The Massachusetts Historical Society provides 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 discussion activities..

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

Developing Google Earth trips of Revolutionary War field of honor is an activity that I provided for several years with my U.S. History students. Students would create multimedia placemarks for each fight in series. 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 variation of Google Earth.

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 tradition has returned this year! For my fellow Red Sox fans heres a famous clip from the 2007 Patriots Day 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.

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 viewpoints, and events following the Revolutionary War.

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 very first battles of the American Revolutionary War. As an excellent New Englander and a former U.S. History teacher, every year at this time I like to share a handful of resources for teaching and finding out about the American Revolution..

Its a day to mark the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolutionary War. Producing Google Earth trips of Revolutionary War fight websites is an activity that I did for lots of years with my U.S. History trainees. Students would develop multimedia placemarks for each battle in sequence.