If you want to help students understand the Declaration of Independence through the blow-by-blow approach of a good story, this blog post is for you. 

Compare the story with items from the exhibition at the Library of Congress called Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents.

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Two essays written by historians of the American Revolution are linked from this short article. They gave me an appreciation for how historians view the American Revolution versus how events have been perceived in the media and popular press. I'd like to think that primary sources help our students appreciate the historian's point of view. The American Revolution is not as simple as we have been led to believe!

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016816527/

[Colonial soldiers engaged in battle in a forest, possibly during the American Revolution]

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Just in case you've missed it, John Suter has created an Album of images in the United States History group that collects many opportunities for primary source analysis that may be of interest.

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