What roles did people of different backgrounds play in the Revolutionary War?
- How can we tell the stories of those history has overlooked?
- What does it mean to fight for a freedom that doesn’t include you?
Activities & Games
Key Assignments
- Uncovering Loyalties - iCivics game comparing Patriot and Loyalist perspectives
- DOI Translation - Modernize the language of the Declaration of Independence
- Podcast: "Voices of the Revolution" - 3–6 minute podcast covering an overlooked Revolutionary figure (Phillis Wheatley, James Armistead Lafayette, Crispus Attucks, Deborah Sampson, and others)
- Articles of Confederation EdPuzzle - Video activity on the Articles of Confederation
Learn More
- Phillis Wheatley - Poetry Foundation Read her poems and biography
- The American Revolution - Smithsonian NMAAHC African American perspectives on the Revolution
- iCivics Free civics games and resources
Readings
Middle School
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