A family torn apart by war, 1777

Spotlight on: Primary Source

Inside the Vault: Benjamin Franklin

Video

Art, Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Inside the Vault: Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"

Video

Government and Civics, Literature

Inside the Vault: A Summary View of the Rights of British America

Video

Government and Civics, Literature, Religion and Philosophy

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Inside the Vault: Mary Katherine Goddard

Video

Government and Civics, World History

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Guided Readings: Slavery and Abolition

Teacher Resources

World History

5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The Early Republic

Essay

Joseph J. Ellis

Kariann Yokota - "Unbecoming British: How Revolutionary America Became a Postcolonial Nation"

Video

Benjamin L. Carp - "The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution"

Government and Civics

Timeline: The American Revolution

Online Exhibition