Boston Massacre: Engraving source

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What happened?! ...
Who's responsible?

Source #2: Paul Revere's Engraving

Open Ended

How do perspectives change the truth in stories?

Think about how the different camera angles showed different stories of the man running down the sidewalk

Type response here

List 10 details you see/notice in the engaving

Labeling

Identify what's in this engraving:

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Captain of redcoats

Colonists

French officers

Boston town square

The moon

New York city

the sun

Colonists victims

Redcoat officers

Hotspot

Which detail establishes the time of day for this scene?

Hotspot

Which detail reveals that the redcoats were ordered to shoot the colonists??

Poll

Based on the engraving, do the colonists posess weapons?

Remember: The History Channel Reenactment showed a club struck one of the officers.

No weapons for the colonists

I can see a weapon in the colonists' possession

Poll

Based on the engraving, how many colonists were killed in the scene?

Remember: The History Channel Reenactment said at least 4 colonists were shot dead.

None

1 dead

2 dead

3 dead

4 dead

Drag and Drop

showed the

as the villians of the scene while the

were the victims of the scene.

showed

as guilty in some capacity.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Paul Revere's engraving

Redcoats

colonists

The History channel's reenactment

both sides

Categorize

Options (9)

Edward Garrick gets hit first

Captian of redcoats orders men to fire

Private Montgomery hit by colonists

Setting: night time

At least 4 colonists dead

Redcoats lined up, shoulder to shoulder to fire at colonists

Crispus Attucks first colonist killed

Colonists have no weapons on them

Both sides are yelling at each other

Organize these details into the sources the belong to so far:

Source #1 History Channel

Source #2 Revere's Engraving

Both sources

Open Ended

Based on Paul Revere's engraving, what happened and who's responsible?

Type response here

What happened?! ...
Who's responsible?

Source #2: Paul Revere's Engraving

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