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

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.

Developing Google Earth tours of Revolutionary War battle websites is an activity that I did for many years with my U.S. History students. Students would create multimedia placemarks for each fight in sequence. The placemarks contained details 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 an excellent New Englander and a former U.S. History instructor, every year at this time I like to share a handful of resources for teaching and learning more about the American Revolution..

Images 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.

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

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

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

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.