Join us as we discover what it was like in Valley Forge during the American Revolutionary War with these fun hands on activities and free printables.
Bring your history classroom alive with Road to the Revolution Mock Trials.
American history comes alive with FUN Revolutionary War for Kids lesson filled with project ideas like a DIY printing press and free lapbook.
Revolutionary War timeline sort and lesson plan for kids (5th grade and middle school students). Free worksheet download included!
Easy steps to turn your American Revolution lesson into an independent research activity. It works for classroom projects and distance learning.
Help your students learn and understand the Revolutionary War with engaging American Revolution activities that draw them into history.
10 American Revolutionary War Activities | Amazing Tea Bag Rocket Science. You can’t dive deep into a study about our bid for independence from Britain without including some great hands-on Revolutionary War activities.
Are you looking for an ENGAGING project to go along with your Revolutionary War unit? How about a project that will allow your students to share their knowledge in a creative way? This Revolutionary War Project is a spin on a social media favorite and might be just the ticket! This resource can be purchased in a money saving REVOLUTIONARY WAR BUNDLE! After you have taught a unit on the Revolutionary War this would be a great project for display, review, or even assessment. This fun project includes: To Do list for the project components brainstorming/ planning page directions page for how to complete the project heading page and 8 boxes to be filled in photo sample What a FUN way for your students to show what they know about the Revolutionary War! Here are some other Revolutionary War resources you can find in my store: Revolutionary War Causes, Events, and Famous Figures "Old King" Revolutionary War Card Game Revolutionary War Writing Prompts- 7 Critical Thinking Prompts Please follow my store Creations by Kim Parker to be notified when new resources are posted- they are 50% off for the first 48 hours!
This week in our hands on revolutionary war for kids history unit we learned about the Declaration of Independence for Kids, make our own DIY Spy Cipher, go on a virtual fieldtrip and more.
Revolutionary War Videos for Kids (5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade) including Liberty Kids, Civil War Trust, and more
While we were watching an episode of Liberty's Kids - The Complete Series (which, incidentally, my kids love with all their collective hearts) it mentioned how the mail was being intercepted during the Revolutionary War by both sides and that coding and other techniques were necessary in order to keep sensitive war communications secret. The kids seemed really intrigued by the idea that Ben Franklin used invisible ink, so I ran with it. First, I had the kids read this information article I found about the various spy techniques that both the British and the Americans were using during the Revolution. We wrote our purpose (finding information about the different ways people sent coded messages) and then began annotating the article. After a good first read (lead by me), then a second read in partners where the students wrote their own ideas about each technique, I had them summarize 3 of the most intriguing techniques, with evidence from the text in their summary. We published using index cards. One card for each of the three most interesting spy techniques. From there, we turned towards more math-y pursuits. Since one of our math strands is working with order of operations, I combined that with creating a coded message. The students wrote each letter of the alphabet vertically on a piece of paper. They then created expressions containing at least one set of parentheses and two different operations. It looked a bit like this: A (5 x 2) - 4 B 2(4 + 3) C 15 - (2 x 3) The students then solved each expression to make sure the answer was unique (no two letters could have the same end product). This part is VERY challenging for the students. It actually took them two days. The process of thinking of problems, and then making sure they had unique values, really got their 5th grade brains moving! Once all of the expressions were created, they did not reveal the expression answers on the final draft. Those were turned in to me. Their cipher key just had the letters and expressions. The next step was to write a sentence that would be something that either the British or American sides would have wanted to encode. The sentences needed to be at least 7 words long, but could convey any message within the theme. They then drew the blank lines for each letter in the word, and put the number of the final expression answer underneath. So it looked like this: _____ _____ ______ ______ ______ 14 6 12 75 32 Finally, they created a finalized draft of the secret code on index cards, glued them onto envelopes, with the cipher key above it, and viola, there were 33 codes to be solved! I made copies of the codes and the students put them into their envelopes as well. Now, whenever there is free time in class (after they finish their Calendar or Answer Is) the students can walk up and discover the secret codes that the American or British generals were sending.
If you've been looking for ideas on how to teach American Revolution spies in 5th grade, you've come to the right place! When you teach the American Revolution, you'll definitely want to include a lesson (or
Revolutionary War Project | Differentiated Project | Revolutionary War Activity This product is a culminating project to use with the Revolutionary War. Project menus are one of the quickest, easiest ways to incorporate differentiation in to your classroom. Not only do project menus provide challenging options for gifted and talented students, but it also provides options for students who might have learning disabilities or other academic challenges. Most importantly, however, project menus allow students choice in the products they produce. A choice let the students feel ownership of their work and often elicits higher quality finished products. The menu is arranged by subject matter. This arrangement helps students see that subjects are often interconnected and interdisciplinary. Within each subject box is a variety of projects, all related to the Revolutionary War, with different end products. You'll receive: A detailed lesson plan with rationale and instructions, a student project menu for replication, and a rubric to assist you in assessing your students' projects. ***************************************************************************** Don't miss these other products designed for teaching early American history! Revolutionary War Debates Declaration of Independence Learning Centers ***************************************************************************** Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it, and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies, and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo, and click it to become a follower. You will then receive email updates about this store.
Are you looking for some Revolutionary War maps and worksheets? Here are 5 kid-friendly maps and worksheets to use with 5th-8th graders.
This engaging and free Revolutionary War timeline for kids will help your students make connections and deepen understanding!
Everything you need to teach about the 13 colonies in your classroom, including pacing guides, timelines, and helpful resources!
Try these printable American Revolutionary War games that are great for homeschooling or classroom use. There is also a timeline!
From the battles to the people that led them.
Looking for an American Revolution project? Students will create a poster for the American Revolution to convince people to join the Loyalists or Patriots. Students will research about the Revolutionary War to create their posters in your US History class. With this project, your class create meaningful artwork, while also engaging with important historical events. Make history fun with this Revolutionary War Poster Project! *No Prep Necessary* This project has clear directions for the poster, a grading rubric, and scaffolded poster templates. This is great for helping all students access grade level content! This product is part of a full year U.S. History Curriculum. Click to see more about the highly discounted US History Curriculum Differentiated to Support All Students. Be prepared to teach American History with these projects, activities, and assessments that have been adapted to support ALL students in your classes! These resources are made to better support special education students and English Languages Learners. Bring history to life in your US History classroom with this Revolutionary War Poster Project for Loyalists and Patriots! This is great for US History, US Government, and Civics classes! Product Description (13 pages): - Teacher Directions - Poster Assignment for Revolutionary War Slogan - Scaffolded Poster Templates - Grading Rubric - Bonus Coloring Page - Continental Solider The project comes with clear directions for the poster, a grading rubric, and scaffolded poster templates. More Activities You'll Love ❤️ Colonial America Lesson Yearlong US History Curriculum Questions? E-mail me at [email protected] ___________________________________ Copyright © SFSEteach Permission for single teacher use only. Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product with other teachers.
I know I'm a little late on the draw ... but these last few weeks always catch up with me TOO FAST! Here is the update on our 5th grade Early American Wax Museum! The kiddos did an absolutely OUTSTANDING job at the Wax Museum. This teacher is SO proud! If you haven't read any previous blogs about what this is all about, the kids pick someone that we have studied this year from Early America and create a research paper {and Biography poster} on them. We then spend a LOT of time practicing and memorizing this {they were about 1-2 minutes long} Kids are required to bring at least one prop and are encouraged to wear a costume {or as much of one as they had - ex. white t-shirt can be manipulated into anything!} Then we raid my costume closet full of old clothes I used to dress up in when I was a kid and finish off the kids who were unable to obtain certain parts of their wardrobe or prop. The kids than stand in the hallway and freeze like wax figurines and wait for someone to push their "button" for them to "come alive" and share their speech ... then go "back to sleep."Other classes are invited to attend as well as parents, grandparents and other student relatives! Here are some of our characters this year ... .. .. . .... . Abigail Adams coming to life: "Oh Hello, I was just writing a letter to my husband John ..." Queen Isabella - sent Christopher Columbus to the New World This little gal came to us FROM SPAIN this year and started her speech out in spanish - adorable! Thomas Jefferson - author of the Declaration of Independence King George 3rd - British king during the American Revolution {notice all the tax money at his feet?} He was a popular character among the kids due to his "bad guy" reputation - these are the two "Georges" from my two different 5th grade classes Paul Revere - Horse and all {LOVE IT!} "The British are Coming! The British are COMING!" Betsy Ross making her flag Benjamin Franklin - inventor of the lightning rod and bifocal glasses {loving this kids spectacles!} Squanto - did you know he had blond hair?! Me neither! Molly "Pitcher" Hayes - serving water from her bucket to thirsty injured men on the battle field! Pocahontas starting a fire Christopher Columbus - using his compass to discover America {the hat makes him look a bit more Charles Dickens'ish but it's cute!} smile. Captain Myles Standish - did you know he had quite a temper? This little guy acted it out perfectly! {and yes, that is the Lorax mustache ... but Myles had a bushy red beard as well!} John Hancock - Signed his name BIG on the Declaration of Independence so that "the King and all of Parliament would see it WITHOUT using their Spectacles!" {actual quote} As you can see, it was a MAJOR success and my teacher heart is full of joy!
Otherwise known as the Revolutionary War, the revolution was a period of time where the residents of American colonies rose up against their colonial rulers, the British crown. It was a moment that defined a
This engaging and free Revolutionary War timeline for kids will help your students make connections and deepen understanding!
From the battles to the people that led them.
Learn about the Revolutionary War with free printables. The set includes an American Revolution word search, vocabulary, crossword, and coloring pages.
Hey everyone, I'm very sorry for my absence from blogging. I am right in the middle of finishing up 9 weeks of maternity sub plans!! (I only get 6 weeks of maternity, but because my 1st baby surprised us 3 weeks early, I have to be ready just in case.) I have a bunch of stuff I want to share with you, so please accept my apology for being gone for so long. Follow along as I play a game of "Blogging Catch Up!" * * * * * Rachelle just shared her awesome Substitute Survival Kit (which I love and am totally using a couple of her pages!). I wish I had a substitute pack of sorts to share with you too, but everything I've made for my maternity plans is so specific to my class/school that I'm afraid nothing will be applicable to anyone else. I do have a cute binder cover that I can share with you, if you'd like. :) (Clip art by Thistlegirl Designs) * * * We just had our BIG state writing assessment. Let me tell you, my life for the past 2 months has revolved around persuasive writing. It is so nice to have the assesment over! I won't know my students' scores for a little while, but I am pretty confident that they ROCKED it! I do want to share some Persuasive Writing stuff with you all, but I'm still putting some finishing touches on everything. In the meantime, have you ever heard of a TAP F? I never had until my new team member (thanks Kathy!) introduced me to it this year. It's basically a way to brainstorm your persuasive writing. You teach your kids how to make a TAP F and you train them to do it all on their own. After weeks of practice, your students can do ALL of this all by themselves. This is just an example of what one of my struggling writers produced. I was blown away! Here's the quick explanation of a TAP F: Have your students fold a blank piece of paper into thirds. They write the letters TAP F down the left hand side (T=Topic, A=Audience, P=Purpose and F=Format), they make a T chart for pros and cons on the right side, and the middle is for a mini outline of their paper. For the state assessment, I read the testing instructions, said they could begin, and my students got busy working on their TAP F's. It was amazing to see. The quality of the essays they produced was outstanding. I can't wait to see the results!! * * * For fun (and to reinforce synonyms) my class has been playing the Hink Pink game. They LOVE it! If you have a subscription to Super Teacher Worksheets, they have a bunch of different worksheets you can download. * * * As always, I'm behind in my social studies teaching. I am now just barely finishing the Revolutionary War. My students did this cute project where they wrote about the differences between the American and the British soldiers and drew a picture of each. Their work turned out so cute! Oops... sorry the above picture is so blurry... Here is a copy of this download for you. Since I'm sure you're all much farther along in your history teaching, I have also included a similar project where they compare Union and Conferderate soldiers from the Civil War. * * * In math, we just finished up our BIG fraction unit and are now moving on to Geometry. Since Geometry is so rich in vocabulary, I always give my students a blank vocabulary sheet that they can glue into their math journals to help keep track of all the new words we learn. Here's a copy, if you want one. * * * Well... We've been doing tons of other things in class too, but I have about a million things on my baby to-do list that need to get done. I promise to try to blog more in the near future. Oh, and please expect some darling pictures of my little cutie when she gets here! :) She should be here in 3-6 weeks! SO EXCITING!!
If you'd like to learn how to make an American Revolution Code Letter, this post is for you! In a few easy steps, students will have a project that they'll be thrilled to share with
Taxation without representation set the stage for the rebellion that formed the American Revolutionary War. In this series we have discussed The Sugar Act, The Currency Act, and The Quartering Act; each of which put huge burdens on the American colonists. The final act we will learn about if the Stamp Act. This series will go alongside any American Revolutionary Unit in your homeschool. Gaining independence from Britain has made us who we are as a nation today.
20 Titles About Colonial America & the Revolutionary War are the perfect titles to share during the Fourth of July!
Down and dirty, easy peasy! These ABC Research Reports make it easy to cover a broad range of information about the American Revolution. After researching a topic related to the American Revolution, students will use the Art and Writing Banners to illustrate and write about what they learned. The AB...
Late in his life, after retiring the presidency, James Monroe drafted his own history. He was still struck, five decades after the War for Independence, by the “high character of that epoch and of those in whose hands its destiny fell.” He looked back and saw that war as “a school of practical instruction . […]
Learn about the American revolution for kids with these revolutionary war worksheets, activities, and history lesson about US Independence
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When I’m teaching the American Revolution, I jump out of bed everyday, and (after coffee), I can’t wait to get into my classroom. Teaching this pivotal time right at the dawn of the United States
Download this free American history notebooking page to write about Revolutionary War Soldiers. You might also like our free literature unit study based on the book, Johnny Tremain.
Bring history to life for middle school students with hands-on American Revolution activities. These are a fun way to add writing and art into history studies.
The story of one woman who threw aside her petticoats and picked up a musket to fight for American freedom.
Events Leading to the Revolutionary War STEM Challenge | American Revolution The STEM Challenge in this resource has detailed directions, photo examples, a list of materials needed, prediction section, brainstorming section, trials 1, 2, & 3, final results section with drawings, and a reflection section. Cross-curricular challenge for students who are studying US History and the American Revolution! This resource has science, technology, engineering, and ,math activities to do with your upper elementary kids that will really enhance their learning! The STEM Challenge: Using a list of supplies, STEM groups must engineer a model of a spinning wheel! The model must contain the following elements: a drive wheel, a bobbin, and legs. The drive wheel must be able to spin... (more instructions in the download) ______________________________________________________________________________ You may be interested in these aligned resources: Interactive Notebook Interactive PowerPoint Reading Passages ____________________________________________________________ You may also enjoy.... ✎United States History Interactive Notebooks ✎United States History PowerPoints _______________________________________________________________________ Tips for Savvy TpT Shoppers: How to receive credit on TpT to use for future purchases: • Go to your My Purchases page. Under each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. Be the first to know about my new discounts, FREEBIES, and products: • Look for a green star near the top of any page within my store and click it to become a follower. You will now be able to see FREEBIES and customized emails from my store! ©2020 StudentSavvy All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only. (unless you purchase the multiple license)
Print American Revolution for kids reader to explore US History with printable coloring pages to read and learn about Revolutionary War.
Kids love pretending to be spies. These simple activities will take that pretend play beyond just hiding behind the living room chair. Learn how to make invisible ink 3 different ways and write your own secret code.
If you've been looking for ideas on how to teach American Revolution spies in 5th grade, you've come to the right place! When you teach the American Revolution, you'll definitely want to include a lesson (or
Thematic teaching makes units meaningful to students. In this post, teaching ideas and resources for the revolutionary war are shared.
