Colonial Unrest-O-Meter

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 

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Intolerable Acts 1774

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The Unrest-O-Meter

UnderstandingColonial Unrest

Groupwork Activity• SWBAT explain how proud British subjects of 1763

became rebellious Americans by 1775 by discussing 9 events leading up to the American Revolution. Students will rate the relative levels of “unrest” each event either causes or displays. This will be done by:– Learning about and analyzing nine events between 1763

and 1775.– Completing a Matrix summarizing each event.– Rating and providing rationale for each event through

discussion and consensus.– Finally, arriving at a class consensus in rating each event.

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.

Unrest-O-Meter Rating Criteria

• Discuss criteria to be used for ratings.

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.

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Colonial Unrest-O-

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Proclamation of 1763

Quatering Act 1765

Stamp Act 1765

Townshend Act 1767

Boston Massacre 1770

Boston Tea Party 1773

Intolerable Acts 1774

First Continental

Congress 1774

Lexington and Concord 1775

3.3A Proclamation of 1763

• To prevent wars with the Indians, the land west of the Appalachians would be reserved for the Indians – no white settlement west of the mountains.

3.3B The Quartering Act

• Colonists were required to ensure British Soldiers were housed, fed, provided candles, beer, and transportation.

• Colonists did not trust the presence of the soldiers – would be used to enforce laws.

3.3C The Stamp Act• Printed materials were to be

taxed. The Stamp was applied to show the tax was paid. Items to be taxed: newspapers, pamphlets, marriage licenses, playing cards.

• 9 colonies sent representatives to the Stamp Act Congress (Virginia, New Hampshire, North

Carolina, and Georgia were not represented.) passing a resolution demanding GB repeal the Stamp Act. Boycotts were put into place.

• John Adams “birth of the revolution.”

3.3D The Townshend Acts

• Indirect, “hidden,” tax levied on finished products.

• Raises the cost of the product.

• Colonists saw through the plan.

3.3E The Boston Massacre• 05MAR1770 British

soldiers fired on a mob of Bostonians.

• Five civilians were killed

• Incident used for agitative propaganda by the Sons of Liberty.

• Paul Revere, artist.

3.3F The Boston Tea Party

• 1773 Parliament passed the Tea Act.

• Gave British East Indies a monoply.

• Boston boycotted and then destroyed the tea.

3.3G The Intolerable Acts• The Coercive Acts

were intended to force the colonists to pay for the destroyed tea.

• Boston Harbor closed, military rule imposed.

• “Intolerable”, if can be done to Boston . . .

3.3H The First Continental Congress

• Colonies Unite!• 12 of 13 met to form

the congress (-GA).

• Endorsed resolutions to denounce the Intolerable Acts, urged colonies to form militias to resist enforcement, and called on colonies to suspend all trade with GB.

3.3I Lexington and Concord• April 19, 1775• British intended to capture stores of ammunition and Sam

Adams and John Hancock.• The Lexington Militia stood their ground, a confrontation

ensued, sparked the day’s conflagration.• Before returning to Boston . . .

73 British solders were dead & 174 were wounded.49 patriots were killed, 39 more were wounded.

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.

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.

RubricUnrest O-Meter Project: Timeline / Graph25 point Events Symbols Summary AppearanceProject 1x 1x 2x 1x

5 BriefSelected events Perfect! Concise Beautiful!show escalation Creative! All important Aide in learning.properly scaled Properly leveled elements.

4Selected events Very Good! Brief Looks very nice.show escalation Concisescale a little off

3Selected events Close Brief Looks nice.show escalation Representation

scale off2

Events do not Almost Somewhat Looks.show escalation connected

1Where did you find No connection Wrong. Sloppy.

these events? to event

Don't forget the

NO-BRAINER Rubric!