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Use this link for a short timeline of the Revolutionary War:
http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/tline.asp
This one is good, too: http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_timeline.html
This is the link for “The American Revolution” from the National Park Service. Many of the
battlegrounds, meeting halls, churches & historic homes of the Founding Fathers have been preserved
as National Parks. Check out all the possibilities! Start with the tour & then choose a state to visit with
a revolutionary war park or battleground. I recommend either Massachusetts or Pennsylvania to get
started.
http://www.nps.gov/revwar/revolutionary_parks/overview.html
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This is another listing of National Parks with Colonial or Revolutionary historical significance:
http://www.nps.gov/revwar/contact/park_info.html
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This page has links broken down by state & includes famous homes, with a brief description of why the
site is important:
http://www.revwar.com/battles/sites.html
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This listing has eyewitness accounts of historic events in the Revolutionary Era
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/18frm.htm
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This page has a lot of biographical information about the Founding Fathers & their world:
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/doi/
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This page has TONS of links to famous people, their houses, the battlefields, & all sorts of information.
Make sure you scroll down to the bottom of the page.
http://www.lesdwebquests.org/WEBQUEST2/PRORES.HTM
http://www.ushistory.org/tour/index.html -- A tour of historic Philadelphia
http://www.cityofboston.gov/freedomtrail/
-- A tour of historic Boston
http://www.monticello.org/ (The Home of Thomas Jefferson)
http://www.paulreverehouse.org/
http://www.gunstonhall.org/
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Home of George Mason, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence
This site is just for curiosity’s sake – explore it only AFTER you’ve finished your project. It covers the
stories behind some of the famous quotes and legends about the Revolutionary War:
http://www.historycentral.com/revolt/stories.html
8th Grade Social Studies: Green Team
A Virtual Tour of The Revolutionary War: What Would You Choose to Visit?
You are a tour guide. You have been asked to design “the perfect” tour of famous Revolutionary War
landmarks. Your clients are interested in learning as much as possible about the American Revolution. They
want to see where the major events happened and the homes of famous people of the era. It is your job to
suggest the best places to go visit. You need to choose 10 sites and describe what they are, why they are
important (i.e. what happened there); & why you chose that site. You should write a 4 sentence paragraph
answering these questions for EACH site you choose. Also, for each landmark, make sure you label it, copy a
picture & give the web address of the site.
Format:
You may simply write a description next to the picture & title of the landmark. Do use 12 pt. font. Save your
work frequently. Aim to finish at least 4 landmarks per day. You may handwrite this, in which case you should
create a Word file to save a small picture for each document so you can add it to your description.
Hints:
Check out the timeline of the Revolutionary War to help you organize your work. The tour does not have to be
chronological, but it will help you to know (& write down) WHEN an event occurred.
Do try to get a variety of different kinds of landmarks: military/battlegrounds; historically important buildings &
the homes of famous people.
The goal of this is to help you explore some of the resources that are available to students of American History. I
didn’t include the hundreds of museums and libraries of documents. We’ll save those for another foray into the
past!
Time: We will have three days using the computers to complete this project. You may also work on it at home;
however, every day in the lab I will need a list of which sites you have completed. This project will be due AFTER
the winter break…however; I do not expect you to work on this over the break. Due date: January 10th, 2012