The American Revolution for Teachers - Free Lesson Plans and Units
These are free lesson plans and units for teachers to use in your unit study of the American Revolutionary War. Many have activities built into them. These lesson plans can be adjusted for any grade. We hope you'll find some ideas you can use.
Mr Donn's American Revolution Unit (13 lessons, grade 9)
American Revolution, Core Knowledge, free download
Liberty! The Teachers Guide, lesson plans
Museum of the American Revolution, mini lesson plans
Teacher Resource Guides - Units for Educators, Museum of the American Revolution
Teaching the American Revolution for 5th grade, lesson plans and activities
Choosing Sides: The Native Americans' Role in the American Revolution
The American War for Independence
Boston Massacre
Weigh the Evidence, the Boston Massacre
Famous Trials: The Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre - 2 days (84 minutes each)
Committees of Correspondence
How do you get people to join your cause? (lesson plan)
Common Sense, By Thomas Paine
Common Sense, a close reading - biased language, perseusive techniques
Common Sense: The Rhetoric of Popular Democracy (lesson plan)
Continental Congress
Continental Congress lesson plans
Daily Life
Daily Life during the Revolution (lesson plan)
Declaration of Independence and Other Freedom Documents
Declaration of Independence (mrdonn lesson plan)
Declaration of Independence (more lesson plans)
Constitution of the United States
Take the Quiz, interactive, with answers
Famous Folks
Heroes of the American Revolution (lesson plan)
Lexington & Concord
Fighting the War - Lexington & Concord (lesson plan)
Bunker Hill
Saratoga
Fighting the War, British Strategy - Battle of Saratoga (lesson plan)
War in the South
Fighting the War, British Strategy - War in the South (lesson plan)
Yorktown
Yorktown, the beginning of the end (lesson plan)
Treaty of Paris, 1783
How did the colonists win the war? (short lesson)
See Also:
Free Classroom Activities and Hands on Projects for Teachers for the American Revolution
Free Interactive Games and Activities for Kids for the American Revolution
Ask Mr. Donn - Take the Quiz, interactive review, with answers
Explore American History
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Creating a New Nation
- New World Explorers
- Native Americans in Olden Times
- The 13 Colonies
- Road to Revolution
- The American Revolution
Creating a New Government
Western Expansion
- Jefferson and theNew Republic
- Louisiana Purchase
- Lewis & Clark
- War of 1812
- Monroe Doctrine
- Manifest Destiny
- The Oregon Trail
- Wagon Trains
- Pioneer Life & Frontier Life
- Trail of Tears
- The Alamo 1836, Texas Revolution
- Mexican - American War 1846-1848
- Gold Rush
Brink of the Storm and the Civil War
- Events Leading up to the American Civil War
- The Industrial Revolution
- American Civil War - 1861-1865
- People of the Civil War - Lincoln, Davis, Grant, Lee, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Dred Scott and more
- 13th Amendment ending slavery forever
- Reconstruction, Carpetbaggers & Scalawags
- 14th & 15th Amendments
Growth in the West
The Nation Grows
World War I, The Great War
The Roaring 20s
The Great Depression
World War II
Slavery in America
Segregation for Kids - Civil Rights
US Holidays
QUIZZES - Interactive, with Answers for Student Review
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Free for Classroom Use - American History Powerpoints and Presentations
American History Lesson Plans, Units, Activities, Projects for Teachers