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A Brief Profile of the Continental Army

For Students 9th - 10th
Basically an on-line booklet that profiles the Continental Army of the Revolutionary War. An Introduction is provided along with the structure and components of the army. The armies of 1775 through 1784 are detailed as well as the...
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Curated OER

A Brief Profile of the Continental Army

For Students 9th - 10th
Basically an on-line booklet that profiles the Continental Army of the Revolutionary War. An Introduction is provided along with the structure and components of the army. The armies of 1775 through 1784 are detailed as well as the...
Handout
Other

Virginia Places: Places Associated With Patrick Henry

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed biography of Patrick Henry, told through the places he has been. Content covers Henry's role before, during, and after the Revolutionary War.
Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: Gen. Montgomery Captured Montreal

For Students 9th - 10th
Briefly profiles General Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold's assaults on Quebec during the Revolutionary War. Historic engravings are featured on these two pages from the Library of Congress.
Activity
Other

Colonial Hall: Benjamin Rush (1745 1813)

For Students 9th - 10th
This non-profit site offers detailed biography of Benjamin Rush. the United States. Examines his early training, his years in Europe, his work in medicine, his role in the Revolutionary War, and his political career. Rest of site has...
Primary
Yale University

Yale: Treaty of Amity and Commerce, France and u.s.

For Students 9th - 10th
The actual treaty that was signed between France the U.S. during the Revolutionary War in which France recognized American independence.
PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: What's Cooking, Uncle Sam?

For Students 9th - 10th
Eclectic online exhibition highlights government's concern with the American diet from the Revolutionary War to the late 1900s.
Article
University of Groningen

American History: Biographies: William Blackstone (1723 1780)

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough biography of Sir William Blackstone. Blackstone is a recognized lawyer born in England and played an integral part of the development of the common law legal system in the United States during the Revolutionary War, and the...
Handout
Other

Mary Ballard's Diary on Line: Courtship and Marriage

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at courtship and marriage in the period right after the Revolutionary War through the diary of Mary Ballard. Contains a brief explanation of courtship in this period and sections of the diary related to the topic.
Website
Other

Lafayette College: Lafayette and Slavery James Armistead Lafayette

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief paragraph about James Armistead's espionage for the Continental Army at Yorktown. More important are the pictures of Marquis de Layayette and Armistead and the testimonial given by Lafayette to obtain Armistead's freedom.
Article
PBS

Africans in America: Revolution: Agrippa Hull, 1759 1838

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief look at Agrippa Hull, a free black who served as an orderly to officers in the Continental Army. From PBS.
Article
A&E Television

History.com: The Mariel Boatlift: How Cold War Politics Drove Thousands of Cubans to Florida in 1980

For Students 9th - 10th
After Fidel Castro loosened emigration policies, some 125,000 Cubans landed on U.S. shores over a span of five months. The Mariel Boatlift of 1980 was a mass emigration of Cubans to the United States. The exodus was driven by a stagnant...
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Other

General George Washington in Massachusetts, 1775 76 [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A thematic unit using primary sources to tell the life and military career of George Washington.
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.
Handout
Sam Houston State University

Shsu: Late Imperial Period: Russia: A Country Study

For Students 9th - 10th
This site evaluates the transformation of Russia in the nineteenth century. It discusses the economic developments, the reforms, foreign affairs, and the rise of the revolutionary movement. From the book, Russia: A Country Study, edited...
Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Esther Forbes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site features links to lesson plans, information, activities and more for the book "Johnny Tremain." Discover more about the author Esther Forbes when you visit this site.
Website
University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: George Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the life of George Washington (1732-1799 CE) through this site.
Website
Digital History

Digital History: Paper Money and Shays' Rebellion [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A very good explantion of the frustration and desperation felt by farmers not only in Massachusttetts but throughout the new United States as states attempted to collect taxes in order to pay off war debts. Daniel Shays and his men were...
Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Johnny Tremain

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Come and discover more about the novel, "Johnny Tremain," by Esther Forbes. This site features a discussion guide, writing prompt, vocabulary builder, extension activity and more.
Handout
National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Sybil Ludington

For Students 9th - 10th
Sybil Ludington was just 16 years old when she made a night-time ride rallying Patriot soldiers During the American Revolution.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: u.s. Presidents James Monroe

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Handout
Black Past

Black Past: Silver Bluff Baptist Church, Silver Bluff, South Carolina

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia entry gives information about the Silver Bluff Baptist Church, whose black congregation became the Springfield Baptist Church, which is still in existence.
Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770)

For Students 3rd - 8th
This 3-page article provides an informative and intriguing account of the Boston Massacre. Learn more about this important event in the American Revolution from this site.
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US National Archives

National Archives: Road to Revolution: Patriotism or Treason?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What if you lived in the colonies during in the years preceding the Revolution? Would you be a loyalist or join the Sons of Liberty? Middle schoolers will analyze a picture of a tax collector being tarred and feathered and answer...

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