Sheanalyn Shawver

Internet & App/Literature List

June 11, 2015
Women of the American Revolution

Three Internet Sites:

Libertys Kids
http://www.libertyskids.com/index.html
This website is kid friendly and provided information about the American Revolution
through interactive games, newspapers, and characters. Students can explore the website
to learn more about famous men and women, important objects from the time period, as
well as important places and events. Students can even watch episodes that accent the
differences between life in the 1700s and today

Animated History: Battle Tactics

http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/amer_hist_1914/resources/htmls/animations/battle_a
nim/standAlone.swf
This interactive website allows students to explore images to learn more about battle
during the Revolutionary War. Students can learn specifics about the British Army, the
Continental Army, how to load and fire a cannon, what the military ranks were, etc.

Teaching American History: Interactive Map

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/static/neh/interactives/americanrevolution/ar_1.swf
This interactive website allows students to choose between three different eras in the
American Revolution: 1775-1778, 1778-1781, and the Treaty of Paris, 1783. Once
students choose, they are given background information about the time period, and then
the students follow the major battles one by one by finding the city, and choosing whether
the American or the British won the battle. It then give more information and specific
details about the battle.

Two Applications:

American Revolution Interactive Timeline for iPad

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/american-revolution-interactive/id489614145?mt=8
This application is an interactive timeline of the American Revolution from 1754 to 1789.
It contains over 515+ photographs and articles and offers access to rare information.
Students can use this iPad app to access beautiful images video, and information. The
timeline is a zommable timeline which displays artwork, weapons, clothing, object, and
manuscripts from the American Revolution.

American Revolution by KIDS DISCOVER

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/american-revolution-by-kids/id833544483?mt=8
This reading application provides an in-depth look at the American Revolution. Students
can discover main battles and key leaders of the American Revolution. This app features
3-D models, video and audio, photographs, cartoons, and animations, as well as quizzes,
puzzles, and other game. Students can use this app to learn more about the American
Revolt, the Boston Tea Party, a soldiers life, and even women during the American
Revoluion.

Book List:

A Womans Dilemma: Mercy Otis Warren and the American Revolution By Rosemarie
Zagarri
This second edition of Zagarris biography of Warren examines Warrens political
and social context including the status of women in early America. This biography also
includes an in-depth bibliographical essay, multiple illustrations, a timeline of Warrens
life, and chapter-end study questions.

Mercy Otis Warren: Selected Letters By Mercy Otis Warren, Jeffrey H. Richards, and
Sharon M. Harris
This volume gathers more than 100 letters, most of them previously unpublished.
Her correspondents include George Washington, John and Abigail Adams, and Catharine
Macaulay. This volume also adds in Warrens letters to family members and other
women which unveils social customs, womens concerns, political and economic
conditions, as well as medical issues and attitudes on child rearing during early American
colonial time.

Catharine Macaulay and Mercy Otis Warren: The Revolutionary Atlantic and the Politics
of Gender By Kate Davies
Drawing on research, this is the first book to consider Macaulay and Warrens
centrality of the transatlantic political cultures. Daviess book unveils the political
significance of Warren and Macaulay to the truths of patriotism, nationhood, and empire.

Write On, Mercy!: The Secret Life of Mercy Otis Warren By Gretchen Woelfle
Woelfle reveals Warrens early years growing up on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Warren went to school with her brother and learned to write. After marring Patriot James
Warren, Mercy wrote in secret about the events of her time. Many of her subjects
included George Washington and John and Abigail Adams. This first picture-book
biography tells the tale of the woman chronicler.

The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren by Nancy Rubin Stuart

Stuart writes a biography about Mercy Otis Warren and reveals how Warrens
provocative writing made her an exception among voiceless women during the
Revolutionary War.
Other Books from Group Members:

Heroines of the American Revolution by Diane Silcox - Garrett

Betsy Ross by Jane Duden

Who Was Betsy Ross? By James Buckley and John O Brien

Betsy Ross by Arthur Schlesinger

Women Heroes of the American Revolution by Susan Casey

Women of the American Revolution by Louise Chipley Slavicek

Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts

First Ladies - Smithsonian Institution by Amy Pastan

Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the American
Revolution by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Secret Soldier By Ann McGovern

They Led the Way by Johana Johnson

My Name is Phyllis Wheatley: A Story of Slavery and Freedom By Afua Cooper

Phyllis Wheatley- Young Revolutionary Poet By Kathryn Kilby Borland

The Magic Tree House: Revolutionary War on Wednesday By Mary Pope Osborne

Yankee Doodle America by David McCullough

Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the American
Revolution by Laurie Halse Anderson
This is a picture book about women who took part in the American Revolution
and were known for their roles in the way women are shaped today.

First Ladies (DK Eyewitness Books) by DK Publishing Authors

This is a non-fiction, informational picture book that lists all of the First Ladies,
from Martha Washington to our current First Lady, Michelle Obama and their roles as
First Lady and what they were known for, such as personal mementos, campaign
memorabilia, etc. It takes you on a visual journey of our United States history from the
first ladies points of view.

Martha Washington (On My Own Biographies) by Candice F. Ransom

This is a biography on Martha Washington that explores her livelihood and her
job as the 1st First Lady of the United States. It explains how she set the standard for all
future first ladies.

Martha Washington by Sally Lee

This nonfiction book is about Marthas life from before she became the first lady
and her childhood all the way to her goals as the 1st first lady.

Martha Washington: An American Life by Patricia Brady

This is another biography on Mrs. Washington about her life in the position of 1st
first lady and what it was like back during the American Revolution.