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 a good 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 discovering the American Revolution..

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

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

The Massachusetts Historical Society uses fourteen lesson strategies that are aligned to the theme of The Coming of the American Revolution. The lesson strategies consist of a mix of file 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. Creating Google Earth trips of Revolutionary War fight websites is an activity that I did for many years with my U.S. History students. Trainees would develop multimedia placemarks for each battle in series.

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

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.

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 perspectives, and events following the Revolutionary War.

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