Sunday, November 28, 2010

Creating Secondary Sources


Secondary Source

     Students have been working together to observe pirmary sources.  Many have begun to form opinions based on information they have read and seen.  Many students feel that the British soldiers took excessive force.  Others feel as though the colonists planned an attack and were amazed when they read information regarding fire alarms sounding to alert distant colonists to gather.  A few of my students poured over the information and came to the conclusion that both sides were to blame for the incident on King Street.


Students display their work

     Students have now begun to create their own secondary source(a newspaper article), which depicts what they believe happened on that day.  Students write an article and draw a picture.  They must give examples for their opinions based on primary sources they have analyzed. 

Student drawing of the Boston Massacre


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