Transcript Boston Tea Party - Harrisville 13

The Boston
Boston Tea
Party
Tea
Party
1773
OBJECTIVES:
• TODAY, I WILL EXAMINE EVENTS THAT LED TO
BOSTON TEA PARTY.
• MY JOB IS TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST IT TO
THE EDENTON TEA PARTY.
Clip on the Boston Tea Party
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Facts
• Occurred on Thursday, December 16,
1773, and took 3 hours between 7
and 10 PM
• 90,000 lbs of tea in 342 containers
was thrown overboard
• 116 people participated in the
destruction of tea
Facts
• Each full container had a weight
of 400 pounds. Half-containers
were 100 pounds each
• The destroyed tea was worth an
estimated £10,000. In today’s
money this would be
approximately equal to a million
dollars
• The names of the three B.T.P.
ships were Dartmouth, Eleanor
and Beaver
PROPAGANDA:
• AS WE VIEW THE NEXT 3 SLIDES, YOU DECIDE
IF FACTS ARE TRUE OR USED TO EXCITE THE
COLONISTS.
SUMMARY:
• TAKE 5 MINUTES TO DESCRIBE EACH SLIDE.
• COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE SCENERY.
• HOW HAVE POLITICAL CARTOONS BEEN USED
TO INFORM OR ENGAGE THE PUBLIC?
ACTIVITY:
ASSIGNMENT:
• CREATE A POLITICAL
CARTOON ABOUT THE ONE
OF THESE EVENTS:
– PRESIDENTAL CANDIDATES
FOR 2016
– SUPERBOWL 50
– ICE STORM THAT SHUT
DOWN THE EAST COAST
– ANY ENTERTAINER THAT DIED
IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS
POLITICAL CARTOON:
• EXAMPLE: