List of Research materials for American Revolution Information Writing piece
Topics: Taxes/Acts in the Colonies, Early Conflicts, and Early Battles
Library resources:
https://sites.google.com/a/easthanoverschools.org/frank-j-smith-central-elementary-schoollibraries/home/central/pathfinders/american-revolution
Additional sites:
http://www.earlyamerica.com/
http://mrnussbaum.com/amflash/
Library Resources
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Library books - provided by Dana Cherna
Book Author
Book Title
Bock, Judy & Rachel
Kranz
Burgan, Michael
Scholastic Encyclopedia of the United States
Burleigh, Robert
American Moments: Scenes from American History
Carter, Alden R.
The American Revolution
Gragg, Rod
The Declaration of Independence
Kimmel, Heidi
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
Ritchie, Donald A.
American History: The Early Years to 1877
Trueit, Trudi Stein
The Boston Tea Party
Wade, Linda R.
Final Years of the American Revolution
Wade, Linda R.
Leaders of the American Revolution
2 copies
The Declaration of Independence
World Almanac Online
EBSCO
Videos
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/americanrevolution/
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/declarationofindependence/
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/causesoftheamericanrevolution/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-9pDZMRCpQ#t=112 - School House Rock video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1El-guPeEo - educational video about Paul Revere’s ride
Liberty Kids videos on Youtube
Reader's Theater - Plays
See resources in Google drive folder
French and Indian War
http://mrnussbaum.com/fiwarint/
http://www.revolutionarywaranimated.com/French.swf
http://www.wqed.org/tv/specials/the-war-that-made-america/timeline.html
Primary source http://www.smithsoniansource.org/display/primarysource/viewdetails.aspx?TopicId=&PrimarySourceId=1186
Boston Massacre
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1751-1775/captain-prestons-account-of-the-boston-massacre-march-51770.php - primary source
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1751-1775/anonymous-account-of-the-boston-massacre-march-51770.php - primary source
Boston Tea Party
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/teaparty.htm
http://www.boston-tea-party.org/
Taxation Acts
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1751-1775/soame-jenyns-the-objections-to-the-taxation-considerd1765.php - primary source
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1751-1775/soame-jenyns-the-objections-to-the-taxation-considerd1765.php - primary source
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1751-1775/william-pitts-speech-on-the-stamp-act-january-14-1766.php primary source
Primary source – article about taxes Pennsylvania Gazette
http://www.smithsoniansource.org/display/primarysource/viewdetails.aspx?PrimarySourceId=1004
Lexington and Concord
(http://ahp.gatech.edu/midnight_ride_1775.html) - Revere account of Midnight ride
Declaration of Independence
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm
http://www.landofthebrave.info/declaration-of-independence-facts.htm
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/documents/declaration/index.html
http://revolution.mrdonn.org/declaration.html
http://mrnussbaum.com/history-2-2/doc/#video