Turning Point of the Revolution

Fighting in the Middle States

• Flash cards - http://quizlet.com/19842403/fighting-in-the-middle-states-flash-cards/
• Outline - http://wilhelmsja.wikispaces.com/file/view/Ch6S3.pdf
• Notes - http://teachersites.schoolworld.com/webpages/farleyc/files/chapter%206%20section%203%20struggles%20in%20the%20middle%20states.pdf

Battle of Trenton

• British Battles - http://www.britishbattles.com/battle-trenton.htm
• Trenton and Princeton - http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-trenton-and-princeton
• Revolutionary War.net - http://www.revolutionary-war.net/battle-of-trenton.html
• American Revolution.org - http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/battledetail.aspx?battle=14
• NJ During the Revolution - http://www.doublegv.com/ggv/NJrev.html
• Reading Comprehension - http://mrnussbaum.com/readingcomp/trenton
• Land of the Brave - http://www.landofthebrave.info/battle-of-trenton.htm
• Animated video - http://www.historycentral.com/Revolt/Trenton.html
• About education - http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/americanrevolution/p/American-Revolution-Battle-Of-Trenton.htm

Battles of Saratoga

• History.com - http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battle-of-saratoga
• US history.org - http://www.ushistory.org/us/11g.asp
• British Battles - http://www.britishbattles.com/battle-saratoga.htm
• Saratoga.org - http://battle1777.saratoga.org/
• Land of the Brave - http://www.landofthebrave.info/battle-of-saratoga.htm
• Liberty! - http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_saratoga1777.html
• Ducksters - http://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/battles_of_saratoga.php
• Map - http://www.earlyamerica.com/maps/battle-saratoga-map/
• Freeman’s Farm and Bemis Heights - http://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/battles_of_saratoga.php
• Military History - http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/americanrevolution/p/saratoga.htm

Foreign Aid in the Revolution

• The French Alliance - http://www.ushistory.org/us/11h.asp
• Treaty of Alliance - http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/militarystrategies/p/American-Revolution-Treaty-Of-Alliance-1778.htm
• Foreign Officers - http://classroom.synonym.com/famous-foreign-officers-served-american-revolution-12551.html
• Foreign Aid - http://www.usahistory.info/Revolution/foreign-aid.html
• Commerce and Diplomacy - http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/2002_summer_fall/foreign_policy.htm
• European Ordeal - http://www.ushistoryscene.com/uncategorized/americanrevolutioneuropeanordeal/
• Spain in the American Revolution - http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/22894
• Spain’s contribution - http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/spain01.htm

Valley Forge

• Historic Valley Forge - http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/
• Eyewitness to History - http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/valleyforge.htm
• Washington’s Valley Forge - http://www.mountvernon.org/research-collections/digital-encyclopedia/article/valley-forge/
• Winter at Valley Forge - http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/battleswars16011800/p/valleyforge.htm

Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence

Charters of Freedom - http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html

History.com - http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/declaration-of-independence

The Heritage Foundation - http://www.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/the-declaration-of-independence

US history.org - http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/

Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/DeclarInd.html

The Final Text - http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1776-1785/the-final-text-of-the-declaration-of-independence-july-4-1776.php

Painting - http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/winter11/painting/

Principles of Freedom - http://research.history.org/pf/Index.cfm

Digital Declaration - http://neatline.org/2014/07/02/a-digital-declaration-of-independence-with-text-painting-and-map/

Creating the Declaration of Independence - http://www.oercommons.org/courses/creating-the-declaration-of-independence-interactive/view

Shot Heard 'Round the World

PROTEST TO REBELLION 1767-1774

The Townshend Acts

• Land of the Brave explanation - http://www.landofthebrave.info/townshend-acts.htm
• History.com - http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/townshend-acts
• Primary - http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/townshend.htm
• Coming of the American Revolution - http://www.masshist.org/revolution/townshend.php

Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer –

• http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1751-1775/john-dickensons-letter-2-from-letters-from-a-farmer-1767-1768.php
• http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1751-1775/john-dickensons-letter-4-from-letters-from-a-farmer-1767-1768.php

Boston Massacre

• Boston Massacre Historical Society - http://www.bostonmassacre.net/
• Revere’s Engraving - http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/massacre.html
• Coming of the American Revolution - http://www.masshist.org/revolution/massacre.php
• Preston’s Account - http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1751-1775/captain-prestons-account-of-the-boston-massacre-march-5-1770.php
• Anonymous Account - http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1751-1775/anonymous-account-of-the-boston-massacre-march-5-1770.php
• Boston Massacre Files - http://bostonhistory.org/sub/bostonmassacre/
• You Be the Judge - http://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/the-boston-massacre-you-be-the-judge/
• Who was to Blame? - http://www.history.org/history/teaching/enewsletter/volume8/sept09/teachstrategy.cfm

 Tea Act

• http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/tea-act
• http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/the-tea-act
• http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/teaactdef.htm
• http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1248.html
• http://www.landofthebrave.info/tea-act.htm

Boston Tea Party

• Have Fun with History - http://www.havefunwithhistory.com/activities/btp.html
• Read, Write, Think - http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/boston-party-took-place-20371.html
• High Tea in Boston Harbor - http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_boston1774.html
• http://www.libertyskids.com/
• The Effect - http://mrnussbaum.com/history-2-2/btparty/
• Boston Tea Party Museum - http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/?s=boston+tea+party&cat=199%2C342%2C203

Intolerable Acts

• Calami – tea - http://www.landofthebrave.info/tea-act.htm
• Definition - http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/intolerableactsdef.htm
• The die is cast - http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/the-intolerable-acts
• Political Cartoon - http://www.historywiz.com/intolerable.htm
• Related Articles - http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwar1/p/jutland.htm

Committee of Correspondence

• http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h675.html
• http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/committees-of-correspondence
• http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/committees-of-correspondence
• Primary documents - http://www.masshist.org/revolution/committees.php
• Virginia - http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/va_res_corres_1773.asp

Lexington and Concord

• US History.org - http://www.ushistory.org/us/11c.asp
• History.com - http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concord
• Kidport - http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/americanrevolution/lexingtonbattle.htm
• For Crown or Colony - http://www.mission-us.org/
• The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere - http://revolution.mrdonn.org/paulrevere.html
• The Forgotten Midnight Rider - http://historyofmassachusetts.org/william-dawes/

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I'm posting this a day early so that you can make use of these resources tomorrow.

Paddy’s Day

Class Activities

• St. Patrick’s Day for Kids and Teachers - http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Holidays/StPat/
• On EdHelper - http://www.edhelper.com/st_patricks_day.htm
• Easy Art Activities - http://www.123child.com/lessonplans/seasonal/spring/stpatricksday.php
• Saint Patrick's Day Songs, Games and Poems - http://www.dltk-holidays.com/patrick/songs/index.htm

Games

• Games - http://www.thekidzpage.com/st_patricks_day_games/games1.htm
• Puzzles - http://akidsheart.com/holidays/stpat/stgames.htm
• Lucky Clover - http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/st.patricksday/games/luckyclover/
• BlackDog Online Games - http://www.blackdog.net/holiday/pat/
• Wishing Rocks game - http://www.ziggityzoom.com/activity/irish-wishing-rocks-game-make
• Squigly’s Playhouse - http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/Holidays/StPatricks.html
• Solitaire - http://www.stpatricksdaysolitaire.com/
• Sudoku - http://www.stpatricksdaysudoku.com/

Facts

• Biography - http://www.biography.com/people/st-patrick-9434729#missionary-work
• Myths, Legends, Heroes, and Saints - http://www.irelandnow.com/myths.html
• Who Was St. Patrick - http://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day/who-was-saint-patrick
• History and Traditions - http://www.wilstar.com/holidays/patrick.htm
• Facts and Videos - http://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day
• The Leprechaun Watch - http://www.irelandseye.com/leprechaun/webcam.htm

Revolutionary Myths

Carol Berkin: Myths of the American Revolution from The Gilder Lehrman Institute on Vimeo.

The War Begins 1776 – 1777

• http://www.founding.com/timeline/pageid.2462/default.asp

Common Sense

• These are the times that try men’s souls - http://www.ushistory.org/paine/
• Text of document - http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/commonsense/text.html
• Teacher’s Guide - http://americainclass.org/thomas-paine-common-sense-1776/
• Quotations - http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Reading_Revolutions/Paine.html
• Colonists on all sides - http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/revolution/section5.rhtml

Second Continental Congress

• http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h656.html
• Explanation with primary documents - http://www.masshist.org/revolution/congress2.php
• 1774-1789 - http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/the-continental-congress
• Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms - http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1751-1775/second-continental-congress-declaration-of-the-causes-and-necessity-of-taking-up-arms-july-6-1775.php

Olive Branch Petition

• http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1263.html
• Text - http://ahp.gatech.edu/olive_branch_1775.html

Bunker Hill

• US History.org - http://www.ushistory.org/us/11d.asp
• History.com - http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battle-of-bunker-hill
• The True Story - http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-true-story-of-the-battle-of-bunker-hill-36721984/?no-ist

Battles of the Revolution

• Top 10 - http://allthingsliberty.com/2013/09/top-10-battles-revolutionary-war/
• Major Battles - http://www.revolutionary-war.net/battles-of-the-revolutionary-war.html
• Revolutionary Battles - http://www.landofthebrave.info/revolutionary-battles.htm
• Complete List - http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/americanrevolution101/a/american-revolution-battles.htm 

Celebrate Pi Day! 3.14.15 9:26:53

Pi day is March 14th and many schools will be celebrating on Friday.  How will your school mark the big day?  Here are some resources and suggestions.

1. News Hour wants to know how you're celebrating Pi Day, tweet about it!
2. The Math Forum @ Drexel activities to celebrate Pi Day.
3. Teach π.org - A one-stop Pi Day stop for teachers and number lovers.
4. The Joy of π
5. CNN - How America Celebrates Pi Day
6. Pi Day Challenge
7. Pi Day.org
8. Exploratorium: Pi Day
9. How to Celebrate Pi Day
10. Celebrate Pi Day on Math  Goodies
11. Tween Us
12. How to Type the π Symbol
13. Fun Facts about our Favorite Irrational Number
14. Visnos Interactive Teaching Resource

Resisting Control

1763 - 1766

The Navigation Acts 1763

• http://www.landofthebrave.info/navigation-acts.htm
• On United States History - http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h621.html
• Flash cards on Quizlet - http://quizlet.com/2918713/scatter

The Sugar Act 1764

• The Sugar Act and other Resources - http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/road-revolution/timeline-terms/sugar-act
• US History .org - http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sugaract.htm
• Boundless.com - https://www.boundless.com/definition/sugar-act/
• An Act with Teeth - http://www.masshist.org/revolution/flash.htm

Stamp Act 1765

• Mr. Nussbaum - http://mrnussbaum.com/history-2-2/stampact/
• Ducksters Test Quiz - http://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/the_stamp_act_questions.php
• Curriculum Pathways - https://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/Launch?id=30
• Summary - http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm
• Colonial Reaction - http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrone.cfm
• Liberty! - http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/index.html
• The Trouble with the Stamp Act - http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/stampact.htm
• Matching Taxes Game - http://www.econedlink.org/interactives/EconEdLink-interactive-tool-player.php?lid=356&filename=em356_popupActivity.swf
• Video Explanation - http://youtu.be/O9JJuVxtNOc

Quartering Act 1765

• Myths and Realities of the Quartering Act - http://boston1775.blogspot.com/2007/03/myths-and-realities-of-quartering-act.html
• History.com - http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/parliament-passes-the-quartering-act
• Timeline of the Revolutionary War - http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.htm
• Video Notes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_1zCgprfEg
• Quiz on the Acts - http://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780190216030/student/ch2/quiz/

Taxation without Representation

• Lesson - http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.php?lid=356&type=educator
• Brainpop Lesson - http://www.brainpop.com/educators/community/lesson-plan/no-taxation-without-representation-lesson-plan-causes-of-the-revolutionary-war/
• Hands-on Lesson - http://lessonplanspage.com/SSTaxationWithoutRepresentation47.htm/
• Political Cartoon - http://www.virginiamemory.com/online_classroom/shaping_the_constitution/doc/political_cartoon

Stamp Act Congress 1765

• Resolutions - http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1751-1775/the-resolutions-of-the-stamp-act-congress-october-19-1765.php
• US History.org - http://www.ushistory.org/us/10a.asp
• united states history - http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1221.html
• http://www.landofthebrave.info/stamp-act-congress.htm

Sons and Daughters of Liberty

• US History.org - http://www.ushistory.org/us/10b.asp
• Sons of Liberty - http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sons.htm
• American Revolution Stories - http://americanrevolutionstoriesabc.wikispaces.com/Sons+and+Daughters+of+Liberty
• Social Studies for Kids - http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/sonsoflibertydef.htm
• Sons and Daughters of Liberty Unite to Boycott William Jackson - http://www.masshist.org/object-of-the-month/objects/sons-and-daughters-of-liberty-unite-to-boycott-william-jackson-2008-08-01
• Terms of Estrangement: Who Were the Sons of Liberty? - http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/winter12/liberty.cfm

Declaratory Act

• US History.org - http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/declaratory.htm
• Encyclopedia Britannica - http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/155205/Declaratory-Act
• Land of the Brave - http://www.landofthebrave.info/declaratory-act.htm  

Where do you stand and why?

• Patriot, Loyalist or Neutral Lesson - https://www.converse.edu/sites/default/files/site-files/Academics/NEH/PatriotLoyalistorNeutral_YouDecide.pdf
• Political/ Editorial Cartoon - http://jewettc.wikispaces.com/MWF+11.15+-+Revolutionary+era+cartoons
• Create a Loyalist/Patriot/Neutral Fakebook page - http://www.classtools.net/FB/home-page