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.

For Red Sox Fans!This is normally the day that the Boston Marathon is held and the Red Sox play an early morning video 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.

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

Crash Course has a substantial series on U.S. History. Consisted of in that series is Taxes & & Smuggling – Prelude to Revolution.

The Massachusetts Historical Society uses fourteen lesson plans 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 seminar activities..

Photos 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 British and american point of views, and occasions following the Revolutionary War.

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

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 a good New Englander and a former U.S. History teacher, every year at this time I like to share a handful of resources for mentor and discovering about the American Revolution..

Creating Google Earth tours of Revolutionary War field of honor is an activity that I provided for lots of years with my U.S. History students. Trainees would produce multimedia placemarks for each battle in series. The placemarks contained information about the outcome and significance of each fight. Heres a video on how to make a trip with the browser-based variation of Google Earth.