Teaching Resources
Teach your students about causality with this useful activity. [...] »
Smithsonian Barbara Clark Smith looks at what a colonial newspaper article says—and doesn't say—about a Patriot protest. [...] »
Immerse your students in the 1770s with this online game. [...] »
Does John Adams depart too far from history to be useful in the classroom? Historian James Kloppenberg reviews the film. [...] »
Historian Rosemarie Zagarri reads the Declaration of Independence closely, taking time to define its context and its effects. [...] »
Looking for a creative way to teach the American Revolution to struggling readers? Check this out! [...] »
Eighth-grade U.S. history teacher Elizabeth Schaefer "warps" the Declaration of Independence into the future with interactives from the Library of Congress. [...] »
Did Revere's ride really look like that? Use historical documents to analyze flights of artistic fancy. [...] »
Help students think about where evidence for history comes from. [...] »
Is the Declaration of Independence challenging for your students? Check out these ideas to make this text more accessible. [...] »
