LESSON PLAN 7:LITERACY IMMERSION AND THE BOSTON TEA
PARTY
Day Nine _60_ minute lesson
1. Lesson Objectives
a. Knowledge Outcomes:
3.5 Explain important political, economic, and military developments leading to and during the
American Revolution. (H, C)
b. the Boston Tea Party
b. Skill Outcomes:
• Students will be able to explain the Boston Tea Party (causes, effects, series of events leading
up to)
•Students will be able to use research techniques to strengthen knowledge on colonial life during
the 1770’s
• Students will be able to identify and summarize the components necessary to compose a news
article and strong piece of writing
2. Assessment:
a. Formative assessments
• I will informally monitor student participation and attention
•As this lesson is more informative, students will be given a worksheet to complete throughout
the lesson, highlighting specific details regarding the Boston Tea Party
b. Summative assessment
• For this lesson, the summative assessment will be the students’ final project, the news article.
Through this article, I will be able to measure students’ knowledge and understanding of daily
colonial life, research and literacy techniques, and events surrounding the Boston Tea Party.
Materials:
• Boston Tea Party by Pamela Duncan Edwards
•Worksheet
•pencils
3. Sequence of activities
a. Hook: Read Boston Tea Party by Pamela Duncan Edwards to the students
b. Activities:
1. After reading the book about the Boston Tea Party, I will introduce more details through a
news article about the events of the Party. (http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
chronicle_boston1774.html)
2.After reading the news article, I will share more details about the Sons of Liberty, the Tea Tax,
and the Boston Tea Party through a short Powerpoint presentation.
3.Throughout the lesson, students will complete their worksheet
4.Discussion of news article assignment
c. Wrap-Up:
• To conclude the lesson, I will review with students what we read and learned about in the news
article as well as explain their new assignment. Students will be given guidelines to create their
own newspaper article set during the time of the American Revolution. They are given the choice
of what to write about, as long as it includes an event leading to the American Revolution or
includes an aspect of colonial life during the 1770’s. They will be asked to find one source of
outside information to support their article. I will also wrap up the lesson by reminding students
of our upcoming Field Trip to the Old South Meeting House.