This download now includes 3 versions of the comic strip activity, one that focuses on the Revolutionary War, and two versions that focus on the American Revolution.
 
VERSION 1: This activity presents 8 major steps in the Revolutionary War with visuals and hyperlinks to relevant videos on YouTube for each step. Students follow along and are instructed to create boxes with titles, visuals and captions, while using 10 key terms along the way. The key terms include:
 
1 Paul Revere
2 Minutemen
3 George Washington
4 King George
5 Red Coats
6 Continental Army
7 France
8 Spain
9 Baron Von Steuben
10 Treaty of Paris
 
The 8 comic strip topics include:
 
1 The First Continental Congress
2 Battle of Lexington & Concord
3 Battle of Bunker Hill gives hope
4 Second Continental Congress
5 Washington Crosses Delaware
6 Victory at the Battle of Saratoga
7 Training; Winter at Valley Forge
8 Yorktown and Treaty of Paris
 
VERSION 2: This activity presents 8 major steps in the American Revolution with visuals and hyperlinks to relevant videos on YouTube for each step. Students follow along and are instructed to create boxes with titles, visuals and captions, while using 10 key terms along the way. The key terms include:
 
1 Ben Franklin
2 Thomas Jefferson
3 George Washington
4 King George
5 Stamp Act
6 Coercive Acts
7 Paul Revere
8 Minutemen
9 Continental Army
10 United States
 
VERSION 3: This series of PowerPoint slides allows students to create a series of 8 comic strip boxes detailing the events of the American Revolution. A couple of YouTube links are also included to enhance the lesson. Students are challenged to use all 16 key terms listed on the slides as they create titles, captions and images.
 
Key Terms include:
1 England
2 Americans
3 Enlightenment
4 Loyalists
5 Patriots
6 Boston Massacre
7 Paul Revere
8 Red Coats
9 George Washington
10 Ben Franklin
11 Declaration of Independence
12 Thomas Jefferson
13 King George III
14 The French
15 General Cornwallis
16 Treaty of Paris
 
...and the titles for the 8 boxes include:
1 The Thirteen Colonies
2 Reasons for Unrest
3 Boston Tea Party
4 Lexington and Concord
5 George Washington Leads
6 Declaration of Independence
7 Winter at Valley Forge
8 Victory at Yorktown
 
The 8 comic strip topics include:
 
1 The French and Indian War
2 Taxation without Representation
3 Tension of the Boston Massacre
4 Boston Tea Party defies the Brits
5 The Intolerable Acts Are Enacted
6 Battles of Lexington and Concord
7 The Declaration of Independence
8 Battle of Yorktown; Treaty of Paris