Sharon Inge

SLM 521

Virtual Field Trips

Interested in American History?

Want to learn more about the Revolution?

Curious about the places and people you’ve read about in your history books?

Have I got a deal for you! Now you can explore revolutionary America without ever leaving your classroom. Take the online tours listed below and many of your questions about the revolution will be answered. (Of course, an actual field trip to these sites would be nice too but until then … enjoy your “virtual’” field trip!)

Boston: The land of the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre and Paul Revere’s famous ride. Take an online tour of revolutionary Boston and “Travel the Trail” past historic sites that played a part in the country’s struggle for freedom.

http://www.thefreedomtrail.org/tour.htm

Philadelphia: The birthplace of independence. Take a virtual tour of Philadelphia to see some of the sights of the “birthplace of the United States” such as: Independence Hall, the Betsy Ross House and the final resting place of some of this country’s founding fathers.

http://www.ushistory.org/tour/index.html

Take an online look at the newspaper chronicles describing various events of the revolution. Check out “Perspectives on Liberty” to learn more about the people and times of the American Revolution.

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle.html

Take this interactive Internet hunt to test your knowledge of the American Revolution and learn some new, fun facts along the way.

http://homepage.mac.com/cohora/ext/colpeo.pdf