Revolution- Boston Massacre
In this lesson, the students will use contemporary points of views of the incidents of the Boston Massacre and construct a non-positioned news article about the event. They will be tasked to tell the story from a non-opinionated point of view as best as possible that will be published in a colonial newspaper that is neither loyalist or patriot in standing. Ideally, this lesson should occur following the Townsend Acts and the heating up of tensions with riots and protests beginning in Boston. However, it should also occur prior to the students learning about the Boston Massacre. This will help to ensure that the students do not use any prior knowledge of the event to influence their writing
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