6th Grade American Revolution Pathfinder

Reference Sources

General Reference Sources

Collier's encyclopedia REF 031 COL [No online version]

Encyclopedia Americana REF 031 ENC [No online version]

Encyclopedia Britannica REF 031 NEW Encyclopedia Britannica Online

World book encyclopedia REF 031 WOR World Book Online

Specialized Reference Sources

Concise dictionary of American history REF 973 CON

The Constitutional Convention of 1787: a comprehensive encyclopedia of America's founding REF 342.730292 VIL

Dictionary of American history REF 973.03 DIC

Encyclopedia of American history REF 973 ENC

Encyclopedia of the American Revolution REF 973.7 BOA

Encyclopedia of New England REF 974.003 ENC

Great events from history: American series REF 973 GRE

Great lives from history: American series REF 973 GRE

The New York Public Library American history desk reference REF 973 OXF

Other Print Sources

These books are on reserve, because they have information on many of your topics. That means you can look at them in the library, but you can't check them out!

Don't know much about history: everything you need to know about American history but never learned 973 DAV

Famous signers of the Declaration BC MCG

Give me liberty! The story of the Declaration of Independence 973.313 FRE

A history of US. Vol 3: From colonies to country 973 HAK v. 3

Honorable treason: the Declaration of Independence and the men who signed it 973.3 HAW

The story of America 973 STO

Why America is free 973.3 HAM

Online Databases

American National Biography
18,000 biographies that tell the story of the United States through the lives of its people.

Annals of American History
Full text of over 1500 primary source documents (speeches, interviews, writings) related to American history and dating back to 1493.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

Oxford Reference Online

World Book Online

Websites

The American Revolution: Lighting Freedom's Flame
http://www.nps.gov/revwar/about_the_revolution/overview.html
Published by the National Park Service, this site includes a detailed daily timeline and biographies of people involved in the Revolution (including some of your topics).

Liberty! The American Revolution
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
This is the site for the PBS series Liberty!, about the American Revolution. "Chronicle of the Revolution" tells the stories of a few important events during the Revolution -- see if your topic is there!

The National Archives Experience: Charters of Freedom
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/charters.html
The American National Archives has excellent information and primary documents about the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, including the history leaning up to the writing and signing of these documents, and biographies of some of the people involved.