Curriculum Resources
Revolutionary War: Learning Module 
This learning module from Digital History includes: a succinct historical overview; recommended documents, films, and historic images; teaching resources including lesson plans,fact checks, and activities.
Intended Audience: Teachers/Students Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: NA Searchable: No
The Constitution: Learning Module
This learning module from Digital History includes: a succinct historical overview; recommended documents, films, and historic images; teaching resources including lesson plans,fact checks, and activities.
Intended Audience: Teachers/Students Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: NA Searchable: No
American Revolution
Collection of online lessons covering the REvolutionary period. Includes activities and quizzes.
Intended Audience: Teachers/Students Reading Level: Elementary/High School Teacher Section: NA Searchable: No
US History, Colonial America 1600-1776
Article from Carol Hurst on children's literature that can be used when teaching about the Colonial period. Includes booklists, web resources and suggested activities.
Intended Audience: Teachers Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: NA Searchable: No
George Washington: The Living Symbol
This lesson plan from the National Endowment for the Humanities looks at how an individual become the embodiment of a nation.
Intended Audience: Teachers Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: NA Searchable: No
Loyalty or Liberty?
You are a slave owned by John Randolph, a staunch Loyalist . As a Loyalist, he will soon leave Virginia and move to London. Your new master will be his son, Edmund Randolph, a Patriot. Your errands take you to the homes of both Loyalists and Patriots. Which side will you chose? This interactive site from Colonial Williamsburg lets you learn more before you make your decision.
Intended Audience: Teachers Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: NA Searchable: No
Colonial/Revolutionary Lesson Plans
Collection of lesson plans from the National Park Service.
Intended Audience: Teachers Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: NA Searchable: No
American Revolution Sampler
This page encourages students to gather information from the web and apply that knowledge in order to draw pictures and write journals, paragraphs or brief essays describing what they learned.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary School Teacher Section: NA Searchable: No
Road to Revolution
This site from the History Lab uses primary source materials to take students through the events that led up to the American Revolution. Students will see why the American colonists wanted to break free from England and the reasoning behind the break.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No
Colonial Children
This site from the History Lab uses primary source materials to help students explore what daily life was like for children during Colonial Times. .
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No
I Can Be a Patriot!
Students research the events that lead up to the Revolutionary War and then write a news story in this webquest for grade five.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No
Revolutionary War Battle Site Tour
Students gather information about Revolutionary War Battle sites in one of three regions of the country (New England, Mid-Atlantic, or South), decide which sites to visit, and create a plan for the trip in this webquest for grades 3-5.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No
Spies All Around Us!
Students develop a fictional spy and write a fictional letter in code that corresponds with actual events in the Revolutionary War.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No
Acts of Parliament , in Defense of the British
In this webquest for grades 6-12, students research the historical role of Parliament and the internal and external forces that led to the passing of the Proclamation of 1763, the Quartering Act, the Stamp Act, and the Townshed Acts. They then must defend the British cause in a neutral court.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
Exploring Viewpoints of the American Revolution
Student research the viewpoint of various groups during the American Revolution and then write an editorial that will appear in Colonial and British newspapers.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
Students create a newspaper reporting on events of the Revolutionary period in this webquest for grades 3-5.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
Famous Virginians at the Colonial Fair
In this webquest for grades 3-5, students advertise and interview famous Virginians.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
Betsy Ross: Stitching a Nation's Dream
Lesson ideas, activities, and resources about Betsy Ross.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: NA Searchable: No
The Revolutionary War
A self-directed student guide from Digital History that uses primary sources documents and web resources to explore the Revolutionary War.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No
Who Wrote the Constitution?
A self-directed student guide from Digital History that uses primary sources materials and web resources to explore the writing of the U.S. Constitution
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No
Places of the American Revolution Games
See if you know your Revolutionary War places and events at this site with a variety of games designed to check your knowledge.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
Valley Forge: Games
Try your hand at word search, matching, and other games at this site.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
Branywine Battlefield
You'll find coloring sheets and word find puzzles here.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
U.S. History: Colonial Challenge
Try to reach $1,000,000! Answer a range of easy to difficult questions and test your knowledge of early US history!
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
Who Wants To Marry A Founding Father?
Just for fun! See which founding father (or mother) you end up marrying based on your preferences.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
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