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

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

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 teaching and finding out about the American Revolution..

Its a day to mark the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the very first battles of the American Revolutionary War. Producing Google Earth trips of Revolutionary War fight 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.

Creating Google Earth tours of Revolutionary War field of honor is an activity that I did for numerous years with my U.S. History students. Students would create multimedia placemarks for each fight in series. The placemarks contained details about the outcome and significance of each battle. Heres a video on how to make a tour with the browser-based version of Google Earth.

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

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 American and British perspectives, and events 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.

The Massachusetts Historical Society provides fourteen lesson strategies that are lined up to the style of The Coming of the American Revolution. The lesson plans consist of a mix of file analysis activities and seminar activities..