The Massachusetts Historical Society offers fourteen lesson strategies that are aligned to the theme of The Coming of the American Revolution. The lesson plans consist of a mix of document analysis activities and group discussion activities..

For Red Sox Fans!This is normally 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.

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

Images 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 perspectives, and occasions following the Revolutionary War.

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 trips of Revolutionary War battle websites is an activity that I did for many years with my U.S. History students. Students would produce multimedia placemarks for each battle in series.

Crash Course has a substantial series on U.S. History. Included in that 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 fights of the American Revolutionary War. As a great New Englander and a previous U.S. History instructor, every year at this time I like to share a handful of resources for mentor and learning more about the American Revolution..

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

Creating Google Earth trips of Revolutionary War battle websites is an activity that I did for numerous years with my U.S. History students. Trainees would create multimedia placemarks for each battle in sequence. The placemarks consisted of details about the result and significance of each fight. Heres a video on how to make a tour with the browser-based variation of Google Earth.