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

For Red Sox Fans!This is usually 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 well-known clip from the 2007 Patriots Day video game.

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 fights 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 learning more about the American Revolution..

The Massachusetts Historical Society offers fourteen lesson plans that are lined up to the style of The Coming of the American Revolution. The lesson strategies include a mix of document analysis activities and group conversation activities..

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

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

Pictures of the Revolutionary War is a compilation of images about the Revolutionary War. The images in the collection chronicle the stirrings of rebellion 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 discusses the American Revolution for intermediate school and high school students.

Producing Google Earth tours of Revolutionary War field of honor is an activity that I provided for numerous years with my U.S. History students. Students would develop multimedia placemarks for each fight in sequence. The placemarks contained information 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.