American Revolution

Students will read excerpts of Thomas Paine's Common Sense and answer 15 questions. They will also define or identify 6 words and complete a news headlines and snippet preview task. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a...

Students will read 2 primary sources on the Boston Tea Party from the American Revolution (Revolutionary War) and answer 12 questions for one and 17 for the other. They will then analyze 5 images by responding to 7 prompts and completing a creative...

Students will read an account about George Washington crossing the Delaware during the American Revolution and answer 11 questions. They will then pick another battle from the war and write a similar account of it (balancing historical responsibility and...

Students will read and analyze excerpts from Ben Franklin's Albany Plan of Union by responding to 14 questions and creative tasks. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a sub! The historical spelling and grammar has been...

Students will read a Patriot's account and a British account from the Revolutionary War (American Revolution) of the Battle of Lexington, answer 18 questions, and compare and contrast the accounts. They will then complete 2 extension tasks and analyze 6...

Students will analyze the Declaration of Independence and related images with these 4 activities. In one, students read the complete text, answer 15 questions and analyze 9 images. In the second, students read an account of when and how the Declaration...

Students will review the events of the Revolutionary War, as well as relevant political and physical geography related to the American Revolution by completing this map activity. There are 27 labels and tasks for the map and then 10 questions to answer...

THIS POWERPOINT COVERS: Causes of the American Revolution Review of the French and Indian War  Mercantilism and taxation The Sugar Act (1764) The Stamp Act (1765) The Quartering Act (1765) "No taxation without representation" The Townshend...

Gamify your American Revolution review with this editable Jeopardy-esque review game!   *Students do not have to answer with a question in this version as I frequently have students quite concerned with how to word their response, when I want them...

  This PowerPoint Lesson (51 slides) Includes: Learning intentions Essential Question: How did power shift in North America after the French and Indian War? Brief warm up review of colonial America Causes of the French and Indian...

This 100 PAGE resource set for the American Revolution includes: notes organizers (NOTES FOLLOW THIS POWERPOINT), map activities, profiles of important figures, writing prompts, a game guide for a digital simulation game over the causes of the American...

Use this engaging U.S. History PowerPoint lesson to get your students excited about the American Revolutionary War. This PowerPoint includes the road to the American Revolution and causes (mercantilism, taxation, lack of representation, the Boston...