Outreach Education Resources

The Education Committee Vision is to use our outreach programs to perpetuate knowledge of our founding documents and stories of patriotism, courage, sacrifice, tragedy, and triumph of the patriots who achieved the independence of the American people in the belief that these stories are universal ones of man’s eternal struggle against tyranny, relevant to all time, and will inspire and strengthen each succeeding generation as it too is called upon to defend our freedoms on the battlefield and in our public institutions.

         

African-American Patriots Word Search Click Here
American Flag Coloring Sheet Click Here
American Flag Word Search Click Here
American Revolution Elementary Education Recommended Reading List Click Here
American Revolution Word Search Click Here
Articles of Association Scavenger Hunt Click Here
Articles of Association Template Click Here
Articles of Association Vocabulary Match Up Click Here
Colonial Camp Life Click Here
Design Your Own Flag Workbook Click Here
Flag Brochure from Alabama SAR Click Here
Flag Etiquette by Georgia SAR Click Here
Flags & the American Revolution Click Here
How to Marble Paper Like a Colonial Click Here
“I Spy” in the American Revolution Lesson Plan Click Here
“I Spy” in the American Revolution PowerPoint Click Here
Making Silhouette Portraits and Shadowgraphs Script Click Here
Making Silhouette Portraits Student Hand Out Click Here
Patriot Chest Program Click Here
Patriot Chest Vendors Click Here
Patriotic Windsock Activity Click Here
Quill Pen & Ink Click Here
Reading is Patriotic Recommended Reading List and Certificate Program Click Here
Traveling Trunk by Georgia SAR Click Here

The SAR Outreach Education program has compiled a few supplementary online resources available through various similarly-focused, reputable Revolutionary War period historical sites, organizations, and national museums and institutes. While this list is not exhaustive in nature, these external links should provide interested visitors and educators an initial platform from which to begin their on-going educational journeys. All website links were active at the time of this posting, however, if users find inactive links, please let the SAR know and the staff will adapt this list accordingly. If information from these sites is used online or elsewhere, please reference any and all appropriate sources.

  • The Bill of Rights Institute has a variety of programs and options for both educators and students interested learning more about the U.S. Constitution and other founding documents. Lesson plans centering on the Federalist Papers and early presidential perspectives on the subject are available to download.
  • Colonial Williamsburg has done an excellent job of providing interactive online experiences to students, educators, and history enthusiasts through its website. Younger students can explore games and guides explaining lifestyles during the colonial period, while teachers can gather effective resources and lesson plans. Webcams, downloadable media, videos, and podcasts will keep visitors busy and engaged for hours and returning for more.
  • Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge is located near a key Revolutionary War historical site, the Freedoms Foundation promotes responsible citizenship and involvement in patriotic educational programming across the nation. The organization’s website has invaluable resources available to educators, students, and volunteers interested in aiding civic initiatives in both the classroom and community.
  • Mission US has developed an interactive lesson for classrooms called “For Crown or Colony?”, which allows the students to call the shots and make decisions as a young colonist just before the Boston Massacre. Depending upon the students’ decision trees during game play, the program uses primary sources and historical insight to deliver varying outcomes for the character and illustrate the broader social context and conflicting perspectives around this pivotal moment in American history.
  • Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello offers a wide variety of resources and educational planning material for teachers and families. There are links which encourage youth learning, activities for classrooms of all levels, and references to Jefferson’s own writings and perspectives on colonial life, courtesy of collected primary sources.
  • George Washington’s Mount Vernon has an extensive list of educational resources for educators and students, including lessons plans for several age groups, details about National History Day, and primary sources covering a wide swath of President George Washington’s life on his Virginia estate and the wider colonial period.
  • Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia recently found hand-written copies of Revolutionary War solider and fifer Owen Madden’s music book, the staff helped reproduce his tunes on an 18th century fife. The resulting colonial music samples can be used for classroom or community events, or to help encourage the next generation of musicians.
  • The National Archives has given visitors access to its online records and collections as well as many resources to aid educators in their American history lesson planning. Information to help coordinate student visits at the National Archives’ locations around the U.S. and teacher professional development programs to help bolster teaching effectiveness are also provided online.
  • The National Constitution Center offers a quick and fun online quiz called “Which Founder Are You?” to help visitors find out which Constitutional founder he or she is most like. Each patriotic founder’s personality is described and compared after completing the quiz. Educators and students can use this site to open discussions in the classroom about the various perspectives, opinions, and influential personalities involved in the 1787 Constitutional Convention.
  • “Liberty!: The American Revolution” Series is an award-winning series produced by the Public Broadcasting Service chronicles the birth of the American Republic and the early states’ struggle to unite against their British rule. The Liberty! website provides insight on the people and lifestyles of the period, interactive experiences, and ample historical reference materials from the national station for classrooms and libraries alike.
  • The Smithsonian Institution has an enormous array of pieces and exhibits focused upon the American fight for independence. This includes both educator materials and resources and lessons to help engage students with primary sources. More specific information concerning the Smithsonian’s colonial period collections, exhibits on the American Flag and Flag Day celebrations, and the American presidency are also adaptable to classroom learning.
  • The National Museum of American History offers insight online to its art and artifacts of the early American colonial life and the American Revolution.
  • Values Through History’s “Why America is Free” is an upper elementary, fully integrated curriculum and educational program endorsed by the SAR. The “Why America is Free” curriculum is an unprecedented, hands-on learning experience for educators and their students. The curriculum covers the extraordinary events, times, and heroes of the American Revolution as well as the principles and civic values upon which the country was founded. At the same time, it teaches the mandated skills and knowledge in every subject in an in-depth and multi-sensory manner. It does so in a way that unifies students, expands minds, generates respect and responsibility, strengthens character, and establishes a lasting curiosity for learning. Values Through History, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) entity.

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