Paul Revere’s Ride in
Google Earth
On the evening and early morning of April 18th and 19th, 1775, Paul Revere
made one of the most famous rides by horseback to carry out a specific
mission. Use the RevereRide.kmz file to create placemarks and answer the
following questions. You can open the RevereRide file in LClass Shares >
Glavan > Glavan >RevereRide.kmz. Each of the placemarks will be identified
with a number for the icon.
When you open RevereRide.kmz it will put it into your temporary Places file. Move it into your “My Places” and
rename it with your initials in the front of the name. (control click on the file name)
Here is a link that you can start with to help you answer the below questions:
https://www.paulreverehouse.org/
• Placemark #1: Who sent Paul Revere on this mission? Create a placemark at Paul Revere’s home,
which includes the name of the person who sent him on the mission the purpose of this mission
and the address of his home. Put the information in the description area.
• Placemark #2: Paul Revere crossed a river by boat to begin his journey. There is currently a bridge in
this location. Create a placemark that shows where he crossed and include the name of the river.
• Placemark #3: Paul Revere notified many citizens along his route about the British coming, but who
was he specifically going to see? Create a placemark that marks the location of the house that
includes the name of the house and whom he would find at that location.
• Placemark #4: Paul Revere joined up with two other people to go to another town, but ultimately
they were stopped by the British at a roadblock. Mark the location of the roadblock and list the
names of Revere’s companions. Which ones were captured?
• Placemark #5: Early on the morning of April 19th, Paul Revere witnessed part of a battle. Mark the
name and location of this battle.
• Placemark #6: Paul Revere’s ride has been made famous by a poem written 75 years after the event.
Mark the location of the lanterns “One if by land, and two if by sea” that Revere had arranged the
previous weekend. Name the building as the marker name. Include in your placemark the name of
the poem’s author and the publication it was printed in.
• Placemark #7: Paul Revere’s ride took a little over two hours. Using the ruler tool in Google Earth,
measure the path of his ride: Revere’s Ride.kmz. Create a placemark where the village of Menotomy
was (which is currently called something different). List the distance of this famous ride and the
current name of the town.
Once you have finished everything, save the RevereRide file to your Illustration Tech folder. Drop it
in the drop box.