Essential Question: What British actions angered the colonists in the 1700s?
In an Experiential Exercise, I can plan a class party and then experience frustration when the PTA places restrictions on the party. I can relate my feelings to those of the colonists and then match metaphors of parent-child conflicts with key historical events such as the Boston Tea Party, the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, the Intolerable Acts and more. The unrest in the colonies was about to boil over....
After reading the text we did a short simulation to help the students understand what it felt like to be a colonist being "oppressed" by King George and the British Government. Ask your child what role they played in the simulation (King, Parliament, Tax Collector, Colonist), and what they learned about how the American colonists felt at this time in history.
King George, Parliament and a tax collector
All of those who chose to go to gaol in protest of the King's taxes.
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