Publisher's Synopsis
History is exciting for kids when it unfolds as a mystery. Why did the American Colonists go to war against Great Britain? Students travel back in time to experience life when you had to struggle to gain your freedom. Beginning with the Stamp Act, the Intolerable Acts, the Boston Tea Party right up to the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, students place key events and people of this historical era into a chronological sequence, and they pose relevant questions about the events they encounter. The Visual Arts standards are woven into key projects from an art analysis of the Boston Massacre to the pencil drawings of the brutal winter at Valley Forge. Content-rich vocabulary enhances their ability to read informational text. This is the guide every teacher should have to introduce children to the complexities of life during the American Revolution!
