It’s Patriots’ Day! Resources for Learning About the Start of the American Revolution

Images of the Revolutionary War is a collection of images about the Revolutionary War. The images in the collection chronicle the stirrings of disobedience in the pre-revolution years, the war from both British and american viewpoints, and occasions following the Revolutionary War.

Its a day to mark the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolutionary War. Creating Google Earth tours of Revolutionary War fight sites is an activity that I did for lots of years with my U.S. History trainees. Students would develop multimedia placemarks for each battle in sequence.

Video LessonsKeith Hughes has a popular video in which he describes the American Revolution for middle school and high school trainees.

The Massachusetts Historical Society offers fourteen lesson plans that are lined up to the style of The Coming of the American Revolution. The lesson strategies consist of a mix of file analysis activities and seminar activities..

Crash Course has a substantial series on U.S. History. Consisted of in that series is Taxes & & Smuggling – Prelude to Revolution.

Producing Google Earth tours of Revolutionary War battle sites is an activity that I did for many years with my U.S. History students. Students would produce multimedia placemarks for each battle in series.

Today is Patriots Day here in Maine, in Massachusetts, and in a handful of other states. Its a day to mark the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the very first battles of the American Revolutionary War. As a good New Englander and a former U.S. History instructor, every year at this time I like to share a handful of resources for teaching and learning about the American Revolution..

For Red Sox Fans!This is normally the day that the Boston Marathon is held and the Red Sox play an early morning video game. That custom has actually returned this year! For my fellow Red Sox fans heres a popular clip from the 2007 Patriots Day video game.

Mr. Betts has a YouTube channel on which he publishes animations and song parodies to teach U.S. History lessons. Heres one he did about the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

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