Refresher 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 fights of the American Revolutionary War. Producing Google Earth tours of Revolutionary War fight sites is an activity that I did for many years with my U.S. History students. Students would produce multimedia placemarks for each battle in sequence.

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.

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 document analysis activities and seminar activities..

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 viewpoints, and events following the Revolutionary War.

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

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

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 previous 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..

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 actually returned this year! For my fellow Red Sox fans heres a famous clip from the 2007 Patriots Day game.