These videos have been specially selected for use in the classroom setting, when studying Yorktown and the American Revolution. Learn about the entire Revolutionary period, from colonial unrest to the formation of the new nation, including the daily life of soldiers and families during this era.

Links to corresponding activities, resources and lesson plans can be found below and on our Educational Curriculum Materials webpage.

Related activities, resources and lesson plans:

Anna’s Adventures: Pick and Pickle Activity Sheet
Learn the key differences between the food preservation methods of drying, pickling, salting and jellying by completing the attached activities. Follow simple recipes to create your own preserved food, complete a word search and identify preservation methods in an illustration of 18th-century foods.

Anna’s Adventures: Drums and Drills Activity Sheet
Learn more about Baron von Steuben, a key trainer of the Continental Army, and practice the facing commands taught to Anna using provided illustrations.

Anna’s Adventures: Nine Men’s Morris Activity Sheet
Download the directions and game board for “Nine Men’s Morris,” a strategy game which provided entertainment for Revolutionary War soldiers.

Classroom Topics: Jeremiah Greenman Lesson Plan
Students will read and analyze primary sources, including Jeremiah’s own journal entry, to answer the question “What challenges did the Continental Army face?” This lesson is a part of the Life of a Private unit plan.

Classroom Topics: 18th-Century Tobacco Economy Unit Plan
Discover vocabulary, graphing and historical analysis activities. Students can test their success as tobacco farmers in the culminating board game activity.

Yorktown Chronicles [8 videos] History and Perspectives
Learn more about the American Revolution by exploring the Yorktown Chronicles webpages. In the History section explore a general overview and timeline of the war, biographies of Generals Washington and Cornwallis, and glossary of relevant terms. Utilize the Perspectives section to compare the viewpoints of the Americans, British and other world leaders.