Battle of Bunker Hill
 pg. 80 in textbook
 http://www.ducksters.com/history/battle_of_bunker_hill.php(overview)
 http://library.thinkquest.org/10966/data/bunker.shtml(overview)
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http://www.hobart.k12.in.us/cside/American%20Revolution/revwar/bunkhill.htm(ove
rview)
 http://www.masshist.org/bh/timeline.html(timeline)
 http://www.masshist.org/bh/essay.html(essay by a historian)
 http://www.masshist.org/bh/accounts.html(primary sources)
 http://www.masshist.org/bh/maps.html(maps & views of Boston)
 Liberty Kids video #9 on class website
Henry Knox Gets Cannons From Fort Ticonderoga
 pg. 81 in textbook
 http://massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=29(overview)
 http://massmoments.org/primary_source.cfm?mid=29(primary source)
 http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/services/KnoxTrail/kthistory.html(timeline)
 http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/he/Henry_Knox(biography of Henry Knox)
 http://www.fortticonderoga.org/(Fort Ticonderoga then & now)
 Liberty Kids video #11 on class website
Siege of Boston & General William Howe
 pg. 81 in textbook
 http://massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=83(overview)
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http://www.hobart.k12.in.us/cside/American%20Revolution/revwar/dorchest.htm(ove
rview)
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http://www.newenglandtravelplanner.com/go/ma/boston/sights/dorchester_hts.html(D
orchester Heights memorial)
 http://massmoments.org/primary_source.cfm?mid=83(secondary source)
 http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/mpitcher.htm(biography)
 http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/williamhowedef.htm(biography)
 Liberty Kids video #15 on class website
Olive Branch Petition
 pg. 82 in textbook

http://www.hobart.k12.in.us/cside/American%20Revolution/revwar/olivebra.htm(ove
rview)
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http://www.learner.org/workshops/primarysources/revolution/docs/olive.html(primar
y source)
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http://www.schooltube.com/video/0528f94b33011a5a1b38/The-Olive-BranchPetition-The-Kings-Response(video - the King’s response)
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-george-refuses-olive-branchpetition(overview)
http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/olive-branch-petition.html(loads of
facts - do not play the game during class time)
Thomas Paine & Common Sense
 pg. 82 in textbook

http://www.hobart.k12.in.us/cside/American%20Revolution/revwar/comsense.htm(ov
erview)
 http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/thomaspaine1.htm(overview click next to see second page)
 http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=38(primary source)
 http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/commonsense/summary.html(summary of the
document)
 http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/paine.html(summary of Paine)
 Liberty Kids video #12 on class website
Thomas Jefferson’s Natural Rights
 pg. 83 in textbook
 http://www.ushistory.org/paine/(biography)
Declaration of Independence (focus on what the letter says; another person will share
about debating & voting & adopting & signing it)
 pg. 83 in textbook
 http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/popup_declaration.html(summary)
 http://www.ducksters.com/history/declaration_of_independence.php(overview)

http://www.hobart.k12.in.us/cside/American%20Revolution/revwar/decind.htm(over
view)
 http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trt001.html(primary source)
 Liberty Kids video #13 on class website
July 4th 1776 (focus on debating & voting & adopting & signing it, not on what the
letter says)
 pg. 84 in textbook
 http://holidays.kaboose.com/july4-why.html(overview)
 http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_philadelphia1776.html(excellent
description)
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http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_join_the_signers.html(informat
ion about the signers)
 http://colonialhall.com/biodoi.php(biographies of the signers)
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Us_declaration_independen
ce_signatures.jpg(photo of the signatures)
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trt001.html(primary source)
http://www.blackpast.org/?q=primary/declaration-independence-and-debate-overslavery-1776(debate over slavery)
Liberty Kids video #13 on class website
African Americans in the Revolutionary War & the Dunmore Proclamation
 http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/grant.html(summary)
 http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchaadun.cfm(summary)
 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2h42.html(Explanation of Dunmore
Proclamation)
 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p53.html(Free Black Patriots)
 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p51.html(Black Revolutionary Sailors)
 http://www.americanrevolution.org/firstri.html(First Rhode Island Regiment)
 Liberty Kids video #4 on class website
Battle of New York
 pg. 91 in textbook
 http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/nyc/books/bkd/wklyrdr/u2_article2.shtml(great
overview)

http://www.hobart.k12.in.us/cside/American%20Revolution/revwar/newyork.htm(ov
erview)
 Liberty Kids video #14 on class website
 See Mrs. Peters about an additional video!
General George Washington (focus on his leadership & how his tactics changed)
 throughout chapter 7 in textbook
 http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/washington.html(summary)
 http://fi.edu/franklin/statsman/wshngtn.html(brief overview)
 http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/washington/george2.html(detailed overview)
 Liberty Kids video #11 on class website
Thomas Paine & The Crisis (also called The American Crisis)
 pg. 92 in textbook
 http://www.ushistory.org/paine/(biography)
 http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/thomaspaine1.htm(overview click next to see second page)
 http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=2328(primary
source)
 http://www.bookrags.com/research/the-crisis-by-thomas-paine-arrl-04/(summary of
the document)
 http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/paine.html(summary of Paine)

Liberty Kids video #18 on class website
Washington Crossing the Delaware
 pg. 92 in textbook
 http://www.ducksters.com/history/crossing_the_delaware.php(overview)
 http://www.ushistory.org/washingtoncrossing/index.htm(National Park site)
 Liberty Kids video #19 on class website
Battle of Trenton & the Hessians
 pg. 92 in textbook
 http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/hessians.html(summary of the Hessians)

http://www.hobart.k12.in.us/cside/American%20Revolution/revwar/trenton.htm(over
view)
 http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_trenton1776.html(excellent description)
British General John Burgoyne & the Battle of Saratoga
 pg. 93-94 in textbook
 http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/nyc/books/bkd/wklyrdr/u2_article3.shtml(great
overview)

http://www.hobart.k12.in.us/cside/American%20Revolution/revwar/saratoga.htm(ove
rview)
 http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/burgoyne.html(summary)
 http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_saratoga1777.html(excellent description)
 Liberty Kids video #23 on class website
Winter at Valley Forge
 pg. 94-95 in textbook

http://www.hobart.k12.in.us/cside/American%20Revolution/revwar/vforge.htm(overv
iew)
 http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/mpitcher.htm(brief description)
 Liberty Kids video #24 on class website
Marquis de Lafayette (focus on his role in the military, mostly at Valley Forge)
 pg. 94-95 in textbook
 http://www.nps.gov/vafo/historyculture/lafayette.htm(overview of Lafayette)
 http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/delafayette.html(summary)
Baron Von Steuben (focus on his role in the military, mostly at Valley Forge)
 pg. 94-95 in textbook
 http://www.nps.gov/vafo/historyculture/vonsteuben.htm(overview of Von Steuben)
 Liberty Kids video #24 on class website
Battle of Monmouth
 pg. 95 in textbook

http://www.hobart.k12.in.us/cside/American%20Revolution/revwar/monmouth.htm(o
verview)

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/virtual_tours/monmouth_battlefield.html(
Monmouth Battlefield State Park)
 Liberty Kids video #26 on class website
Molly Pitcher & Women in the American Revolution
 http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/mpitcher.htm(overview)
 http://www2.lhric.org/spbattle/wohist.html(contributions of women)
 http://www.earlyamerica.com/molly_pitcher.html(video)
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Pitcher(overview)
Benedict Arnold’s Treason
 http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/arnold.html(overview)
 http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/arnoldsleg.html(Benedict Arnold’s leg)
 http://www.notablebiographies.com/An-Ba/Arnold-Benedict.html(biography)
 Liberty Kids video #32 on class website
Battle of Charleston & the Swamp Fox
 pg. 96 in textbook

http://www.hobart.k12.in.us/cside/American%20Revolution/revwar/1charles.htm(ove
rview)
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http://www.hobart.k12.in.us/cside/American%20Revolution/revwar/2charles.htm(ove
rview)
Waxhaw’s Massacre
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waxhaws(overview)
British General Charles Cornwallis & the Battle of Camden, SC
 pg. 97 in textbook
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Camden(overview)
 http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/lccornwallis.htm(info on Cornwallis)
Daniel Morgan & the Battle of Cowpens
 http://www.apples4theteacher.com/socialstudies/american-history/nathanaelgreene/daniel-morgan.html(biography of Morgan)
 http://www.nps.gov/cowp/historyculture/the-battle-of-cowpens.htm(overview)
 http://battleofcowpens.com/(overview)
Help from the French
 pg. 96 in textbook
 http://people.csail.mit.edu/sfelshin/saintonge/frhist.html(overview)
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_in_the_American_Revolutionary_War(details)

http://www.blurbwire.com/topics/France_in_the_American_Revolutionary_War::sub:
:French_Involvement(lots of details)
 http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/history/alliance_washington.html(details about
when France enters the war)
Battle of Yorktown & Cornwallis’s Surrender
 focus on the battle but not the end result—the next topic belongs to someone else
 pg. 96-97 in textbook

http://www.hobart.k12.in.us/cside/American%20Revolution/revwar/yorktown.htm(ov
erview)
 http://www.ducksters.com/history/battle_of_yorktown.php(overview)
 http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_yorktown1781.html(excellent description)
 http://www.nps.gov/yonb/historyculture/index.htm(overview)
Treaty of Paris
 pg. 100 in textbook
 http://www.ducksters.com/history/treaty_of_paris.php(overview)

http://www.hobart.k12.in.us/cside/American%20Revolution/revwar/pofparis.htm(ove
rview)
 http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/franklin-treaty.html(primary source)
http://explorepahistory.com/story.php?storyId=1-9-11
PA and The Revolution
http://military.discovery.com/history/revolutionary-war/weapons/weapons.html
Weapons of The Revolution
http://www.britishbattles.com/american-revolution.htm
Battle links are on the left side
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/women_american_revolution/
Women of The Rev
http://www.masshist.org/adams/?goto=adams
John Adams