The Massachusetts Historical Society offers fourteen lesson strategies that are lined up to the theme of The Coming of the American Revolution. The lesson strategies consist of a mix of document analysis activities and seminar activities..

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

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

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 great 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..

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

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.

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

Images 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 American and British viewpoints, and events following the Revolutionary War.

Creating Google Earth trips of Revolutionary War battle sites 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 information about the outcome and significance of each fight. Heres a video on how to make a tour with the browser-based variation of Google Earth.