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Revolutionary War

Revolutionary War: Reader's Theatre Round Table

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Lesson I: Shopping for a Topic

Choose an event by browsing this timeline:

Social Studies for Kids

For each person in your group, find a historical figure involved in this event to research

Lesson III: Planning Reader's Theatre Script

Click here to view the planning guide with background information about Barnes' Tavern in Marion, Connecticut

Lesson II: Finding Information

  • Note-taking Organizer

Web Sites to Search:

Web Sites about Individual People:

John Adams

http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/jadams.htm

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ja2.html

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/adams_j.htm

Benedict Arnold

http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/arnold.html

http://www.benedictarnold.org/

http://www.earlyamerica.com/benedict.html video

http://www.nps.gov/archive/sara/s-arnold.htm

Crispus Attucks

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p24.html

http://www.bridgew.edu/HOBA/attucks.htm

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr046.html

Lydia Darragh

http://www.nwhm.org/Education/biography_ldarragh.html

http://www.ushistory.org/march/bio/lydia.htm

http://www.americanrevolution.org/women15.html

William Dawes

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0814820.html

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

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/patriotsday/peopleevents/p_dawes.html

Ben Franklin

http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/info/

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfranklin/index.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/22254/home.htm

Nathan Hale

http://www.connecticutsar.org/patriots/hale_nathan.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/nhale.htm

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h550.html

Patrick Henry

http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/bios/biohen.cfm

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/henry.htm

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/jb_date.cgi?day=29&month=05

Thomas Jefferson

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/tj3.html

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/jefferson.htm

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/jefferson

Marquis de Lafayette

http://www.earlyamerica.com/portraits/lafayett.html

http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.com/Almanack/people/bios/biolafayette.cfm

http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/lafayette.html

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

Sybil Ludington

http://www.danburyhistorical.org/Ludington.html

http://www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/1789/sybil.html

http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent/1,12044,ML_ludington_bkp,00.html

Francis Marion

http://www.earlyamerica.com/portraits/marion.html

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1289.html

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0831863.html

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0831863.html

Thomas Paine

http://www.ushistory.org/paine/

http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/commonsense/

http://www.ushistory.org/paine/

Molly Pitcher

http://sill-www.army.mil/pao/pamolly.htm

http://russell.gresham.k12.or.us/Colonial_America/Molly_Pitcher.html

http://www.earlyamerica.com/molly_pitcher.htmlvideo

http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/mpitcher.htm

Paul Revere

http://www.earlyamerica.com/paul_revere.htmvideo

http://www.patriotresource.com/people/revere.html

http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/massacre.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/prevere.htm

Comte de Rochambeau

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0842129.html

http://www.americanrevolution.com/ppl_jean_rochambeau.html

http://www.nps.gov/york/historyculture/rochambeaubio.htm

http://www.hudsonriver.com/halfmoonpress/stories/0700roch.htm

Deborah Sampsom

http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/sampson.html

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

http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/dsampson.htm

http://www.masshist.org/objects/2005march.cfm

George Washington

http://www.masshist.org/objects/2005march.cfm

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/presidents/wash

http://www.americanpresidents.org/presidents/gwashington.asp

http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.com/Almanack/people/washhdr.cfm