American Revolution Unit with Google Slides

Are you looking for an engaging unit to use while teaching your students about the American Revolution? You've found it! This unit contains lesson sheets, lesson activities, primary source analysis sheets, secondary source analysis sheets, a Revolutionary individuals and groups section, a scoot game, and a unit test.

***This unit has been freshly updated with new activities, appropriate terminology, introductory Google Slides, and more!***

Contents of this unit:

Battle of Bunker Hill

* Teacher Notes

* Battle of Bunker Hill Quick Demonstration

* Informational Text

* Primary Source - “Major General Joseph Warren, Slain at Bunker Hill, 1781”

Second Continental Congress

* Teacher Notes

* Informational Text

* Cut and Paste Review

Declaration of Independence

* Teacher Notes

* Informational Text

* Foldable Review

* Primary Source – Declaration of Independence Mix ‘n Match

Battle of Trenton

* Teacher Notes

* Informational Text

* Foldable Review

* Secondary Source – Washington Crossing the Delaware (1898)

Battle of Saratoga

* Teacher Notes

* Informational Text

* Half-Page Review

* Secondary Source – Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga (1821)

Winter at Valley Forge

* Teacher Notes

* Informational Text

* Review Activity

* Primary Source – Letter From Valley Forge (1778)

Battle of Yorktown

* Teacher Notes

* Informational Text

* Foldable Review

* Primary Sources – Analyze Quotes from General Washington and Lord Cornwallis

Articles of Confederation

* Teacher Notes

* Informational Text

* Pocket Review

The Treaty of Paris

* Teacher Notes

* Informational Text

* Foldable Review

* Patriots vs. Loyalists: Join the Debate!

Women in the American Revolution

* Informational Text

* Review Poster

* 18th Century Laundry – Quick Demonstration

Revolutionary Individuals and Groups (Brief Informational Texts with Foldable Reviews)

* Paul Revere

* George Washington

* Patrick Henry

* Samuel Adams

* John Adams

* Abigail Adams

* Benjamin Franklin

* Thomas Jefferson

* Mercy Otis Warren

* Phillis Wheatley

* The Marquis de Lafayette

* Sons of Liberty

* Daughters of Liberty

Revolutionary Individuals and Groups Matching Mats

* Matching Mat #1

* Matching Mat #2

* Matching Mat #3

* Matching Mat #4

* Answer Key

American Revolution Scoot Game

* Teacher Instructions

* Student Answer Sheet, Cards, and Answer Key

* Study Guide

* American Revolution Unit Test with Answer Key

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