The Boston Tea Party: Analyzing Multiple Accounts of the Same Event Webquest

*FULLY UPDATED FEBRUARY 2024*

CCSS.RI.5.6, CCSS.W.5.2.A-E

This is a webquest activity that has students analyze six different accounts of the Boston Tea Party, and find similarities and differences amongst the sources/documents.

The accounts of this event are in a variety of formats, from multiple sources (firsthand accounts of the event, a video, and other primary source documents related to the Boston Tea Party).

In addition to supporting the common core informational text standards involving multiple accounts of the same event/topic, this product also supports common core informational writing standards. Included with this product is a text-based writing prompt and planning sheet, requiring students to inform about the causes and effects of the Boston Tea Party.

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• The Boston Tea Party: Analyzing Multiple Accounts of the Same Event activity sheets
• The Boston Tea Party: Analyzing Multiple Accounts of the Same Event questions
• Comparing and Contrasting Multiple Accounts of the Same Event Comparison table
• Comparing and Contrasting Multiple Accounts of the same event Venn Diagram
• The Boston Tea Party Text-Based Informational Writing Prompt and Planning Page

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KEYWORDS: Boston, American Revolution, Revolutionary War, Patriot, British, Redcoats, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, Boston Port Act, George Hewes