Teacher's Lesson Plans

Teaching our youth about the true history of the American Revolution and our fight for independence is one of the main goals of the Sons of the American Revolution.

To aid teachers we have gathered lesson plans and teaching aids that can be downloaded here. This is an ongoing project by our Chapter and more lesson plans will be added as we locate and validate them.

	Causes of the American Revolution – This download contains 11 lesson plans and a student Almanac. The topics begin with the French and Indian War and cover key events through the Declaration of Independence. These resources were developed by the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.

	The Museum of the American Revolution offers a growing list of free, downloadable lesson plans that explore topics including the role of museums, types of revolutions, and the people, causes, events, and repercussions of the American Revolution. They are targeted at the middle school level but can easily be adapted for upper elementary and high school students. These bite-size lesson plans are excerpted from our Teacher Resource Guides.

	The American Revolution Institute has lesson plans that provide teachers with a wide selection of tools and approaches to teaching their students about the major achievements of the American Revolution—our independence, our republic, our national identity, and our ideals of liberty, equality, natural and civil rights, and responsible citizenship. These lessons use images, primary source documents, and period artifacts to help students understand the Revolution—the defining event in American history.