Sleds+on+Boston+Reinforcing+Activity

//__Sleds on Boston Common__// by Louise Borden Venn Diagram Worksheet Pens/Markers Group/peer assignment sheets School House Rock – American Revolution Video: []
 * Materials**:

American Revolution Red Coats Lobsters Taxation without Representation Boston King George the Third Patriots America New England
 * Key words**:

1. Read //Sleds on Boston Commons// aloud to class. 2. Watch the YouTube video: School House Rock – American Revolution. 3. Each student will be given a blank Venn Diagram worksheet 4. Each student will fill out this worksheet when the class discusses how the Boston Commons book and the school house rock video compare and contrast how the books describe the interaction between the British and Colonists. 5. After they complete the diagram, lead a class discussion about what students wrote and why these two accounts differ.
 * Procedure**:


 * Extending Activity**
 * 1) Research and Discuss other main events of the Revolutionary War such as: Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill, Paul Revere's poem, and the mock trial of Benedict Arnold.
 * 2) Assign specified group/peer partners topics for a Revolutionary War skit.
 * 3) The skit is primarily a conversation between two modern-day peers who are discussing the historical event they are assigned.
 * 4) As they are discussing the events that occurred, the setting must have a flash back to Pre-Revolutionary War in Boston and after the war is over.
 * 5) Students must include simple props/costumes. (Might be hand-made, or as simple as a hat which looks historically appropriate) You should have at least one prop/scene and they should vary by scene
 * 6) The skit must be written with correct spelling, grammar, and sentence structure.
 * 7) Each student must provide the teacher with a copy of your completed script prior to the performance.
 * 8) The students’ grades will be determined by the content of the play relating to the dissatisfaction with the colonial rule by England and the eventual Declaration of Independence that would jump start the American Revolution.