Hi again! I need some help, tell me your favorite Revolutionary War resources and why you liked them. Also, what is your personal opinion on the Revolutionary War? I had a very thought provoking discussion recently about the motives and methods of the Founding Fathers. What about Biblical mandates.....were they submitting to the authorities placed over them by God----?
I am really hoping for some lively "blogging" on the subject!
I guess this isn't exactly a resource, but we read "Johnny Tremain" aloud together this year as we were studying the Revolutionary War and loved it. We did an "ABC" scrapbook of the Revolutionary War (thanks to a wonderful workshop by Maggie Hogan that I took at the state convention in May). The girls did a page for every letter of the alphabet. It was a fantastic review and they really "got into it". There are many online sites that we got a lot of information, pictures, and movie clips from. I'm not American, and a lot of the history we studied was new to me. I honestly found it deeply moving. Eleanor
My favorite sources to learn more about the Revolutionary War are:
America: First 350 Years, by Steve Wilkins (cassettes/cd and notebook)
Revolutions That Never Were, by Doug Wilson, Steve Wilkins and maybe someone else (I can't find this cd series right now...must still be packed) - compares the differences between the two wars
My husband speaks at homeschool conferences about the Revolutionary War and the War Between the States. His workshop is title Un-Revisionist History and usually gets people's attention since it is a bit un-politically correct. Most of his information comes from the sources listed above.
When I listened to these lectures, I began to re-think my view of American history.
since we studied the Revolutionary War but we will begin again in the fall. Hopefully you will get some great info from others and I can glean from it too! *wink* I know we are going to use George Washington's World by Foster.
I have a question for you...how do you get your Friends posts to show who posted which items? Mine doesn't show one person different from another...thanks!
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• Jul. 13, 2005 - Hi Nancy: