Lessons- Internet
First read the Chronicles of the Revolution to learn about the important events in the American Revolution. Then take the online quiz to see how much you've learned.
Introduction: Pretend you can travel back in time to the earliest days of our country's history. You could experience what life was like in a land ripe with new possibilities for religious, economic, and political opportunities. Would you arrive in this new world as a slave, a farmer, a woman, or an artisan?
Mission: You are a slave in colonial Virginia owned by a staunch Loyalist. As a Loyalist, he will soon leave Virginia and move to London. Your new master will be his son, a Patriot. Your errands take you to both Loyalist and Patriot homes and businesses in Williamsburg. Your master has told you to keep your eyes and ears open for any information about the rebellion that might be useful to the British. Because your master is such an outspoken Loyalist, Patriots have also promised to pay you for any information you can gather about the British. But, as a slave, you wonder if either side really
deserves your help, since both sides support slavery. Eventually you'll have to choose sides. There are eight secrets to uncover, so be sure to talk with everybody you meet. When you've gathered all the secrets, it's time for you to choose: Revolution or not?
Project Integrate Teacher Created Scavenger Hunt Students located information on the Freedom Trail website to answer the questions on the worksheet. |
Lessons- Technology
Timeline: Assign each student an event leading to the Revolution. Students use Kid Pix to illustrate the event and write a sentence describing it. Put all the slides together into a class slide show.
Continental or British Sorting Worksheet: Student open the template in Kid Pix and use the Moving Van tool to move the words to the appropriate column. Directions for downloading: Click the link above to
view the sample. Click and hold on the picture (or Right Click for Windows computers) and choose COPY IMAGE. Open Kid Pix Studio Deluxe. Click the KID PIX window for a new picture. Click EDIT and PASTE
Famous People of the Revolution Reports Students research a famous person of the Revolution and use either Netscape Composer to create a web page or Kid Pix or HyperStudio to create a presentation. Students can also draw pictures of their person, take a digital picture of their drawing, and insert it into their web page or presentation. As a Web Page: For a web page template: Have the students open Netscape Composer. Then click this link and choose FILE, EDIT PAGE
As a HyperStudio: Click here to download a sample template (Click and HOLD (or Right Click for Windows) and choose DOWNLOAD LINK TO DISK (Explorer) or SAVE THIS LINK AS (Netscape). Save the stack to your SAVE folder. Then open HyperStudio and choose FILE and OPEN and navigate to your SAVE folder
As a Kid Pix Slide Show: |
Internet Resources- Teacher
Ideas for activities to help teach the Revolutionary War.
Students match the fact to the correct flag... American or British
Students match the meaning of the colonists complaints against King George as they are worded in the Declaration of Independence.
Ideas for teaching the Revolutionary War
In class activities and an online quiz for each event leading to the revolution. |
Internet Resources- Student
Learn all about George Washington |
