{"id":9704,"date":"2026-08-04T18:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T18:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhd.org\/?page_id=9704"},"modified":"2026-08-05T19:47:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T19:47:43","slug":"revolutionary-ideals-articles-and-lesson-plans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nhd.org\/en\/revolutionary-ideals-articles-and-lesson-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionary Ideals Articles and Lesson Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the summer of 2022, NHD kicked off its programming to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with a live teacher institute in Providence, Rhode Island. Partnering with the Rhode Island Historical Society, NHD developed this week-long institute, Revolutionary Ideals<\/em>, engaging 30 teachers. The program focused on Revolutionary ideals, exploring the ideals of the time and considering how they were (or were not) practiced or applied fully.<\/p>\n\n

The teachers who participated in the 2022 summer teacher institute worked collaboratively to create lesson plans relating to the founding ideals of the Revolutionary Era. All supporting materials (graphic organizers, rubrics, etc.) and primary source documents are available for free download.<\/p>\n\n

NHD thanks Tom Lauer and the Dr. Scholl Foundation for their generous support of this program, publication, and 2024 webinar series.<\/p>\n\n

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Staging a Revolution: The Complex History of Turning Thoughts into Actions<\/p>\n\n\n

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Revolutionary Ideals and the Study of American History<\/p>\n\n\n

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Lesson Plans<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Using Maps to Compare European Colonization in North America<\/p>\n\n\n

Download lesson here<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Puritans and \u201cLiberty of Conscience\u201d: Conflicting Views on Religious Freedom in Colonial New England<\/p>\n\n\n

Download lesson here<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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New Ideas in a New Land: Roger Williams\u2019s and William Penn\u2019s Quest for Autonomy and Freedom in Colonial America<\/p>\n\n\n

Download lesson here<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Metacom\u2019s (King Philip\u2019s) War: The Remaking of Colonial Identity<\/p>\n\n\n

Download lesson here<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Regulators of North Carolina: Rebels with a Cause<\/p>\n\n\n

Download lesson here<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Rum and Revolution: Rhode Island\u2019s Role in the Triangular Trade<\/p>\n\n\n

Download lesson here<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Gaspee Raid: Prelude to the Boston Tea Party?<\/p>\n\n\n

Download lesson here<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Party in Philadelphia: Tea, Time, and Troubles<\/p>\n\n\n

Download lesson here<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Women\u2019s Coverture: Unpacking the
Historical Context of Abigail Adams\u2019s Call to \u201cRemember the Ladies\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Great Law of Peace: A Precursor to the United States Constitution<\/p>\n\n\n

Download lesson here<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Founding Mothers: Women and the Spread of Revolutionary Ideas<\/p>\n\n\n

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Free Press and Its Limits in
Colonial America<\/p>\n\n\n

Download lesson here<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Revolutionary Ideals and Native Nations: Taking Sides in the American Revolution<\/p>\n\n\n

Download lesson here<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Promises Made, Promises Broken: The Rhode Island First Regiment and The Struggle for Liberty<\/p>\n\n\n

Download lesson here<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Revolutionary Ideals in Action: Comparing the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions<\/p>\n\n\n

Download lesson here<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Webinar Recordings<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n
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\u201cIn the Eye of Foreign Nations\u201d Empire, Trade, and the World that Inspired the Declaration<\/p>\n\n\n

Watch Webinar here<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Revolutionary Ideals and North Carolina\u2019s Regulator Rebellion<\/p>\n\n\n

Watch Webinar here<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Liberty for Who? Democracy and Race-Based Slavery in the Early American Republic<\/p>\n\n\n

Watch Webinar here<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Revolutionary Ideals: The Age of Constitutionalism<\/p>\n\n\n

Watch Webinar here<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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