Developing Google Earth trips of Revolutionary War fight sites is an activity that I provided for several years with my U.S. History students. Students would produce multimedia placemarks for each battle in series. The placemarks included information about the outcome and significance of each battle. Heres a video on how to make a tour with the browser-based variation of Google Earth.

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 former U.S. History instructor, every year at this time I like to share a handful of resources for teaching and discovering 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 rebellion in the pre-revolution years, the war from both American and British perspectives, and events following the Revolutionary War.

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

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 offers fourteen lesson strategies that are aligned to the theme 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 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. Trainees would produce multimedia placemarks for each fight in sequence.

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

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