American Revolution Internet

8th Grade

American Revolution Internet Research

Research Sites

• ProQuest—History Study Center —Search for origins of the american revolution and american revolution to research in the STUDY CENTERS. (If you're accessing this from outside of school use the ProQuest Home link and the passwords from the library.)
• American Revolution.com—Look at the First Phase section to learn more about the causes of the revolution.
• History Central.com
• The Revolutionary War—Read the "How to do Research using the Navigation Aids." The Causes and Overview section might be helpful.
• American Revolution.org—Art, flags, and photos relating the revolution.
• Awesome Library—Colonial America—Scroll down to the PAPERS section for the most relevant information.
• Early America.com—Portraits, pictures of archived documents, music, and more.
• The History Place—American Revolution—A timeline of colonial America from 1000-1790. The Prelude to the American Revolution details events leading up to the start of the war.
• PBS—Liberty! The American Revolution—This is the online companion to the series originally broadcast in 1997.
• Library of Congress

• ProQuest—History Study Center—Search for origins of the american revolution and american revolution to find pictures, maps, and documents in the STUDY CENTERS.
• EBSCO—Middle School—Images
• Digital Curriculum—downloadable images (Use the password information from the library.)
• United Streaming—downloadable images (Use the password information from the library.)
• American Revolution.org Art Gallery
• Early American Portraits
• The Freedom Trail
• General Friedrich Von Steuben
• Thomas Paine
  • Statues of Thomas Paine
  • Thomas Paine National Hisotrical Orginazation
• Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man

Music

• The Music of Early America—Right click or CONTROL click on the file you need to save to your downloads folder. (Remember to properly cite your source.)
• The American Revolution Home Page—Go to FILE--SAVE AS and save this file. (Remember to properly cite your source.)
• Folk Music of the American Revolution—Right click or CONTROL click on the file you need to save to your downloads folder. (Remember to properly cite your source.)
• Colonial and Revolution Songs —Right click or CONTROL click on the file you need to save to your downloads folder. (Remember to properly cite your source.)
• Fiddle Tunes of the American Revolution—Right click or CONTROL click on the file you need to save to your downloads folder. (Remember to properly cite your source.)

Video Resources

• Digital Curriculum—downloadable video clips (Use the password information from the library.)
• United Streaming—downloadable video clips (Use the password information from the library.)

Video Examples

• Living Yesterday's History Today
• Gettysburg

Updated 12/06/05