Process

Teacher

Student Web Page

Gen. Washington Crossing the Delaware (Dec. 25, 1776)
Painted by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze

Process

1. Select one of the following topics under Causes, People or Battles and click on it to locate Websites about that topic. Read the information and write notes in your own words.

Causes of the Revolution: Write an explanation of each event and then discuss the effect it had on the colonies or England (Great Britain).

1754 French & Indian War
1764 Sugar Act ...more

1765 Stamp Act ...more
1766 Repeal of Stamp Act

1767 Townsend Act ...more
1770 Boston Massacre ...more
1773 Boston Tea Party ...more
1774 Intolerable Acts ...more

1774 First Continental Congress ...more
1776 Declaration of Independence

1783 Treaty of Paris ...more

People of the Revolution: Explain why these people were important during the American Revolution.
Loyalist view of the war
Patriot view of the war

Sons of Liberty

Minutemen

Samuel Adams ...more

Benedict Arnold ...more

Benjamin Franklin ...more

John Hancock     ...more

Patrick Henry       ...more

Thomas Jefferson      ...more

Marquis de Lafayette      ...more

Thomas Paine     ...more

Paul Revere

George Washington ...more

Battles: Explain what happened at the battle or event , and the effect it had on War of Independence.

Lexington & Concord ...more
Bunker Hill
Saratoga
Valley Forge
Trenton & Princeton
Yorktown

Additional Information:

Summary of events in the American Revolution

Timeline of Events leading to the American Revolution

Timeline of the Events during the American Revolution

2. Use online search strategies to locate additional information on your topic in the following resources:
nonfiction books ( Use electronic catalog)

encyclopedias (New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Encyclopedia)

magazine articles (GALEs Infotrac, online full-text periodical index))

primary sources and websites (Yahooligans)

3. Read the information you have located and take notes in your own words. Be sure to select an appropriate picture for your topic as part of the article. When you locate a photograph for your topic, right click, copy and paste it into your document. Make sure to label each picture and give credit to the site from which you copied the picture by copying the address of the website.

4. Open a Word document; type your headline and name (byline). Save your Word document under the fourth grade folder in AllShare titled Amer. Rev. Give the document the file name of your topic and class (4K).

5.Using your notes, write a newspaper article describing the causes, events, battles or people of the American Revolution. Give your article a catchy title. Be sure to include What happened? Who was involved? Where? When? Why? How? Several articles will be selected and included on Link’s web page.