The American Revolution

Toolkit Texts: The American Revolution and the Constitution

• Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
• The Wigmaker's Boy and the Boston Massacre
• Tea Troubles: The Boston Tea Party
• Just Say No!: The Daughters of Liberty
• Loyalists in the American Revolution

Leveled Texts for Social Studies: Early America

This teacher resource is a s a collection of 15 reproducible short nonfiction texts written at three different reading levels including texts addressing:

• Causes of the American Revolution
• The Declaration of Independence
• The American Revolution

George vs. George: The American Revolution as Seen from Both Sides

This student resource is a narrative that explores how George III and George Washington affected the progress and outcome of the American Revolution through a presentation of differing perspectives (six copies per teacher).

TrueFlix

• The Declaration of Independence

FreedomFlix

• The French and Indian War
• The Boston Massacre
• The Boston Tea Party
• The Revolutionary War
• The Declaration of Independence

NewselaPro

• The American Revolution (1765 - 1787)
• Primary Sources: Ben Franklin Speaks About the Stamp Act in Britain, 1766
• Time Machine (1770): The Boston Massacre
• Time Machine (1773): The Boston Tea Party
• Primary Sources: The Ride of Paul Revere

IDM Inquiry Tasks

• Declaration of Independence: Why Do Countries Declare Independence?