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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOne If By Land, and Two If By Sea!
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, Geography, History-Social Science, United States History, English-Language ArtsThis Xpeditions lesson introduces students to various places associated with the American Revolutionary War. Students use histor...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDeclare the Causes: The Declaration of Independence
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: History-Social Science, Writing Strategies, United States History, English-Language Arts, American DemocracyIn this unit of eight lessons, from EDSITEment, the propensity to complain is used to increase student awareness of the preceden...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGeorge Washington: The Living Symbol
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Writing Strategies, United States History, Humanities, English-Language ArtsThe goals of this lesson, from EDSITEment, are to examine the life and legend of George Washington as reflected in his writings ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkColonial Broadsides and the American Revolution
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Literature, History-Social Science, United States History, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students become familiar with broadsides from the American Revolution. Broadsides were notices ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkColonial Broadsides: A Student-Created Play
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Theatre, History-Social Science, Visual Arts, United States History, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students use the resources of the Library of Congress's Printed Ephemera Collection to experien...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNot Only Paul Revere: Other Riders of the American Revolution
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Literature, History-Social Science, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension and 2 additional..This lesson, from EDSITEment, contains four activities for students to compliment their appreciation of Paul Revere's celebrated...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Boston Tea Party: Costume Optional?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, Writing Strategies, United States History, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from EDSITEment, contains three activities for students to study the events of the Boston Tea Party of 1776 and ref...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy Do We Remember Revere? Paul Revere's Ride in History and Literature
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Literature, History-Social Science, United States History, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students examine the essential differences between Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's account of Paul...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJefferson vs. Franklin: Renaissance Men
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, American Democracy, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students explore the interests and achievements of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. They...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJefferson vs. Franklin: Revolutionary Philosophers
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, American DemocracyIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students deepen their understanding of the documents crucial to the birth of United States demo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBattling for Liberty: Tecumseh's and Patrick Henry's Language of Resistance
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, extends the study of Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech to demonstrate ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA President's Home and the President's House
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: History-Social Science, Engineering & Design, United States History, Visual Arts, American DemocracyIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students take virtual tours of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home in ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMyth and Truth: Independence Day
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, History-Social Science, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension and 2 additional..This ReadWriteThink lesson explores all the dates and stories associated with the Declaration of Independence. Students learn ab...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTaxation Without Representation?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Economics, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis EconEdLink lesson takes students through the series of tax acts that were enacted by the British government and disputed by...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat Made George Washington a Good Military Leader? What Are the Qualities of a Good Military Leader
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Humanities, United States HistoryIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students study General Washington's early military career and consider...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat Made George Washington a Good Military Leader? Powers and Problems
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Humanities, United States HistoryIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students study General Washington's handling of the problems he faced ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat Made George Washington a Good Military Leader? Leadership in Victory and Defeat
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, HumanitiesIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students evaluate the military leadership of General Washington by stu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat Made George Washington a Good Military Leader? Leadership in Victory: One Last Measure of the M
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Humanities, United States HistoryIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students study General Washington's response to the Newburgh Conspirac...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBoston Tea Party
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the Boston Tea Party, which occurred in 1773 when a group of activist colonists disguise...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIt's Independence Day! Or Is It?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the events leading up to the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence in 1776. A ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0