The Massachusetts Historical Society provides fourteen lesson strategies that are lined up to the theme of The Coming of the American Revolution. The lesson strategies consist of a mix of document analysis activities and group discussion activities..

Refresher course has an extensive series on U.S. History. Consisted of in that series is Taxes & & Smuggling – Prelude to Revolution.

Its a day to mark the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the very first battles of the American Revolutionary War. 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 develop multimedia placemarks for each fight in series.

For Red Sox Fans!This is generally the day that the Boston Marathon is held and the Red Sox play an early morning 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.

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 great 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 more about the American Revolution..

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

Developing Google Earth tours of Revolutionary War field of honor is an activity that I did for several years with my U.S. History students. Students would produce multimedia placemarks for each battle in sequence. The placemarks included details about the result and significance of each fight. Heres a video on how to make a trip with the browser-based version of Google Earth.

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 rebellion in the pre-revolution years, the war from both British and american perspectives, and events following the Revolutionary War.