American Revolution PDF

American Revolution is the second unit in the American History course. In this unit learn about the French and Indian War through the surrender at Yorktown. This unit includes rebellion, Founding Fathers, the Declaration of Independence and other important documents, battles, and more.

This book is for adult mentors to use as a resource when planning lessons, not a textbook for students.

This unit has sections on:

• Rebellion in the Colonies
• American Leaders
• Battles

Layers of Learning is activity-based and this unit guide includes many hands-on ways to learn about the American Revolution. Here are a few things you will find to do inside this unit:

• Color a map of the French and Indian War
• Make a paper model of Boston’s Faneuil Hall
• Reenact the Boston Massacre with puppets
• Make a George Washington paper plate craft and add your favorite quote
• Write and illustrate a sentence strip about the life of an American Founder
• Make a Betsy Ross flag craft
• Play a game with clothespin soldiers
• Wear a John Paul Jones naval costume
• Craft a model frontier fort
• Plus much more!

Layers of Learning History units include Library Lists of books on the topic, a family read-aloud suggestion, hands-on activities, printables and paper crafts, sidebars for extra learning, and tools to help you assess your student’s progress and mastery. Learn more about how Layers of Learning works.

See Inside

This is a view of a two page spread from American Revolution:

 

This unit, like all of Layers of Learning is pick-and-choose so the mentor can decide which books to read and which Explorations to choose from among many options.

Flexibility

This unit was written to be used for a month but contains plenty of content for many more weeks of learning if you choose. This is a pick-and-choose curriculum, meant to be cycled back to in the future when your child is older. As such, it intentionally includes far more material than you can possibly cover in a month.

American Revolution is also part of the overall American History course.

Printable Pack

This unit comes with a downloadable Printable Pack that includes all the student worksheets. The printables can be copied as many times as needed for your family or class.

 

You can download the Printable Pack from your receipt or from your account at Layers of Learning.

Extra Resources

This unit comes with extra weblinks and a YouTube video playlist on the American History Resources page.