Curated OER
The Townshend Acts of 1767
Students examine the events leading up to and after the Townshend Acts in Boston. In this American History instructional activity, students engage in a class discussion and write an essay about the failure of the British Stamp Act and...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Planning for Treaty Negotiations
The party is over. Now it's time to get to work! Learners acting as agents for a country during the modern Age of Empires develop proposals to negotiate trade deals between the rising global powers. Using research from previous lessons,...
Curated OER
Revolt in Boston
Eleventh graders study the American Revolution. In this American History activity, 11th graders analyze primary sources. Students participate in a simulation on taxes.
Curated OER
Causes of the American Revolution
Challenge your fifth graders with this lesson. They read about the American Revolution, discuss key terms, and engage in a variety of activities. First, they create a timeline, then they answer an online quiz, and finish by making a...
Curated OER
Different Perspectives: The Durham Report and Act of Union
Students research and write an essay on the "Report on the Affairs of British North America," also known as the Durham Report.
Curated OER
Different Perspectives: The Durham Report and Act of Union
High schoolers research events that led to the Durham Report, the differing perspectives of various social and political groups at the time and the consequences of the report. They write a report on the source of these grievances, the...
Curated OER
Ruling Wisely? British Rule after the Conquest
Students research and write an essay comparing the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and the Quebec Act of 1774 in the context of the events surrounding the times.
Curated OER
Judging Acts
Students research Canada's political history by analyzing the country's constitution. To display their understanding, students write essays.
Curated OER
The Road to Revolution: 1754-1775 (5)
In this online interactive history worksheet, learners respond to 19 matching questions regarding the events that led to the American Revolution. Students may check their answers immediately.
Curated OER
The Learning Network Fill-In: Macbeth for Children
Help your learners attain vocabulary and practice reading comprehension with this cloze activity. Created by The Learning Network, this resource provides a New York Times article with the words already removed. Pupils can fill in the...
Curated OER
The First Amendment, What it Means and When Libel Comes in to Play
Students research three topics: The First Amendment, John Peter Zenger and his trial, and libel. In this journalism and libel lesson, students discuss things authority figures have done they disagree with and the anit-sedition law....
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Navigation Acts
A brief account of the Navigation Acts from Wikipedia. Gives history and background of the Acts, why they were put into effect, and what happened because of them.
History Teacher
Historyteacher.net: America and the British Empire (2)
Take this 10 question quiz on America and the British Empire.
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Digital History
Digital History: British Mercantilism and the Cost of Empire [Pdf]
Learn about the theory of mercantilism and how it affected the economies of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies. Practice making a bar graph showing the value of exports to and imports from England between 1700 and 1774 with...
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina: Causes of the American Revolution [Pdf]
Goes through the various events that led up to the American Revolution and the actions and responses of the British and the Colonies.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Beginnings of Revolutionary Thinking: Smuggling
The economic theory of mercantilism led to wholesale smuggling by the American colonists. Read about why the idea of mercantilism was so abhorrent to the colonists, and look at the attempts the British made to make the colonists obey....
Digital History
Digital History: The Road to Revolution
A review of the Age of Revolution, particularly as it was perceived in the American colonies. See how the various actions taken by the British government to control the colonists resulted in uniting the colonists and set the stage for...