Janine's+lesson+plan

== =Lesson Plan-Analyzing Images=


 * Goal**- The goal of this lesson is to have students examine two different images that detail events or feeling of the colonists leading up to the revolution. Most likely a two day lesson.


 * Objectives**
 * The students will examine Ben Franklin's Join or Die Cartoon, and describe its message and intent that is took on during the Revolution.
 * The students will examine an engraved depiction of the Boston Massacre, and describe the image and its possible bias.
 * The students will create their own image or cartoon.


 * Materials**
 * Modified NASA Photo Analysis Worksheet
 * Image of Join or Die Cartoon [|Image]
 * Image of Boston Massacre engraving [|Image]
 * Drawing paper
 * crayon, pencils, markers


 * Procedure**(Note students will have previously learned about the Boston Massacre and other events leading to the Revolution.)
 * 1) In small groups students will receive copies of both the Join or Die Cartoon and The Boston Massacre engraving.
 * 2) Next groups will receive two copies of the modified NASA worksheets. As a class we will review the information on the worksheets.
 * 3) Groups will examine both images determining each ones message, and authors intent, by filling out the NASA worksheet.
 * 4) As a class groups will discuss and debate their findings. How did each groups differ? What did the groups agree on?
 * 5) Each group will either recreate the Boston Massacre image through their own eyes, or create a politcal cartoon that also encourages the colonists to join together.

Groups will share their creation and compare and contrast it to the original image.
 * Closure**

Comments Janine,

NASA= NARA (lol)

Last year I saw a video that discussed how uncertain historians are about the Boston Massacre. In this program, they attempted to recreate the event in an effrot to discover whether it was possible that the British soldiers were ordered to fire on the colonists. Here are a few links that may assist you

Additional Background/Facts and Questions []&

Conflicting Accounts [] Thanks these are great! (edit by Joe Taraborrelli)

This would be so interesting! I am not sure if this is something I can incorporate into my year but I am thinking of how I might could cover it. I wish I had time to really teach this because I am sure the students would benefit from it! Jeanine

This lesson really speaks to me as a great way to introduce the Revolutionary period to our 7th grade students. I hope you won't mind if I pass this along to my school's 7th grade teachers. (Rob Crawley).