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Resource Type: DocumentYoung America Lesson Plan: George Washington
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, The American Revolution, Visual ArtsIn this lesson, students use a combination of artwork, everyday objects, and primary sources to learn about George Washington’s ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy Do We Remember Revere? Paul Revere's Ride in History and Literature
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Literature, 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 / HyperLinkWhat Made George Washington a Good Military Leader? What Are the Qualities of a Good Military Leader
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, HumanitiesIn 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: United States History, History-Social Science, HumanitiesIn 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: One Last Measure of the M
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, HumanitiesIn 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 / HyperLinkWhat Made George Washington a Good Military Leader? Leadership in Victory and Defeat
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, 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 / HyperLinkWe the People: A History
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: United States HistoryThis Discovery Education lesson will help students: Identify the reasons the colonies fought the American Revolution. Describe...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Pictures to Build Schema for Social Studies Content
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, student groups analyze images of the Boston Massacre. They study Paul Revere's engraving of ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnderstanding American Values
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States HistoryThis Discovery Education lesson will help students: Students will identify events that led to the American Revolution. Studen...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThomas Jefferson
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Branches of Government, Geography, United States, History-Social Science and 2 additional..Thomas Jefferson explores the extraordinary legacy of Thomas Jefferson as a founding father, farmer, slaveholder, scholar, diplo...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Road to Revolution Game
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this online game, from the PBS series, Liberty! The American Revolution, students assess their knowledge about the Revolution...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Papers of George Washington
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceThis resource provides extensive links to George Washington s correspondence. There are letters written to Washington as well a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Jefferson Desk
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis object-based learning activity revolves around the desk on which Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence. ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Electric Ben Franklin
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, United States History, History-Social ScienceThe remarkable Benjamin Franklin, a printer by trade, a scientist by fame, and a man of action by all accounts, continues to sha...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Boston Tea Party took place in 1773.
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Students create a political cartoon for the Boston Tea Party and use the interactive Comic Creator to publish them.Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Boston Tea Party: Costume Optional?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: United States History, Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, 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 / HyperLinkThe Boston Massacre
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis Archiving Early America Web page provides a look at Paul Revere s most famous engraving, which depicts the Boston Massacre....Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Avalon Project: Patrick Henry
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis resource, from the Avalon Project at Yale University, features the text of Patrick Henry s famous Give Me Liberty or Give ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTeacher's Guide to Independence National Historical Park
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Geography, United States History, United States, History-Social ScienceTeacher's Guide to Independence National Historical Park helps teachers plan a trip to see Independence Hall, Congress Hall, Old...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTaxation Without Representation?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: United States History, Economics, History-Social ScienceThis EconEdLink lesson takes students through the series of tax acts that were enacted by the British government and disputed by...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0