Farmer, 2007, Joe Farnham, National Heritage Museum

Welcome to the National Heritage Museum’s curriculum page. Here we have gathered curriculum material related to “Sowing the Seeds of Liberty: Lexington and the American Revolution”. Teachers throughout the United States are invited to explore these resources, which highlight the period right before the beginning of the American Revolution in 1775. Use these links to access our one-of-a-kind teaching materials. Click on the links below to access the following resources:  

• “Lexington in 1775: Colonial Life and the American Revolution” - 3rd and 5th grade curricula
  
  
• Learning at the National Heritage Museum: Using Primary Sources to Reconstruct the Past – our blog for educators
  
  
• From Sources to Stories: Reconstructing Revolutionary Lexington in the Classroom – a journal article with supplementary materials
  
  
• Instructions for using the materials
  
  
• How this material was created
  
  
• and, on our blog, a comment forum for discussing your efforts.
  
  

Let us know what you think! Direct your comments and questions to programs@monh.org or join the discussion at our Learning Blog.

To learn more about educational programming at the National Heritage Museum, click here.