Franklin in Paris and the End of the War

End of the War –

1. Timeline of the Revolutionary War - http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.htm
2. The End of the Revolutionary War - http://blog.oup.com/2013/09/washington-end-revolutionary-war/
3. An Unlikely Victory - http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/revwar-77.htm
4. Ending the War - http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/ending-war-1783
5. The End and the Beginning - http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/revolutionarywar3.htm
6. 1775-1783 - http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/revolution/section7.rhtml
7. Surrender at Yorktown - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/oct19.html

Treaty of Paris –

1. Text - http://americanhistory.about.com/od/revolutionarywar/a/treaty_of_paris.htm
2. Text - http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/paris.asp
3. Our Documents - http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=6
4. Franklin - http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/franklin/franklin-treaty.html
5. British/American Relations - http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/british/brit-2.html
6. Treaty of Paris Ratified - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan14.html
7. Milestones 1776-1783 - https://history.state.gov/milestones/1776-1783/treaty

Map the War

1. ZeeMaps - https://www.zeemaps.com/
2. Google Map Maker - https://support.google.com/mapmaker/?hl=en#topic=3180752
3. Click 2 Map - http://www.click2map.com/free_map_creator
4. Animaps - http://www.animaps.com/#!home
5. Scribble Maps - http://scribblemaps.com/
6. Quick Maps - http://quikmaps.com/
7. Umapper - http://www.umapper.com/
8. Mapfaire - http://www.mapfaire.com/
9. World Map - http://worldmap.harvard.edu/maps/new
10. GmapGIS - http://www.gmapgis.com/
11. Map Fab - http://www.mapfab.com/editor/new

Serving, Spies, and the Navy

Women in the Revolution

• 10 Amazing Women - http://allthingsliberty.com/2013/10/10-amazing-women-revolutionary-war/
• Revolutionary War Women - http://www.revolutionary-war.net/revolutionary-war-women.html
• Amazing Women in War - http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets.html
• National Women’s History - https://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/spies/2.htm
• The Roles of Women - http://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-roles-of-women-in-the-revolutionary-war/
• Women’s Service - http://www.history.org/history/teaching/enewsletter/volume7/nov08/women_revarmy.cfm
• Women in the Revolution - http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/revolution/women.htm
• Women Spies and Heroes - http://claireseraphinaoliviaamericanrev.weebly.com/women-spies-and-heroes.html

African Americans in the Revolution

• Africans in America - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2narr4.html
• Teacher Reference Sheet - http://www.history.org/history/teaching/enewsletter/volume5/images/reference_sheet.pdf
• Maybe for Freedom - http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/autumn07/slaves.cfm
• Photo Essay - http://www.oxfordaasc.com/public/features/archive/0907/photo_essay.jsp?page=1
• Slavery and the Revolutionary War - http://www.revolutionary-war.net/slavery-and-the-revolutionary-war.html
• Liberty to Slaves - http://ncpedia.org/history/usrevolution/african-americans
• Blacks during the American Revolution - http://fas-history.rutgers.edu/clemens/AfricanAmericansRevolution.html
• Black Soldiers and Sailors - http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/2004_summer_fall/soldiers.htm
• US Army - http://www.army.mil/article/97705/Black_Soldiers_in_the_Revolutionary_War/
• Brothers in Arms - http://www.thefreedomtrail.org/educational-resources/article-brothers-in-arms.shtml
• No Clear Choice - http://www.usnews.com/news/national/articles/2008/06/27/for-blacks-there-was-no-clear-choice
• Seamen - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p51.html

The Navy

• War at Sea - http://www.usahistory.info/south/sea.html
• Naval History - http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/American_Revolution,_naval_history
• First naval force - http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/continental-congress-authorizes-first-naval-force
• John Paul Jones - http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/john-paul-jones-and-the-naval-battles-of-the-revolutionary-war.html
• Strengths and Weaknesses - http://www.ushistory.org/us/11a.asp
• A Naval History - http://www.americanrevolution.org/navindex.php
• At Sea - http://www.awiatsea.com/
• Privateers - http://www.nps.gov/revwar/about_the_revolution/privateers.html
• Privateers and Mariners - http://www.usmm.org/revolution.html
• US Naval Power - http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/25036
• Video - http://www.havefunwithhistory.com/movies/Navy1.html
• Champlain Valley - http://www.lcmm.org/shipwrecks_history/history/history_revolution.htm

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