The American Revolution

The American Revolution
An Internet Hotlist on American Revolution

created by Martha Skiles
Hill MS, Lynwood and Loma Verde

Introduction | For students | For teachers

Introduction
In addition to using books and magazines to find out about American Revolution, why not also use the power of the Internet? The links below will get you started.

The Internet Resources

EBSCO magazine resource database - Hill only: get user name and password from library staff.
World Book online - Hill only: user names and passwords for school use and home use differ. Get both from library staff.

For students

An American Revolution hotlist - Challenging list of webpages that are useful to your topic. You may want to collect a partner to surf through this choice.
HAVE SOME FUN - Ideas for teachers..fun for the students! This site teaches the American Revolutionary war by involving you and your students in activities, activities, activities. Don't reinvent the wheel, give this one a try.
History Central - Gives historical foundations to support ideas about the causes of the American Revolution. Also links to biographies of U.S. presidents and their wives.
Little known facts about the American Revolution - This site puts some historical information into a modern perspective that enables you to relate to the revolution in a more practical way. There are some surprises in store for you.
Revolutionary webquest - Highlights events surrounding the American Revolution. Includes many graphics that divide the text and makes the site fairly easy to use.
The American Revolution according to History Place - Gives an overview of the American Revolution by offering annotated comments as assigned to dates on a timeline. Includes an interesting first hand look at the Boston Tea Party as told by an eyewitness.
The American Revolution according to Kidport - In our quest for independence, this site previews events leading to the American Revolution. For fun, you can take a quiz to see how much you have learned.
The American Revolution according to PBS - Great source for information for both students and teachers.
The American Revolution according to U.S. History - The links are what makes this site work so well. View the Congress of websites menu and take a walk to discover prominent figures, highlights of events leading to the war, sequentially listed names and important events leading to, during, and after the war. There is a 'for kids' section that is more interactive and fun to explore as well.
The American Revolution according to kids - Easy for students. There are even ideas for teachers. And, blessings indeed, the links work on NUSD computers.
The American Revolution for kids - Look and see what other students have done with your topic. Made by kids.
The American Revulution according to Education World - Provides brief descriptors and links to events and locales of the American Revolution. There are also ideas for teachers to use to create lessons for their students.

For teachers

FOR TEACHERS: American Revolution for teachers - Some ideas to ponder.
FOR TEACHERS: American Revolution hotlist - Some more ideas to ponder. Careful, some links are blocked by our filters.
FOR TEACHERS: teacher's resource page - Provides lesson and activity ideas about the American Revolution.

Content by Martha Skiles, mskiles@nusd.org
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listamericanma4.html
Last revised Wed Dec 12 11:16:34 US/Pacific 2007