I. Introduction
Let's travel back in
time to the American Revolution. What was life like during this time?
What happened at the sites of the major battles? What now-famous
Americans would you meet?
Our class's task is to travel back in time and investigate the events and people of the American Revolution. Each student will be given a specific task to complete on your time-travel journey. You will then take the information and knowledge you gain to create a historically accurate, yet entertaining political cartoon about one of the events of the American Revolution.
Our class's task is to travel back in time and investigate the events and people of the American Revolution. Each student will be given a specific task to complete on your time-travel journey. You will then take the information and knowledge you gain to create a historically accurate, yet entertaining political cartoon about one of the events of the American Revolution.
II. The Process and Resources
1.)Please read pages 90-91 in your textbook starting from Britain's Financial Problems.
2.)Create a graphic organizer using either Inspiration or Spicy Node showing the causes and effects of the Stamp Act. Please include details.
3.) Use the internet information linked below or your book to answer these questions specifically related to events leading to The American Revolution:
1. How and when did the Boston Massacre begin?
2. Who was the first person hit by the British and became known as the 'first hero of the American Revolution?'
3. How was the Boston Massacre a turning point in the American Revolution?
4. How were the colonists warned that danger was coming?
5. When and why did the Boston Tea Party occur?
6. Describe George Hewes's involvement in the Boston Tea Party.
7. What were the Intolerable Acts?
8. Please go to www.toondoo.com and create a two to three column cartoon about an event in the American Revolution. You must write what the event is on the top of your cartoon. We will share these and vote for he most historically accurate yet entertaining.
Resources you can use to help you:
2.)Create a graphic organizer using either Inspiration or Spicy Node showing the causes and effects of the Stamp Act. Please include details.
3.) Use the internet information linked below or your book to answer these questions specifically related to events leading to The American Revolution:
1. How and when did the Boston Massacre begin?
2. Who was the first person hit by the British and became known as the 'first hero of the American Revolution?'
3. How was the Boston Massacre a turning point in the American Revolution?
4. How were the colonists warned that danger was coming?
5. When and why did the Boston Tea Party occur?
6. Describe George Hewes's involvement in the Boston Tea Party.
7. What were the Intolerable Acts?
8. Please go to www.toondoo.com and create a two to three column cartoon about an event in the American Revolution. You must write what the event is on the top of your cartoon. We will share these and vote for he most historically accurate yet entertaining.
Resources you can use to help you:
- America's Story: Boston Massacre - How did the Boston Massacre begin? Visit this site to learn all about it.
- America's Story: The American Revolution Began - Read this article to find out about Paul Revere's famous ride.
- The History Place: The Boston Tea Party - Read this eyewitness account of The Boston Tea Party.
- KidPort Reference Library: The Boston Tea Party - Read this site to find out about The Boston Tea Party.
- History Central: The Stamp Act Passed, Colonies Protest - What was The Stamp Act, and why did it anger the colonists? Read the information on this site to find out.
- Kidport: The Quest for Independence - Information about The Stamp Act, The Townsend Act, and other events leading the The Revolution can be found on this site.
- Kidport: The Intolerable Acts - Visit this site to find out all about The Intolerable Acts.