*(Easy)

Benchley, Nathaniel; Sam the Minuteman

McGovern, Ann; The Secret Soldier

Kent, Zachary; George Washington
 
 

*(Average)

Fritz, Jean; The Cabin Faced West  H/F

Krensky, Stephen; George Washington: The Man Who Would Not Be King

Stevenson, Augusta; Molly Pitcher, Young Patriot

Sutton, Felix; The How and Why Wonder Book of the American Revolution

Zell, Frank; A Multicultural Portrait of the American Revolution

Zeinert, Karen; Those Remarkable Women of the American Revolution

Wilbur, C. Keith; The Revolutionary Soldier
 

*(Challenging)

Bober, Natalie; Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution

Collier, James and Collier, Christopher; My Brother Sam is Dead  H/F

Forbes, Esther; Johnny Tremain  H/F

Meltzer, Milton; The American Revolutionaries: A History in Their Own Words 1750-1800
 

*(Read-Aloud)

Banim, Lisa; The Hessian's Secret Diary

Emerson, Ralph Waldo; "Concord Hymn" in Favorite Poems Old and New Ferris, Helen edit.

Myers, Anna; The Keeping Room

Greenburg, Judith; Journal of a Revolutionary War Woman

Silverman, Jerry; Songs and Stories of the American Revolution
 

*(Resource)

Dolan, Edward; The American Revolution: How We Fought the War for Independence

Martin, J.P.; Private Yankee Doodle

Patterson, Charles; Thomas Jefferson

Video:

American Revolution  EMC#883843  19 mins
The American Revolution  EMC#885735  30 mins
The American Revolution  EMC#885570  17 mins
The American Revolution  EMC#885571  16 mins
Background of the American Revolutionary War  EMC#881284  20 mins
Battle of Yorktown  EMC#882126  30 mins
Cauldron of War: Iroquois Democracy and the American Revoution  EMC#886225 49 mins
Deborah Sampson: Woman in the Revolution  EMC#885181  15 mins
Fighting for Independence: The Revolutionary War  EMC#883556 20 mins
General George Washington  EMC#884324  30 mins
To Keep Our Liberty: Minute Men of American Revolution  EMC#883100  35 mins
Valley Forge: Young Spy  EMC#882425  24 mins

Internet:

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
ndlpedu/era.html#revolution

http://www.ushistory.org/
valleyforge/index.html

http://earlyamerica.com

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/
homepages/ronmcgranahan/
INDEX~1.HTM

http://www.concentric.net/~
walika/nav1.htm

http://www.si.edu/nmah/timeline/
02wash.htm

http://walilka.com/sr/flags/
revuniforms1.htm  
insignia/uniforms

http://www.nps.gov/vofa/
DEFAULT2.HTM  
Valley Forge

Betsy Ross Homepage
http://libertynet.org/
~iha/betsy/index.html
Description: This site has the story of Betsy Ross with a tour of her house and history of the U.S. flag.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
 

Chronicle of the Revolution
http://www.pbs.org/
ktca/liberty/chronicle/
index.html
Description: Pick a battle from the American Revolution and find out about the people and events that happened there. There are wonderful primary sources and pictures at this site.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
 

Declaring Independence - Drafting the Documents
http://lcweb.loc.gov/
exhibits/declara/
declara1.html
Description: This exhibition from the Library of Congress has pictures and a description of each draft of the Declaration of Independence.
Resource Type: Primary Source Text
Graphics Content: High
 

Explore the Amazing World of Early America
http://earlyamerica.com/
earlyamerica/index.html
Description: Using the media of the day including newspapers, maps, magazines, autobiographys, and art, discover how the people in colonial times saw the world. There are wonderful primary source mateirals here to explore.
Resource Type: True
Graphics Content: True
 

Fireworks
http://genxtvland.simplenet.
com/SchoolHouseRock/
song.hts?lo+fireworks
Description: Listen to and perform this song about the Declaration of Independence from the America Rocks website.
Comments: This site requires sound and video capability in order to get the full benefit.
Resource Type: Sound or Music
Graphics Content: High
 

George Washington
http://www.history.org/
people/washhdr.htm
Description: A George Washington biography, a description of his time in Williamsburg, and an excerpt from the book Duel in the Wilderness.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
 

George Washington
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
WH/glimpse/presidents/
html/gw1.html
Description: This is a short, two page biography of George Washington.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
 

George Washington's Farewell Address
http://www.virginia.edu
/gwpapers/
Description: This site has all of George Washington's papers, including an illustrated version of the Farewell Address. Also included are an introduction to the Address and a picture of the handwritten document.
Comments: Required reading under AB3086.
Resource Type: Primary Source Text
Graphics Content: High
 

George Washington's Home Page
http://www.virginia.edu/
~gwpapers
Description: The entire collection of George Washington's diaries and papers. When did he find the time?
Comments: This is the place if you want to know more about Washington.
Resource Type: Primary Source Text
 

I Want You! The Uncle Sam Image Gallery
http://home.nycap.rr.com/
content/unclesam.html
Description: This is a visual tour of the history of Uncle Sam in historical and current images.
Comments: A photo essay about Uncle Sam.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High

http://www.ofcn.org/cyber.serv/
academy/ace/soc/elem.html

gopher://bvsd.k12.co.us:70/11/
Educational_Resources/Lesson_
Plans/Big%20Sky/social_studies

http://www.col-ed.org/cur/

http://www.mcrel.org/
connect/plus

http://www.trinity.edu/
departments/education/
core/newplans.htm

http://talk.startribune.com/
cgi-bin/WebX.cgi?homework-
14@@.ee6b2b9  
homework help

http://www.hmco.com/hmco/
school/search/activity.html  
*Houghton Mifflin

http://www.mcrel.org/connect/
lesson.html#social

http://www.nwrel.org/sky/
Classroom/Social_Studies/
Social_Studies.html

http://www.nationalgeographic.
com/resources/ngo/education/
ideas.html

http://www.rims.k12.ca.us/SCORE/

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/  
*Houghton Mifflin supplemental
games, quizes maps

http://www.socialstudies.com/
index.html

http://www.mmhschool.com/
teach/socialstud/socstu1.html

Battle of the Battlefields
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
activity/battle/
The government has a million dollar grant to construct a new museum at the most important battlefield site of the Revolutionary War. You have been selected as a member of the Battlefield Research Analysis Group (BRAG) to select the battlefield to get the award. Competition is heavy and you must decide very carefully. 
Author: Mitch Mendosa

A Family Disrupted - The Randolph and the Coming of the American Revolution
http://www.history.org/
In the early 1760s, most colonists could not imagine separating from Great Britain. As English policies and taxes became increasingly burdensome, however, many colonists began to believe that independence from Great Britain was better than remaining a colony. The personal choice of whether to join the cause of the patriots or remain loyal to England was difficult. In some cases, the choices people made divided families. In this lesson, students will examine biographical information on several members of the Randolph family to determine the choices that each member made regarding the coming American Revolution. To access this lesson, click on "Teach History" and then "Classroom Tested Lesson Plans".
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

American Revolution - Valley Forge
http://catalog.socialstudies.com/
c/@Wmpv2OzYB_jKE/Pages/
article.html?article@revolution
This traditional lesson accesses Internet sites on the Stamp Act, Boston Tea Party, Declaration of Independence and Valley Forge for students to analyze primary sources and answer questions. The culminating activity is to write a first person acoount of a soldier at Valley Forge. 
Author: Aaron Willis

American Revolutionary War
http://people2.clarityconnect.
com/Webpages4/kcarsons/
oconunit/index.htm
Explore the American Revolutionary War using Internet resources and engaging activities. From the French and Indian War through the Articles of Conferedation, read bigoraphies of characters such as Betsy Ross and Ben Franklin, and engage in simulations and strategy games.
Author: Shannon O'Connor 

Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/
curriculum/socialstd/
Curriculum.html
Using Jean Fritz's book "Why Can't You Make Them Behave, King George," students use geographic and economic concepts to explore the causes of the American Revolution.
Author: Patricia King Robeson

Colonial Reaction to the Stamp Act
http://www.history.org/
In 1765, the British Parliament enacted the Stamp Act as a means of raising colonial tax revenues to help pay the cost of the French and Indian War in North America. The Colonists reacted against the act as an attempt to raise money in the colonies without the approval of colonial legislatures. Resistance to the act was demonstrated through debates, written documents, and mob/crowd actions. In this lesson, students will analyze several eighteenth-century documents to determine the colonial opinion of Great Britain's attempts to tax the colonists in the 1760s. To access this lesson, click on "Teach History" and then "Classroom Tested Lesson Plans". 
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Deborah Sampson
http://www.teacherlink.usu.edu/
resources/ed_lesson_plans/
famous/sampson.htm
Learn about the courage of Deborah Sampson during the American Revolution. Do a picture timeline and a mock interview.
Author: Lora Barney

Flames of Rebellion
http://library.advanced.org/
10966/index.html
The Flames of Rebellion is a strategy/war game written for the ThinkQuest competition. It is playable by two users on the internet or at one computer. Players choose either the British or the Colonials as they simulate the Revolutionary War. The object of the game is to take control of all thirteen colonies. To achieve this goal you can produce ships to blockade enemy trade and participate in naval battles, recruit armies forcibly take enemy land, and appoint your military aids such as Washington or Cornwallis to lead your men to victory. To start, simply download the flames.exe, a self-extracting archive, and install the program on your system. 
Author: Pad Haney, Andrew Spencer and Melissa Cane

Images of the American Revolution
http://www.nara.gov/
education/cc/amrev.html
Analyze eight pictures and other primary sources to find out about the American Revolution. Research and write a monologue from the perspective of one of the individuals who played a significant role during the Revolutionary period. In their speeches, they should describe significant events of the period including the Stamp Act, the Declaration of Independence, Valley Forge, and the Articles of Confederation. Note: The text in the lesson will be effective with older students but for 5th grade or English Learners, teachers need to provide the background information in a more accessible manner so that the pictures can be effectively used as a primary source.
Author: David Traill

Johnny Tremain
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/
score/Tremain/tremaintg.html
In this SCORE Langauge Arts Literature guide on Ester Forbes' book Johnny Tremain, you will work with partners or small groups and use various Web sites to investigate the people and times of the American Revolutionary War in and around Boston, Massachusetts. Choose one or all of the activities. You may take a virtual tour of Boston's Freedom Trail, and create a map of 1770's Boston. After you read about Paul Revere and visit his Boston home, you will create a pamphlet advertising his work. You will read accounts of Paul Revere's famous ride and learn the real story of that night. After reading Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, write your own stanza for that famous ballad. Read articles on Samuel Adams, John Hancock, John Adams, the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre and the Battle of Lexington then choose one person or event to prepare an oral comparison between Esther Forbes' fictional accounts and the historical facts. After researching the Sons of Liberty, write a persuasive essay in favor or against the activities of these patriot/terrorists
Author: Susan Murphy

In particular, research should focus on:
*historical background, including important dates, locations, etc.
*professional vocation
*country of origin
*state represented
*life after signing the document - consequences and results

Sample Rubric:
4 Points:  *Gathers relevant, accurate information
         *Shows thorough understanding of content
         *Exhibits outstanding insight and creativity
         *Communicates ideas clearly and effectively
         *Presentation is clear and highly informative
3 Points:  *Gathers sufficient, accurate information
         *Shows adequate understanding of content
         *Exhibits moderate insight and creativity
         *Communicates most ideas clearly and effectively
         *Presentation is understandable and provides sufficient information
2 Points:  *Gathers limited, accurate information
         *Shows partial understanding of content
         *Exhibits limited insight and creativity
         *Communicates a few ideas clearly
         *Provides very limited information
1 Point:   *Fails to gather accurate information
         *Shows little or no understanding of content
         *Does not exhibit insight or creativity
         *Does not inform the reader at all

The teacher may coordinate a unified collection of class information for a more graphic overall representation of results. A wall chart would represent suitably.

Research should reveal that several of the signers went on to participate directly in the Revolutionary War effort as soldiers. Many of the signers, in fact, suffered greatly for their convictions.

Interesting comparisons (and contrasts) may be made between representatives of different regions and age groups.
Also, it is interesting to highlight the weaknesses of some of the heroes of the past, in order to demonstrate their humanness.

Many of these ideas may be found in greater detail in the History Channel publication, "Save Our History- The Declaration of Independence." This publication is available on request through the History Channel website: 

http://historychannel.com

A map of North America is given to the student; the map shows major bodies of water, such as the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes.  The student adds narrative and routes, explaining how merchants and settlers were able to buy, sell, and transport goods over long distances.  The student gives examples of the kinds of goods being sent to market and the routes used in doing so, including the Erie Canal.