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 an excellent 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 finding out about the American Revolution..

Photos 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 occasions following the Revolutionary War.

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

Its a day to mark the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the very first fights of the American Revolutionary War. Producing Google Earth tours of Revolutionary War fight websites is an activity that I did for numerous years with my U.S. History students. Trainees would create multimedia placemarks for each fight in series.

Refresher course has a substantial series on U.S. History. Included because series is Taxes & & Smuggling – Prelude to Revolution.

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

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.

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

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