Activity
PBS

Pbs: Black Revolutionary Seamen

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from PBS provides a description of black sailors who fought during American Revolution. Includes image.
Lesson Plan
American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Working to Save America's Battlefields

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
This site is dedicated to saving American battlefields. It provides videos of Civil War battlefields including Bull Run and Manassas, animated Revolutionary War maps, and video of the life of Ulysses Grant.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Revolutionary War, Research, and Technology

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this social studies lesson plan, students conduct research on specified topics related to the Revolutionary War. The lesson plan should be used at the culmination of a unit of study on the American Revolution. Students will use...
Website
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Defeats and Victories

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the setbacks, defeats and victories of the Revolutionary War.
Primary
Sam Houston State University

The Revolutionary War in the West: The Conquest of the Illinois Country (I779)

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source document journal entry written by Colonel George Rogers Clark, describes the conquest of the Illinois country in 1779 during the Revolutionary War.
Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Revolutionary Limits: Native Americans

For Students 5th - 8th
A good description of the actions and fate of the Native Americans who allied with the British to fight against the Americans. Find out that while the Native Americans had treaties with the British, they were not represented at the talks...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Revolutionary Achievement: Yeomen and Artisans

For Students 5th - 8th
Perhaps the most revolutionary result of the American Revolution was the rise in importance in politics of the moderately wealthy artisans and yeomen. Read about why this was such an amazing change in the make-up of those involved in...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: A Revolutionary Dinner Party

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students play the role of colonists from the Revolutionary War period. Each group has decided to host a dinner party for some "famous faces" of the American Revolution. There are FOUR parts to this project: research, seating chart, music...
Article
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Fidel Castro

For Students 9th - 10th
A short but well-done biography of the Cuban revolutionary leader. It focuses on his early revolutionary years and the development of his anti-American feelings which were not apparent at first.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The British Move South

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief overview of the Revolutionary War in the South including campaigns of Savannah, Charleston and the significant battle at Cowpens, South Carolina.
eBook
University of Groningen

American History: Essays: Democratic Radicals

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay on the ideological conflict over democracy, equality and what it meant to be a "democratic radical" in Revolutionary America.
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Key Events of the Revolutionary War

For Students 3rd - 5th
Put the Revolutionary war events in sequential order in this interactive activity.
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Regional Realism: Joel Chandler Harris

For Students 9th - 10th
Creator of Uncle Remus and other African American folklore tales, journalist Joel Chandler Harris is featured as a revolutionary writer regarding oppression and prejudices. For more resources click the "Joel Chandler Harris Activities" tab.
Article
Other

Indians and the American Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay on the Native American role in the American Revolution.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Soldiers: Making of African American Identity: 1500 1865

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographs of and letters from black soldiers-both enslaved and free-from the late-eighteenth to mid-nineteenth centuries that examine military experience for African Americans.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Beginnings of Revolutionary Thinking: Impact of Enlightenment

For Students 6th - 8th
The ideas of the Enlightenment began in Europe, but they were acted upon in the American colonies. See how the philosophies of John Locke and Rousseau influenced the thoughts and actions of Puritan clergy and political figures like...
Handout
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Defeats and Victories

For Students 9th - 10th
Although the Americans suffered severe setbacks for months after independence was declared, their tenacity and perseverance eventually paid off. During August 1776, in the Battle of Long Island in New York, Washington's position became...
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Charles Willson Peale

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this is a self-portrait and biography for Charles Willson Peale, monumental portrait painter of George Washington and the man responsible for opening America?s first...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: American Revolution Lesson: The Regulars Are Coming!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students will review information about Paul Revere and the American Revolution. Students will also determine facts and opinions about the American Revolution. After viewing primary sources, students will complete a...
Lesson Plan
Google

Louisiana Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Grade 4: American Revolution: Unit Files

For Teachers 4th
A Google Drive folder with instructional presentations, discussion questions, student activities, and assessments for the text, If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution.
Handout
University of Groningen

American History: Biographies: Lord North (1713 1792)

For Students 9th - 10th
Lord North was Prime Minister of Great Britain from January, 1770 to March, 1782. His early successes as Leader of the House and his efforts to cut the national debt brought him the confidence of a faction-ridden Parliament and the favor...
Graphic
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Price of Freedom: George Washington's Uniform

For Students 9th - 10th
View a photo and read a brief description of George Washington's uniform. Also includes an explanation of Washington's attention to the symbol of the uniform. Displayed in the National Museum of American History.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Francisco Gomez' Last Letter

For Students 9th - 10th
Letter reported to have been written by Francisco Gomez, son of the Cuban Revolutionary leader Calixto Gomez at the time of his death.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Liberty! The American Revolution (Teacher's Guide)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A six-lesson teacher's guide to support classes on the American Revolution. Although the guide is designed to be used in conjunction with the PBS documentary "Liberty!" the video component of the lessons can be dropped without much fuss....

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