Hi everyone,
I am not in school today, and I am very sorry about that! I will be very glad to see all of you tomorrow!
In class today, you have a prereading activity, a reading, and short assignment to complete. For homework, finish anything you did not get done in class. The focus of this activity is on the actions of the Sons of Liberty. How did this group of colonists protest against British actions? Were their protests justifiable? Would you be willing to do what they did to protest circumstances they thought were unfair? I hope you think deeply about these issues!
HOMEWORK: If you need any of the documents from class today, I have linked them below.
Pre-reading activity
General reading - this is the version most of you got in class today
Post reading analysis
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ReplyDeleteYour Pre-reading activity and Post reading analysis really opened my eyes to how certain acts by the colonists/sons of liberty were extreme and could be considered terrorist acts. When reviewing the unfair practices/laws/taxes that British were imposing on the colonists combined with the more extreme discriminatory measures, the colonist certainly had a right to oppose their governance. When you asked to put yourself in the colonists shoes, that's where my eyes really opened to the more harmful acts....tar and feathering where people died or could have died....burning down the Massachusetts governors house....these were extreme acts when now looking back on how some brought independence through peaceful means (e.g. Gandhi/Mandela)....or, how did the blacks living in the south feel when the government wouldn't enforce laws or laws were in place to discriminate against them....these could certainly appear to be tyrannical acts which would justify extreme actions and rebellion like the colonist. All good food for thought as I haven't thought of it this way in my past studies of this period of history. Thank you for prompting this interesting discussion among the students!
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