The Massachusetts Historical Society offers fourteen lesson strategies that are lined up to the style 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 discusses the American Revolution for middle 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 fights of the American Revolutionary War. As a great 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 learning more about the American Revolution..

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

Crash Course has a comprehensive series on U.S. History. Consisted of 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 disobedience in the pre-revolution years, the war from both American and British point of views, and occasions following the Revolutionary War.

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

Developing Google Earth trips of Revolutionary War fight websites is an activity that I did for several years with my U.S. History students. Students would develop multimedia placemarks for each battle in sequence. The placemarks consisted of information about the outcome and significance of each fight. Heres a video on how to make a trip with the browser-based version of Google Earth.

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.