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Unit 2, Day 3-4 Classwork: The Boston Massacre

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Content Objective: I will be able to compare the perspective of two different portrayals of the Boston Massacre.
Standard Objective: I will be able to determine the point of view or perspective from which an image is related.

Warm Up: Please answer the following questions based on your understanding of last night’s pre-work:
Content Objective: I will be able to compare the perspective of two different portrayals of the Boston Massacre.
Standard Objective: I will be able to determine the point of view or perspective from which an image is related.

Warm Up: Please answer the following questions based on your understanding of last night’s pre-work:
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Please rate how well you understood last night's pre-work on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.

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Have you ever participated in a protest? Demonstrate your mastery of Contextualization by telling the (hi)story of your experience.

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Warm Up: One interesting historical fact I learned from the pre-work is…

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What does this quote mean to you?

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What percentage of American colonists actively supported the cause of American independence (i.e. considered themselves to be Patriots)?

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Building Knowledge Together: Follow along as we take notes together.

For Blacks, what mattered most was _______. As the Revolutionary War spread, those in bondage sided with whichever army promised them personal liberty. The British actively recruited slaves belonging to Patriot masters and, consequently, more blacks fought for the Crown. For example, Lord Dunmore, the Governor of Virginia, promised freedom to any slaves owned by Patriot masters who would join the Loyalist forces. An estimated _______ African Americans escaped, died, or were killed during the American Revolution.
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Please use the "Show Your Work" function to view the two images of the Boston Massacre and determine how they are different.

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Why do you think that Champney chose to include Crispus Attucks in the image on the right whereas Revere completely leaves him out of his portrayal of the Boston Massacre on the left?

Sentence Starter: I think that Revere leaves out Crispus Attucks because...

Revolutionary Event #5: Colonial resistance led to violence on March 5, 1770, when British soldiers opened fire on a crowd of colonists. The British officer in charge and five of his men were charged with killing five men including Crispus Attucks, a “mulatto” or mixed race man who was credited as the leader and instigator of the event.
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How is the spirit of the Boston Massacre reflected in our lives today?

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Closing Knowledge: Despite laws and customs regulating the burial of blacks, Attucks was buried in the Park Street cemetery along with the other honored dead. The citizens of Boston observed the anniversary of the Boston Massacre in each of the following years leading up to the war...

"Crispus Attucks Day" was inaugurated by black _______ in 1858, and in 1888, the Crispus Attucks Monument was erected on the Boston Common, despite the opposition of the Massachusetts Historical Society and the New England Historic Genealogical Society, which regarded Attucks as a villain.

The debate notwithstanding, Attucks, immortalized as "the first to defy, the first to die," has been lauded as a true _______, "the first to pour out his blood as a precious libation on the altar of a people's rights."
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What is an "abolitionist" in your own words?

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What is a "martyr" in your own words?

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Exit Ticket: In what ways should we consider Crispus Attucks a martyr? How does his story represent a larger narrative of how Black men are depicted in American history?

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Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4: