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?