Instructional Video2:14
Makematic

The Townshend Acts

K - 8th
The Townshend Acts of 1767-68 imposed heavy taxes on American colonists, sparking widespread protests and setting the stage for the American Revolution.
Instructional Video2:13
Makematic

Boston Massacre

K - 8th
Tensions between colonists and Great Britain exploded with the Boston Massacre of 1770. The deaths of five men, alongside John Adams’ landmark defense of the British soldiers, helped sow the seeds of rebellion across the colonies.
Instructional Video5:50
Curated Video

An Author’s Important Tools

K - 8th
Mr. Griot uses a nonfiction narrative about John Adams to show how an author’s use of words can create a mood and evoke the senses and that an author always has a purpose for writing.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Tea, Taxes, and the American Revolution

9th - 12th Standards
Rather than simply summarizing the events that led to the American Revolution, have your learners listen as John Green offers some interesting points to be used as discussion or writing prompts in your review of the war. Green details...