Most Americans have heard about the Battle of Bunker Hill, but have never heard of the Battle of St. Louis. And yet, some historians believe it was a critical inflection point in the American Revolutionary War, and helped save the American West.

Resources available in our House of Thunder Project give students a chance to explore events of the American Revolution from a “western America” perspective and to investigate the power of primary sources to influence learning and understanding. Resources include the full documentary, nine segments excerpted from the documentary, and activity ideas associated with each. All videos area available in the “Related Column” to the right; to view them click a thumbnail and become a member of Educate.Today.

For an overview of the documentary, view the preview video above.

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Quick Ideas for Using our House of Thunder Project:

• Use the full documentary as a professional learning resource to learn more about the American Revolution on the frontier as you prepare unit plans, lesson plans, and activity ideas for your students’ study of the American Revolution.
• Utilize the nine segments edited from the full documentary in a jigsaw activity you create with different groups of students sharing their learning with the rest of the class.
• Utilize the nine segments edited from the full documentary and the individual activity ideas associated with them as part of your study of the American Revolution or as part of activities focused on increasing student understanding about the use of primary sources to understand historic events.
• Use the preview video above as part of an activity to use with students prior to their viewing of the complete documentary. Download the activity here.
• Provide the full documentary for students doing an independent project on the American Revolution. How can the documentary provide information to use in their project and/or to inspire additional research for their project?