The Massachusetts Historical Society offers fourteen lesson plans 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 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 fights of the American Revolutionary War. As a good New Englander and a former U.S. History instructor, every year at this time I like to share a handful of resources for mentor and learning about the American Revolution..

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 occasions following the Revolutionary War.

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.

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

Crash Course has a comprehensive 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 very first battles of the American Revolutionary War. Producing 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 produce multimedia placemarks for each battle in sequence.

For Red Sox Fans!This is generally 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 popular clip from the 2007 Patriots Day game.

Producing Google Earth tours of Revolutionary War field of honor is an activity that I provided for many years with my U.S. History trainees. Students would create multimedia placemarks for each battle in sequence. The placemarks consisted of info about the result and significance of each fight. Heres a video on how to make a trip with the browser-based variation of Google Earth.