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

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 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 trainees.

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

Its a day to mark the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first fights of the American Revolutionary War. Creating Google Earth tours 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.

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

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.

Creating Google Earth tours of Revolutionary War field of honor is an activity that I did for several years with my U.S. History students. Trainees would produce multimedia placemarks for each fight in series. The placemarks included info 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.

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 fights 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 teaching and discovering the American Revolution..