Introduction
Fifth Grade Social Studies: The students will learn historical events associated with the Boston Tea Party through the process of using technology, vocabulary words, and assigned websites. The students will complete the lesson with a brief play for their classomates and also record it on their pin drives to share it with their families. At the End of the Unit we will invite Parents to particpate in a " Boston Tea Party with the " Tea Cups" that we made in class.
It's the night of December 16th in the year 1773. There is currently a group of over 100 angry men dressed as Mohawk Indians heading for Boston Harbor in search of several chests of tea that are onboard the East India Trading Company ships. Why are these men heading for the ships in search of tea? What is going to happen once they reach the harbor? Travel back in time and find out what happens through this Boston Tea Party webquest. Go to the task page to find out what you need to do!
Task
Pretend you are a living in Boston during the time leading up to and during the Boston Tea Party. Using the tools listed in the process section, use your detecitve skills to discover not only what occured during the Boston Tea Party, but what led up to it.
Your task is to write a diary entry from the perspective of a citizen in Boston during that time. As you start digging through the past to discover what happened, I want you to be thinking about who you would side with: the Loyalists, or the Patriots. This question needs to be answered in your writing. The diary can be written in the form of a letter to a relative, a letter to the government, a newspaper article, or a diary entry to yourself.