Global Citizens

My Revolution Project

Encyclopedia

	Covers the events and people of the Revolutionary War period in easy-to-understand language. Students will find all the information they need for reports and class assignments on the period, including the biographies and primary source materials in this comprehensive set. Index List of Illustrations
Click on Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia or New Book of Knowledge	Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia New Book of Knowledge Look Here for General Information about the American Revolution Ask Mr. Puschak for the password for home access
Primary Source Documents	Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Use the search words: American Revolution Select number 2:  American Revolution (documents) [Featured here are two documents. The first, dated August 23, 1775, is the Proclamation of Rebellion, George III's official statement on the outbreak of hostilities during the War of American Independence. The second is the Articles of Capitulation, the terms of the British surrender at Yorktown on October 19, 1781.]
Primary Source Documents	18th Century Documents http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/18th.htm

 

Internet Resources

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_timeline.html

Liberty! The American Revolution
This site has a Chronicle of the Revolution with great links to major events and players.

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle.html

Biographies of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/index.htm

George Washington

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/presidents/wash

http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/education/kids/kids1.html

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gw1.html

Biography of the First President.
http://ap.grolier.com/browse?type=profiles#pres

KidsClick Sites on the American Revolution –
These sites, screened by librarians, cover a wide range of Revolutionary War topics.
http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/searchkids.pl?keywords=revolutionary+war&searchtype=all

Biography.com – Online database of many biographies. Search for your individual.

http://www.biography.com/search/index.jsp

List of Revolution Links – Put together by a teacher, this list has some good links under the “People” section. Many Revolutionary War figures are listed.

http://www.kathimitchell.com/revolt.htm

http://www.si.umich.edu/spies/

Sybil (Sibbell) Ludington

http://www.mahopaclibrary.org/localhistory/sybil_ludington.htm http://www.pattersonny.org/SybilLudington.htm http://204.168.97.3/sws/wod/gl_ludington.html

The American Revolution and Its Era: Maps

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/armhtml/armcap.html

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