Town Hall Debate: Should We Revolt!?

• Introduction
• Learners
• Standards
• Process
• Resources


• Student Page

Resources

Teacher Resources & Ideas

Before Students Choose Patriot or Loyalist Perspective:

• Model the final product.  The teacher takes one point of view such as a loyalist and the librarian takes the other as the patriot.  We used the event of the Boston Tea Party.   We both were very passionate about our point of view even though we modeled a good and bad example.
  • Loyalist Points:  (Good example)
    • Patriots whine about taxes being higher when the tea tax actually lowered prices
    • King George is actually protecting the colonists (Proclamation of 1763)
  • Patriot Points:
    • King George just wants to make more money
    • Tax upon tax
    • Loyalists are living among us and are supposed to be our brethren; they betrayed us
    • What else could we do?  We had to throw the tea in the harbour

• Model and show how to use the notetaker:
  • Show students how to have various windows open when completing this part
  • Go to a site such as Early America and look up the Sugar Act
    • Show students how to take notes
      • Direct Quote (primary sources)
      • Write from the perspective (use "I")
  • This link will have notetaker examples to show students

• Have students research on two different sides of the room so you have them split up into the Loyalist camp and the Patriots camp.  (The Patriots camp could even be labeled as a tavern with hanging lanterns to give the effect of the secret meetings that were held during this time.)