Notes for the Teacher:

• Depending on the grade level of the students, you may choose to read Johnny Tremain aloud to the class. The book can be challenging for sixth graders, but your top readers could read it independently.

• This is a book that excites discussion. As the students read about the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party and the Battles of Lexington and Concord, discuss with them the implications of these events.

• You should choose the groups for this activity. Make sure that each group that works on this WebQuest has a good balance of students with a range of abilities.

• You will need to know ahead of time if the students have had instruction in PowerPoint or HyperStudio. If neither of these programs is available, they could use the slide show capabilities of ClarisWorks/AppleWorks to create a presentation

• In addition to all of the internet resources that I have listed in the WebQuest, you should have trade books, picture books and encyclopedias available for your students to use for this project. Here is a short list of some excellent resources for students:

• Jean Fritz has written some wonderful books that deal with historical events in humorous, yet authentic way. The works which she has written which fit best with the topic of this Web Quest are:

Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?
Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?
Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?
Illustrated by Tomie dePaola
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?
Illustrated by Margot Tomes

• Some other entertaining books which would be excellent additions to your classroom library:

John Hancock, New England Boy
by Catherine Seward Cleven
We Were There at The Battle of Lexington and Concord.
by Felix Sutton
The Boys of '76
by Charles Carleton Coffin
From Colonies to Country
by Joy Hakim.
Mr. Revere and I
by Robert Lawson.
Paul Revere, Boston Patriot
by Augusta Stevenson