Boston Massacre Online Fact or Fiction |
| Grade Level: 5 | Lexile: 900 | Word Count: 534 |
| Read the passage and then drag and drop the statements to the fact box or fiction box. |
Use this Activity: |
| Reading Groups - This passage serves as an excellent tool for enrichment-based reading groups in language arts or social studies |
| Morning Work - The activity takes most students about 15-20 minutes to complete, making it an ideal solution for morning work. It can be part of a series of Revolutionary War-themed comprehension activities offered to students as morning work. |
| Homework - This activity is a great way to assign homework in social studies or language arts. |
| Whiteboard - Have students come to the whiteboard to drag and drop the statements to the correct boxes. |
| Discuss - Do you think the British soldiers in the Boston Massacre were guilty of murder, or, were they acting in self-defense? Were you surprised that the push for independence fizzled after the trial? Why or why not? |