RILINK Schools: Woodridge Research Projects: Revolutionary War Biographies

Revolutionary War History Makers

Ladies First: Revolutionary War Heroines

First Ladies
Biographies of women whose husbands were President. Revolutionary War First Ladies include Martha Washington and Abigail Adams.
Martha Washington
All about Martha Washington
Molly Pitcher - Pennsylvania Center for the Book
Mary Ludwig Hays
Molly Pitcher - Bio.com
More information about Mary Ludwig Hays.
National Women's History Museum
Biographies of women in history. Use the search box to find your Revolutionary War Heroine.
Margaret Corbin
Biography of Margaret Corbin

And "Gentle"men: Revolutionary War Heroes

CIA's Revolutionary War Biographies
Biographies of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Nathan Hale, & James Armistead Lafayette.
Black Past: African American History & Biographies
Biography of Peter Salem.
Early American Portraits
Includes many well known Revolutionary War figures and some less well known such as Francis Marion and Marquis de Lafayette.
Massachusetts Historical Society Biographies
Well known figures as well as Richard Henry Lee.
National Parks People of the American Revolution
Famous people of the Revolutionary War such as Thomas Paine and Rhode Islander Nathanael Greene.
The American Revolution
Biographies of many Revolutionary War history makers.
American History from American Revolution to Reconstuction
Research project by college students to provide American History online. Links to biographies of many Revolutionary War people are available.
Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Independence Hall's website all about the Declaration of Independence.
Connecticut Son's of American Revolution
Includes patriots from Connecticut such as Israel Putnam.
Valley Forge - Who Served Here?
Biographies of people who were at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War.
Smithsonian - The Swamp Fox
Francis Marion
George Rogers Clark National Park
History of George Rogers Clark
More George Rogers Clark
Indiana Government Biography of George Rogers Clark

Research Assignment

Use books and approved websites to find information about a Revolutionary War History Maker. Be sure to use your graphic organizer to find the following information:

General Biographical Information:

Birth - Death: When & Where?
Family: Parents, siblings, spouse, children
Education: Schooling, Apprenticeships, Subjects
Occupation: Jobs, Career, Skills

Contribution to the Revolutionary War:

How did he/she contribute?
Why was this important?
What effect did it have?

Online Encyclopedia

History Reference Database

Books from Our Catalog

Look for gereral American History and Revolutionary War Books at Dewey Decimal Number 973 in the Nonfcition section of our library. Biographies of specific people will be shared from a bin in your classroom; at all other times they would be shelved in the Biography section of our library in alphabetical order by the person's last name.

Here are a few books about the Revolutionary War in general:

Everybody's Revolution by Thomas Fleming
ISBN: 0439634040
Publication Date: 2006-09-01
The story of the American Revolution starring the many men and women from various cultural backgrounds who made significant contributions in the fight for independence. Today it seems students and teachers want to know more about the past than what a few famous white men did. They want to understand how women and men of different cultures and backgrounds contributed to our early history, and to making America what it is today.
Great Women of the American Revolution by Michael Burgan
ISBN: 075650838X
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Describes some of the roles that women played during the American Revolution, including managing the home and farm, making cloth for clothes, and nursing the sick and wounded soldiers.
If You Were There In 1776 by Barbara Brenner
ISBN: 0027123227
Publication Date: 1994-05-01
Looks at 18th century colonial life with an emphasis given to how children lived on a New England farm, a Southern plantation, and the frontier.

Standards

CCSs for Reading Informational Text 7 - 8

Students will read for integration of knowledge and ideas.

CCSs for Writing 7 - 9

Students will research to build and present knowledge.

GSEs for Earth and Space Science 5 - 8

Students will understand the characteristics of the Solar System.

AAS Library Standards 1, 3

Students will inquire, think, critically, and gain knowledge.

Students will share knowledge and participate ethically and productively.