Web Resources: The Revolution and the Fight for Independence
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The following Web resources offer supplementary information for teachers of American history. If you'd like to share information about useful history or education Web sites, please contact us and we'll add them to the list.
NOTE: The Teaching American History Grant Program is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites.
NOTE: Many of the resources below can be found at http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_Independence.shtml, an outstanding resource for teachers of history.
Liberty! The American Revolution Liberty! is aimed at kids and explores the impact of the revolutionary era on the lives of Americans. The Teacher's guide section is terrific, as is the Perspectives on Liberty section.Try the Road to Revolution game.
Spy Letters of the American Revolution The exhibit is based on spy letters from the William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Gallery of Letters provides a brief description of each letter and links to more information about the stories of the spies in the letter or the secret methods used to make the letter.
Midnight Rider, A Paul Revere Virtual Museum Students explore North Boston on an interactive map, visit Paul Revere's House, and travel with Paul across Boston Harbor to Medford and Concord.
I cannot tell a lie Examining Myths in American History
In this lesson, students examine and debunk historical myths, using the
American Revolution as a starting point. They then create and play a
game of "American History: Fact or Fiction?"(June 30, 2003) Grades 6-10
Taking Sides: The American Revolution This WebQuest is designed for high school students. Note there are Teacher and Student pages within the site.
American Revolutionaries In this WebQuest students explore the uses and abuses of propaganda in The Revolution, as well as today.
All Fired Up: Explaining Fourth of July Related Themes and Images
In this New York Times lesson, students brainstorm images and themes associated with the American Fourth of July holiday. They then create illustrated posters to explain the processes or history behind these themes.(July 4, 2002)
Lesson Plan: Background on the Patriot Attitude Toward the Monarchy
Created by MarcoPolo, this lesson plan is meant to provide students with a basic knowledge of how the American Patriots felt towards English Governments. Ample resources and printable worksheets included. Intended for grades 6-8.
Lesson Plan: Colonial Broadsides and the American Revolution
"Broadsides" address virtually every aspect of the American Revolution, providing a wide range of suitable classroom topics. In this lesson (by MarcoPolo), students will use the resources of the Library of Congress's Printed Ephemera Collection to experience the news as the colonists
heard it. Grades 6-8.
The World of Ben Franklin He became famous for being a scientist, an inventor, a statesman, a printer, a philosopher, a musician, and an economist. Today, we honor Ben Franklin as one of our Founding Fathers and as one of America’s greatest citizens.
Michael Meals Presents: www.revwar.com. This site provides information and links to sites about the American Revolutionary War era (1775–1783) as well as services such as online classifieds related to the American Revolutionary War period and an online phonebook with links to related sites. Included are revolutionary war historical sites, reenactments, and documents available on the Web.
Betsy Ross Homepage Why Ross was selected to make the flag, how she cut a five-point star, and directions of cutting your own five-point star. Works great in classroom discussions! http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/
www.founding.com This is an excellent source for analyzing the Declaration of Independence and the history of the Revolutionary War.
Benjamin Franklin: A Documentary History Although complex to use, this is a thorough, documented work created by Dr. Leo Lemay on Benjamin Franklin and his contributions to our history. Drawn from the letters, journal entries, and other papers Franklin wrote over the course of his life, the site’s primary source was The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, thirty volumes of which have been published by Yale University Press since 1959.
