Johnny Tremain ClassZone offers theme openers and cross curricular and research ideas.

Johnny Tremain Cyberguide The Schools of California Online Resources for Educators (SCORE) project is a great resource for teachers and students alike, though unfortunately its funding was cut in 2008. During this unit, students: Write a pamphlet as a research report, Plan and conduct multiple-step information searches using computer networks and modem-delivered services, Write responses to literature that develop interpretations that exhibit careful reading and understanding, Deliver research presentations, Determine and articulate the relationship among the purposes and characteristics of different forms of poetry, analyze text which uses proposition-and-support patterns, Write a persuasive essay.

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LIBERTY! The American Revolution PBS's assorted and diverse web exhibits supplement specific individual television series and generally include a summary of each episode, interviews (often with sound bites), a timeline , a glossary, photos, and links to relevant sites. Liberty explores the impact of the revolutionary era on the lives of Americans and includes six teacher guides.

Study Guide for Johnny Tremain By Esther Forbes for Glencoe. Provides active reading activities, background information, personal and analytical questions, focus activities, and vocabulary.

Johnny Tremain Fifteen activities to do before, during, and after your reading of Johnny Tremain.

Johnny Tremain Scholastic guide that includes extension activities, a writing prompt, discussion guide, and vocabulary builder.

The Real Johnny Tremain A WebQuest for 6-8th graders in which students compare the historical account presented by Esther Forbes in the novel Johnny Tremain to other sources to be found on the Internet.

Johnny Tremain Projects A mix of research, analysis, map making, and writing.

Johnny Tremain vocabulary Extensive vocabulary list

Lesson Plan: Background on the Patriot Attitude Toward the Monarchy Created by MarcoPolo, this lesson plan is meant to provide students with a basic knowledge of how the American Patriots felt towards English Governments. Ample resources and printable worksheets included. Intended for grades 6-8.

Lesson Plan: Colonial Broadsides and the American Revolution "Broadsides" address virtually every aspect of the American Revolution, providing a wide range of suitable classroom topics. In this lesson (by MarcoPolo), students will use the resources of the Library of Congress's Printed Ephemera Collection to experience the news as the colonists heard it. Grades 6-8.

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American Revolutionary War PowerPoint Project Students will explore the American Revolutionary War by choosing main ideas from various sources (text book, Internet, etc) and then will demonstrate their knowledge of the war by creating a PowerPoint slide show.

Classroom technology tutorials & projects that foster student creativity & empowerment.

American Revolutionaries In this WebQuest students explore the uses and abuses of propaganda in the Revolution, as well as today.

The American People: A People in Revolution PowerPoint Presentation on the American Revolution as part of the online companion to The American People. Click PowerPoint Presentations and then Chapter 6.

All Fired Up: Explaining Fourth of July Related Themes and Images In this New York Times lesson, students brainstorm images and themes associated with the American Fourth of July holiday. They then create illustrated posters to explain the processes or history behind these themes.

Consult Best of History Web Sites for more resources on the American Revolution.

Make sure to visit our sister site "Teaching History with Technology" at thwt.org and learn about incorporating technology effectively in the history and social studies classroom.