Mr. Betts has a YouTube channel on which he posts 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 video game. That custom has returned this year! For my fellow Red Sox fans heres a well-known clip from the 2007 Patriots Day game.

Images of the Revolutionary War is a compilation 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 point of views, and events following the Revolutionary War.

Developing Google Earth trips of Revolutionary War battle sites is an activity that I did for many years with my U.S. History students. Students would develop multimedia placemarks for each battle in series. The placemarks included info about the outcome and significance of each battle. Heres a video on how to make a trip with the browser-based version of Google Earth.

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 provides 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..

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 battles of the American Revolutionary War. As an excellent New Englander and a former U.S. History teacher, every year at this time I like to share a handful of resources for mentor and finding out about the American Revolution..

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

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