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...

This site from the University of Groningen provides a ten page essay on the nature of the American Revolution. Content includes a focus on events which led up to the revolution, and an analysis of the revolution itself.

A fun word search game with history terms from the American Revolution. Play online or print out a version for use in class or at home.

Explore the American Revolution on this website. Learn how it started, battles fought, timeline, and major events.

This detailed timeline describes Thomas Jefferson's life, spanning the colonial period, the American Revolution, and the early Republic. You will also find maps and written documents within this collection.

Find out what really happened to the brave men who signed the Declaration of Independence. What has been put forth in popular literature is rebutted and explained through rigorous research.

On this site, study the Battle of Lexington and Concord which was a major event in the American Revolutionary War.

Kids learn about the Battle of Yorktown major event ending the American Revolutionary War on this site.

Kids learn about the Boston Massacre when British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a group of American colonists killing five men. Take a quiz at the end to see what you learned!

Kids learn about The Treaty of Paris; the final end to the American Revolutionary War.

Sybil Ludington was just 16 years old when she made a night-time ride rallying Patriot soldiers During the American Revolution.

Kids learn about Life as a Revolutionary War Soldier including the Continentla army, the militia, and the British Red Coats.

Kids learn about Patriots and Loyalists during the Revolutionary War. One side wanted independence while the other wanted to remain part of Britain.

Kids learn the Glossary and Terms from the Revolutionary War including patriot, loyalist, colony, volley, whig, tory, and more.

Kids learn about daily life during the Revolutionary War including homes, clothes, food, school, and other fun facts. Take a quiz at the end to see what you learned!

Kids learn about the battles at Fort Ticonderoga during the Revolutionary War including the Green Mountain Boys and General John Burgoyne.

A learning module that begins with the "Marian's Revolution" by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...

Students will examine several historical congressional records from the Reconstruction period to assess whether they show evidence that the Reconstruction period of American history should or should not be viewed as a revolution. The...

A collection of eight primary resources with introductory notes, classroom discussion questions, and supplemental links on the period following the Revolutionary War, 1783-1791 and the making of a new nation.

Students are assigned a prominent man or woman of the American Revolutionary War. The students will write a two-page report, create a poster person, and then present their research to the class in first person.

An elaborate list of activities to use when teaching about the Revolutionary War. Near the bottom there are links to lists of all types of books to use with students while studying this topic.

Outlines what happened with the Dred Scott case as it was passed on from the local state court all the way up to the federal Supreme Court, with a final decision being reached in 1857.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Who were the Loyalists? Why did they oppose independence? In this historical inquiry activity, students seek answers to these questions by sourcing, contextualizing, and corroborating two documents...

By watching a biographical video and engaging in two primary source activities, students will encounter the ideas, writings, and impact of Thomas Paine.