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

Its a day to mark the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first fights of the American Revolutionary War. Developing Google Earth tours of Revolutionary War battle websites is an activity that I did for many years with my U.S. History trainees. Students would develop multimedia placemarks for each battle in series.

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

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 point of views, and events following the Revolutionary War.

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 fights of the American Revolutionary War. As a good New Englander and a former U.S. History teacher, every year at this time I like to share a handful of resources for teaching and discovering about the American Revolution..

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

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

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

The Massachusetts Historical Society uses fourteen lesson strategies that are aligned to the theme of The Coming of the American Revolution. The lesson plans consist of a mix of file analysis activities and seminar activities..