Boston Massacre

This set of performance assessment materials (2013-14 version) is intended to be completed in the Spring of Seventh Grade as a second round of assessments, if appropriate for your class (see Fall Seventh Grade assesment linked below for additional materials designed to be administered earlier in...

5th grade students will read articles about the Boston Massacre from the Patriot and Loyalists' points of view. Following close reading of the articles, students will write an essay explaining the the similarities and differences in each article's point of view about the Boston Massacre.

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Students will examine three versions of the same historical event, the Boston Massacre, and note important similarities and differences in the points of view. They will analyze and write about these similarities and differences using textual evidence to support their answers. They will...