Lesson Plan Format: Day 6

Grade: ___3___

Unit: The American Revolution in Massachusetts

Goal: Events and people in Massachusetts’s history played a major part in the development of Massachusetts.

Essential Questions:

What people and events in Massachusetts’s history played a part in the onset of the Revolutionary War?

Development and Selection of Activities and Resources:

Ø Review facts of Patriots and Loyalists

Ø Tea tax: why?

Ø Diary: December 16, 1773; Boston Tea Party

Ø Listen to story The Boston Tea Party

Ø Trackstar: http://4teachers.org will help with other information. Click onto Trackstar, and enter track # 103206. Answer questions not answered in diary

Content:

Ø Diary page: Boston Tea Party

Ø Read story The Boston Tea Party; have students answer questions in diary

Ø Review key points; use Trackstar

Curriculum Standards:

New England and Massachusetts: 3.5

Assignment:

Ø If not done, have students finish diary and use Trackstar at home.

How will the understanding of the essential question be assessed?

Ø A booklet on the major events of Massachusetts (ongoing)