Morningstar Adventures: Revolutionary War Lapbook/Unit Study

These photos ( scroll down) are from two different children ( ages 11 and 13) on the Revolutionary War. We used the following web pages as well as our own ideas to make the books and study about the war.

Lapbook and Notebook Templates for the American Revolution

http://ushistory.pwnet.org/links/foldables.php

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/constitbook.pdf

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/constititionalplayersflashcards.pdf

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/presidentprofile.pdf

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/bostonmass.pdf

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/amrevquotes.pdf

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/amrevcauses.pdf

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/colonialbritishcomp.pdf

http://homeschool.consumerhelpweb.com:80/basics/notebooking-pages.htm

Sites with general info on the American Revolution

http://library.thinkquest.org/11683/High.html

http://www.42explore2.com/revolt3.htm

http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/American_Revolution.html

http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/251/27/

http://www.theteacherscorner.net/thematicunits/american.htm#activities

Timelines

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle.html

Documents and Letters of the American Revolution

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/help/constRedir.html

http://www.usconstitution.net/articles.html

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/

http://712educators.about.com/od/historyardocs/American_Revolution_Documents.htm

http://www.si.umich.edu/spies/

http://www.leftjustified.org/leftjust/lib/sc/ht/decl/home.html

Maps

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/armhtml/armhome.html

http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/revamer.html

Music of the War

http://www.earlyamerica.com/music/revolutionary.htm

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/tguide_5.html

Our Flag

http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/index.html

http://americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/flags.htm

http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2006/06/14/sothebys_auctions_rare_revolutionary_war_flags/

Key People of the Revolution

http://www.multied.com/Bio/RevoltBIOS/INDEX.html

Soldier in the Revolutionary War

http://www.vancortlandthouse.org/Soldier%20in%20the%20Revolutionary%20War.htm

http://www.americanrevolution.com/LifeofaSoldier.htm

http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets.html

Food

http://homework.northport.k12.ny.us/ocean/mdavidson/est572/recipes.htm

http://www.atmosenergycooks.com/recipes/detail.html?rid=179

http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/revwar/guco/gucofood.html

Medicine

http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/revwar/guco/gucomedicine.html

http://www.ushistory.org/brandywine/special/art06.htm

http://www.americanrevolution.org/medicine.html

Weapons of the War

http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/revwar/guco/gucoweapons.html

Vocabulary

http://www.e-tme.com/Revolutionary%20War%20%20Vocabulary-%20sample.htm

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/therevolutionarywar/

http://www.quia.com/jg/216593list.html

http://teachers.oregon.k12.wi.us/blue2/socstudies/pdfs/revolutionarywarvocab.pdf

Videos on the War ( short on line)

The Causes ( older students)

School House Rock

Sesame Street

Literature on the Revolution

http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/ushistory/revnonfiction.html

http://www.openlibrary.org/details/femalereviewherm00mannrich

Images

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Revolutionary+War&gbv=2

http://download-free-pictures.com/history/revolutionary-war.html

http://research.history.org/JDRLibrary/Visual_Resources/VisualResourceFindingAids/Samplers/revwar.cfm

Art

http://www.americanrevolution.org/artmain.html

http://www.archives.gov/research/american-revolution/pictures/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Trumbull

Churches

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Church_Cemetery

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel03.html

http://www.revolutionaryday.com/usroute7/bennington/default.htm

http://www.trinityswedesboro.org/History/History3.htm

Front Page

Game on left and right " Famous Quotes of the American Revolution.
Scroll is The philosophies of the Declaration of Independence. Booklet: Sources of Colonial Dissatisfaction. Larger booklet: Key People of the American Revolution.