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Mar 19, 2020 · Rev War | Article. The Boston Massacre. Setting the Colonies a Flame. March 19, 2020 • Updated November 28, 2023. Share to Google Classroom Added by 168 Educators. The Boston Massacre marked the moment when political tensions between British soldiers and American colonists turned deadly.
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In this lesson, students will be asked to learn the disputed and agreed-upon facts of the Boston Massacre in small groups and then discuss them and propose a website definition of the Massacre as a class. This lesson should not only provide students with an opportunity to look at disparate representations of so-called historical facts surrounding a...
On the night of March 5, 1770, American colonists attacked British soldiers in Boston, which resulted in the soldiers firing on the crowd and killing five of the colonists. This event became known as the Boston Massacre, a rallying point for colonists against the stationing and quartering of British troops throughout the colonies, and against the T...
Primary Sources
"The Bloody Massacre," by Paul Revere (PDF) Deposition of Theodore Bliss, Boston Massacre Historical Society Captain Thomas Preston’s Account of the Boston Massacre, Boston Massacre Historical Society "The Soldiers Trial: October 24 to 30, 1770: Selected Testimony," The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Famous Trials Project Summation of John Adams, The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Famous Trials Project Anonymous Account of the Massacre, The University of...
Secondary Source
Library of Congress "America’s Library"site for kids, which gives a brief overview of the Boston Massacre.
Students will be able to read and understand primary documents that are key to understanding the Boston Massacre and the ensuing trials of the British troops and their captain.Students will be able to identify similarities and differences between primary source documents.Students will be able to discuss the Boston Massacre as a class to decide what they think actually occurred.Students will be able to propose and vote on a definition for the Boston Massacre for a history website for elementary school students.Day One
Motivation: Give students five minutes to read over the information at the "America’s Library" site. After that time, ask students to close their computers, or, if using a print copy, collect that copy. Ask students to remember as many details about the Massacre as they can from the site. The teacher should record the facts on the board as they are announced by the students so that they are visible to the entire class. After the motivation has provided a basic understanding of the events of t...
Day Two
(This can also be an optional extension of the prior lesson.) Students will briefly review the facts that they think are true about the Boston Massacre, referring to their previously read articles and the worksheet they completed with their second group. The teacher will then pose the question, "If we were going to make a website for elementary school students about the Boston Massacre, what should the site say?" The class will decide this question by having a whole-class discussion. Each stu...
Debrief the discussion. What are some of the benefits and drawbacks of that method of decision making in a piece of writing? Was it hard to come up with a definition? Are you pleased with the definition you wrote?
Students can create a podcast about the Boston Massacre that uses the class definition. Another extension would be to have students create a website on the American Revolution and use the class definition as a page in the site.
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Objective. What really transpired on the night of March 5, 1770, in Boston? After completing this lesson students will be able to read and understand primary documents that are key to the Boston Massacre and the ensuing trials of the British troops and their captain.
by Edward St. Germain. Learn about the Boston Massacre of 1773. Discover what caused the massacre and the effects it had in the leadup to the Revolutionary War.
Before we dive into the historical details of the Boston Massacre, let’s think about why the soldiers were in Boston in the first place and what led up to this specific moment. How did the Boston Massacre unfold? First, it was unusual for British soldiers to be in Boston in the first place—so, what were they doing there?
Teacher Resources. Investigating Multiple Perspectives on the Boston Massacre. Inquiry Question 1: Although we don't know exactly what happened the night of March 5, 1770, what does the existing evidence from the Boston Massacre teach us about pre-Revolutionary America?
Imagining the Boston Massacre This lesson invites students to examine and interpret depictions of the Boston Massacre—the deadly confrontation between Bostonians and British troops on the evening of March 5, 1770—by examining contemporary engravings of the event by Henry Pelham and Paul Revere of Boston and Jonathan Mulliken of Newburyport ...
