A great virtual plan for students to learn more about the events and people that lead to the American Revolution.

This lesson will introduce the students to the events surrounding the Boston Massacre. They will analyze a primary source and research accounts of the events.  Picture taken by: Miriam Richards

The Declaration of Independence states the principles on which our government, and our identity as Americans, are based. This source provides a transcript of the document, pictures of the original, and links to additional sources to help understand The Declaration as a whole.

This resource is a Social Studies student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically, World Book Encyclopedia and Soundzabound to help students learn about Yankee Doodle. 

C3. Inquiry based lesson plan that focuses on why countries declare independence. Students explore three supporting questions, and develop an argument based in evidence from historical sources. Includes pertinent background knowledge for the teacher, an activity to introduce the concepts, the Declaration of Independence text (broken into parts) for students to analyze with an organizer, charts that show other countries and the dates they declared independence, maps, a Declaration of Independence for Haiti, Mexico, and Venezuela (for comparison), graphic organizers, formative, and summative tasks to complete.