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

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

Photos 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.

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

Mr. Betts has a YouTube channel on which he posts animations and tune parodies to teach U.S. History lessons. Heres one he did about the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

Producing Google Earth trips of Revolutionary War fight sites is an activity that I did for numerous years with my U.S. History trainees. Students would produce multimedia placemarks for each fight in series. The placemarks consisted of details about the outcome and significance of each fight. Heres a video on how to make a trip with the browser-based variation of Google Earth.

The Massachusetts Historical Society provides fourteen lesson strategies 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 group conversation 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 previous U.S. History instructor, every year at this time I like to share a handful of resources for teaching and discovering the American Revolution..

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