PPT
Have Fun With History

Have Fun With History: The Boston Tea Party: 1773

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive slide show about the Boston Tea Party with links to museums and sites related to the Boston Tea Party.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Independence: Boston Tea Party and Other Acts of Rebellion [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that helps learners understand why the American colonists objected to taxation without representation. Includes activities that investigate the acts...
Unit Plan
Other

The Road to Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a site for a 14-day United States History unit on the events leading up to the American Revolution. The point of this unit is to help students form an understanding of events by using multiple primary accounts (teaching...
Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Boycotting Baubles of Britain

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A great lesson plan that examines the role consumer boycotts of British goods in colonial America had in the run-up to the Revolutionary War. Find learning objectives, lesson activities, and assessment options.
Unit Plan
McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Study Guide for Johnny Tremain [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
This twenty-two page study guide provides biographical information on author Esther Forbes, an introduction to "Johnny Tremain," and activities to accompany a reading of this historical novel. Includes pre-reading activities, reading...
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.
Lesson Plan
US National Archives

National Archives: Prequel to Independence

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students will sequence key events leading to the Declaration of Independence by viewing primary source documents.