Understanding Colonial Unrest

1. UnderstandingColonial Unrest The Unrest-O-Meter

2. Groupwork Activity, SWBAT • Given placards with short descriptions of selected events: • Discuss events that turned proud British subjects of 1763 into rebellious Americans by 1775. • Rate the relative levels of “unrest” for each event • Choose five of the nine events to create a timeline with appropriate illustrations and descriptive sentences to summarize the information learned in this activity.

3. Unrest-O-Meter Process • Divide into groups no greater than four or five. • Placards will be passed from group to group at Mr. B’s direction (no rushing! 5 – 7 minutes ea.). • Locate the event on the matrix (the letter after the 3.3_ ) • One group member reads the placard to the rest of the group. The group summarizes. • Group discussion to reach consensus on that event’s rating and rationale. • When directed, pass placard clockwise (from a top looking down position). • When all nine events have been discussed, adjust your meter to show no more than 36 blocks.

4. Criteria • 8 Intentional Death / Killing • 7 Accidental death • 6 Rioting & massive property damage • 5 Organized protest with prop damage • 4 Organized protest & demonstrations • 3 Petitioning & spontaneous protesting • 2 Complaining publicly, support seeking • 1 Pouting, complaining

5. Unrest-O-Meter Rating Criteria • Discuss criteria to be used for ratings.

6. Class Consensus • Groups summarize events while Mr. B marks an overhead Unrest-O-Meter. No discussion of rating, only clarification of event. • After all nine events are placed, class consensus to arrive at 36 rating blocks. EXAMPLE ONLY

8. 3.3A Proclamation of 1763 • The King said, “ . . . “ • Why? • 1 • 2

9. 3.3B The Quartering Act • Requirements of the act • Colonists reaction • 1 • 2 • 3

10. 3.3C The Stamp Act • Stamp tax • Stamp Act Congress(Virginia, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Georgia were not represented.) • Action . . . • John Adams said this was the “birth of the revolution.”

11. 3.3D The Townshend Acts • Indirect • Colonists reaction

12. 3.3E The Boston Massacre • Date • Description • Result • Propaganda uses

13. 3.3F The Boston Tea Party • 1773 Tea Act. • Irony • Bostonians actions • 1 • 2

14. 3.3G The Intolerable Acts • Also called . . . • Enforcement • 1 • 2 • Until . . . • “if can be done to Boston . . .”

15. 3.3H The First Continental Congress • Endorsed resolutions • 1 • 2 • 3

16. 3.3I Lexington and Concord • Date • British intentions • Locals response. 73 British solders were dead & 174 were wounded. 49 patriots were killed, 39 more were wounded.

17. Unrest O’Meter Timeline The last item is Lex and Con 1775 You need to add 5 more events and place them in the proper year with pictures 1774 1775 1773 1766 1767 1768 1770 1771 1772 1765 1769 1763 1764

18. Unrest-O-Meter Wrap Up • Considering the rising level of tension, pick five events that best represent that escalation. • Place those five events on a timeline. • Create a symbol for each event and use color to help describe the level of unrest. • Horizontally place the symbols to locate the event in time, vertically place the symbols to show their level of unrest. • Below the timeline, write out brief bullets describing each event.

19. Timeline Project, 25 points • Combination Timeline / Graph (see rubric!) • Choose Five events to depict the escalating unrest in the colonies. • Place them to scale on the timeline. • Use a symbol to show each event’s level of unrest (does not need to be a perfect “staircase”). • Under the timeline, write a one or two sentence summary of the event. • The No-Brainer rubric applies.

20. Rubric