The Broadside Collection can be used to create a detailed time line of the Revolutionary era and the formation of the new nation. Students can use their textbooks or other sources to create an initial time line of Revolutionary events.
Students can illustrate events in their time line using documents from the collection.
In the process of their research, students probably will discover supporting examples for the time line not mentioned in textbooks. All age groups can comprehend the documents at some level. Younger students can understand the main arguments for independence such as no taxation without representation and the right to liberty. Older students can understand how the founding generation built their government around terms such as liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The variety of broadsides allows students to examine the intentions of our nation's founders.