For Red Sox Fans!This is typically the day that the Boston Marathon is held and the Red Sox play a 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.

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

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 American and British viewpoints, and occasions following the Revolutionary War.

Developing Google Earth trips of Revolutionary War field of honor is an activity that I did for several years with my U.S. History students. Trainees would create multimedia placemarks for each battle in series. The placemarks consisted of information about the result and significance of each battle. Heres a video on how to make a tour with the browser-based variation of Google Earth.

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

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.

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

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

Its a day to mark the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first fights 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 students. Trainees would create multimedia placemarks for each battle in sequence.