re-enactors portraying Sybil Ludington, Maj General David Wooster, and a presentation on "Why Danbury" which showcases our role in the Revolutionary War.

The Danbury History in Brief page covers additional themes (the 1955 floods, the Kohanza Dam disaster, etc.) in a short-form manner, and the Archive Resources page contains many downloadable subject files on topics from the Revolutionary War to the hatting industry to Marian Anderson's nearly 50 years as a Danbury resident. For more details on how to research at the Danbury Museum, please visit our Research page.

Frontier/Colonial Danbury (pdf)

Revolutionary War Period in Danbury Student Newsletter (pdf)

Manufacturing Period in Danbury Student Newsletter (pdf)

Industrial Period in Danbury Student Newsletter (pdf)

Danbury in the 20th Century (pdf)

The Great Danbury State Fair (pdf)

Danbury History Puzzles & Games booklet (pdf)

October Buzzwords Puzzle (png)

September Buzzwords Puzzle (jpg)

Danbury Museum Buzzwords (pdf)

Danbury Street Name Word Search (pdf)

Danbury Fair Crossword (pdf)

Bailey's History Cryptogram (pdf)

Hatting Terms Word Search (pdf)

Parks, Ponds & Waterways Word Search (pdf)

Rev War Word Search (pdf)

Sybil Ludington Cryptogram (pdf)

A Tale of Two Cities Cryptogram (pdf)

Danbury Schools Word Search (pdf)

Memorials & Monuments Jumble (pdf)

Why Danbury?

Robert Young, Danbury Museum Trustee and Revolutionary War enthusiast, shares with us "Why Danbury?" a short presentation on the reasons behind the British raid on the town on April 26, 1777.

Eric Chandler as General David Wooster

Revolutionary War re-enactor Eric Chandler reads his account of the life of General David Wooster, hero of. the Burning of Danbury and the subsequent skirmish at Ridgefield, Connecticut.

Frances Hendrickson as Sybil Ludington

Our colonial era re-enactor Frances Hendrickson reads her account of the life of Sybil Ludington, "the female Paul Revere," including her famous ride across the New York countryside to alert militiamen to the British attack on Danbury.

Colonial Apothecary

Our longtime volunteer and Revolutionary War historian Robert Young performs his educational apothecary program.