Liberty! The American Revolution
2:38 PMAge Range: All (All grades, children with parental supervision). This website is companion to the Peabody Award Winning PBS series, Liberty! The American Revolution. But even if you don’t have access to the program, there is still a lot of learning opportunities available here. With this website visitors are encouraged to travel the road through the history of the American Revolution with simple but interesting inter actives.
When arriving at today’s link, select from the following:
- Chronicle of the Revolution - Read about the headline events from Boston, 1774, Philadelphia, 1776 and 1791, Trenton, 1776, Saratoga, 1777, and Yorktown, 1781. While in this section, check out the Timeline of the Revolution and comprehensive subject index to discover the people, pivotal events, documents, and social and cultural context of the Revolution.
- Liberty! The Series – Read episode descriptions, about the making of Liberty!, meet the cast and scholars in the series, and about the accompanying music.
- Perspectives on Liberty – Through interactive images, learn about daily life in the colonies, the global village, and military perspectives of the American Revolution.
- The Road to Revolution – Play this question and answer game as you travel along the Revolution Road from Boston to Washington D.C.
This website provides an interesting supplement to
any study of the American Revolution. Visitors can return to the homepage at any time by
selecting the Liberty! Image in the upper left of the header. When back on the
homepage, select the “Teacher’s Guide” on the right to access companion lesson
plans. Choose the “Resources” link for a bibliography of American Revolution
books and additional topical links. If you are interested in purchasing the
DVD/Home Video of the series or the soundtrack, select the “Companion Products”
option. If you would like to see if there are any upcoming broadcasts of this
program on PBS in your area, select that option.
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