Pre-Revolution Times
Diana Fullmer, Mueller Park Jr.High, Bountiful, Utah
THE TIMES THAT TRY MEN'S SOULS
NAME _________________ PERIOD_________ POINTS__________
"C" LEVEL YOU MUST COMPLETE 70 POINTS IN LEVEL C.
1. Lecture notes 15 points
2. Acrostic puzzle, see direction sheet 10 points
3. Listen to tape and then compare and contrast 2 pre-Revolutionary songs, see direction
sheet 10 points
4. Read a novel: "My Brother Sam Is Dead", "Johnny Tremain", "April Morning", or
"Sarah Bishop" Create a time line of the important events 25 points
5. Create 15 vocabulary flash cards from your reading 15 points
6. Read and outline the text, pages 142-155 15 points
7. Read "Why Don' You Get a Horse Sam Adams" and write 15 facts 10 points
8. Read playlet "Massacre in Boston" and answer all the Think About It 5 points
9. Read article "Boston Tea Party" and write 10 facts 10 points
10. Read the article "The Colonies Must Be Punished" and write down 10 facts and then
write a paragraph and answer the following question, Should a city be punished for
the misdeed of a few? 15 points
11. Read "Can't You Make Them Behave King George?" and write 15 facts 15 points
12. Create or add to a timeline: Proclamation of 1763, Sugar Act, Quartering Act,
Stamp Act, Declaratory Act, Townshend Act, Boston Tea Party, Boston
Massacre, Intolerable Acts , First Continental Congress 15 points
13. Read and complete worksheet "Britain's New Colonial Policy" 5 points
14. Create an anti-king cartoon and show why the colonists are unhappy with the
king 5 points
15. Read "What If" see direction sheet 10 points
16. Watch video "Seeds of Revolt" and write down 8 facts 5 points
17. Analyze 2 political cartoons from the 17th century, see direction sheets 10 points
18. Read and write on the 2 pre-Revolutionary moral dilemmas 5 points
19. Write a letter to the King of England explaining why the colonies have the right to be
free of British control. Use arguments that would have been important to the
colonists. 10 points
20. Watch the video "Johnny Tremain" scene of the Boston Tea Party. Write down
10 facts. 10 points
21. Read the article "First To Die" and write down 8 facts 5 points
22. Read "Britannia Rules! America Rebels" and write 15 facts 15 points
"B" LEVEL CHOOSE ONLY ONE 15 POINTS
1. Your goal is to anger the British troops. Write a song, slogan, and design a poster
to accomplish your goal.
2. Interview a colonist just after the Boston Massacre. Include at least 15 questions
and responses. Write a news report illustrating the attitude, reactions and strength
of the colonist.
3. If you have read one of the novels, create a painting that depicts one of your
favorite scenes.
4. Create a story cube of 6 of the most important events of this time period
5. Create a TV program where you are a character from this time period explaining your
side of the story. You may videotape it.
"A" LEVEL CHOOSE ONLY ONE 15 POINTS
1. What area in the world today are people struggling for their freedom? How is
their struggle similar or different than our American Revolution?
2. In what ways is the government limiting or trying to limit the freedoms of
citizens today?
3. Which member of the Sons of Liberty made the greatest contribution to
the movement for independence: James Otis, Paul Revere, or Samuel
Adams?
4. What methods of propaganda used in pre-Revolutionary times do you think
were the most effective for turning the colonists toward revolution?