Colonial Unrest-O-Meter
Proclamation of 1763
Quatering
Act 1765
Stamp Act 176
5
Townshend
Act 1767
Boston Massacre
1770
Boston Tea
Party 1773
Intolerable Acts 1774
First Continental
Congress 1774
Lexington and
Concord 1775
The Unrest-O-Meter
UnderstandingColonial Unrest
Groupwork Activity, SWBAT• Given placards with short descriptions of
selected events:
1.Discuss events that turned proud British subjects of 1763 into rebellious Americans by 1775.
2.Rate the relative levels of “unrest” for each event
3.Choose five of the nine events to create a timeline with appropriate illustrations and descriptive sentences to summarize the information learned in this activity.
Unrest-O-Meter Process
• Divide into groups no greater than four or five.• Placards will be passed from group to group at Mr. B’s
direction (no rushing! 5 – 7 minutes ea.).• Locate the event on the matrix (the letter after the 3.3_ )• One group member reads the placard to the rest of the
group. The group summarizes.• Group discussion to reach consensus on that event’s
rating and rationale.• When directed, pass placard clockwise (from a top
looking down position).• When all nine events have been discussed, adjust your
meter to show no more than 36 blocks.
Criteria
8 Intentional Death / Killing7 Accidental death6 Rioting & massive property damage5 Organized protest with prop damage4 Organized protest & demonstrations3 Petitioning & spontaneous protesting2 Complaining publicly, support seeking1 Pouting, complaining
Class Consensus
• Groups summarize events while Mr. B marks an overhead Unrest-O-Meter. No discussion of rating, only clarification of event.
• After all nine events are placed, class consensus to arrive at 36 rating blocks.
Colonial Unrest-O-Meter
Lexi
ngto
n an
d C
onco
rd 1
775
Tow
nshe
nd A
ct 1
767
Bos
ton
Mas
sacr
e 17
70
Bos
ton
Tea
Par
ty 1
773
Into
lera
ble
Act
s 17
74
Pro
clam
atio
n of
176
3
Qua
terin
g A
ct 1
765
Sta
mp
Act
176
5
Firs
t Con
tinen
tal C
ongr
ess
1774
EXAMPLE ONLY
Colonial Unrest-O-
Meter
Proclamation of 1763
Quatering Act 1765
Stamp Act 1765
Townshend Act 1767
Boston Massacre 1770
Boston Tea Party 1773
Intolerable Acts 1774
First Continental
Congress 1774
Lexington and Concord 1775
3.3C The Stamp Act
• Stamp tax
• Stamp Act Congress (Virginia, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Georgia were
not represented.) – Action . . .
• John Adams said this was the “birth of the revolution.”
3.3E The Boston Massacre
• Date
• Description
• Result
• Propaganda uses
3.3G The Intolerable Acts
• Also called . . .
• Enforcement– 1– 2– Until . . .
• “if can be done to Boston . . .”
3.3I Lexington and Concord
• Date• British intentions• Locals response.
73 British solders were dead & 174 were wounded.49 patriots were killed, 39 more were wounded.
Unrest O’Meter TimelineThe last item is Lex and Con 1775You need to add 5 more events and place them in the proper year with pictures
1763
1766
1767
1768
1769
1770
1771
1772
1773
1774
1775
1764
1765
Unrest-O-Meter Wrap Up
• Considering the rising level of tension, pick five events that best represent that escalation.
• Place those five events on a timeline.• Create a symbol for each event and use color to
help describe the level of unrest.• Horizontally place the symbols to locate the
event in time, vertically place the symbols to show their level of unrest.
• Below the timeline, write out brief bullets describing each event.
Timeline Project, 25 points
• Combination Timeline / Graph (see rubric!)• Choose Five events to depict the escalating
unrest in the colonies.• Place them to scale on the timeline.• Use a symbol to show each event’s level of
unrest (does not need to be a perfect “staircase”).
• Under the timeline, write a one or two sentence summary of the event.
• The No-Brainer rubric applies.
RubricUnrest O-Meter Project: Timeline / Graph25 point Events Symbols Summary AppearanceProject 1x 1x 2x 1x
5 BriefSelected events Perfect! Concise Beautiful!show escalation Creative! All important Aide in learning.properly scaled Properly leveled elements.
4Selected events Very Good! Brief Looks very nice.show escalation Concisescale a little off
3Selected events Close Brief Looks nice.show escalation Representation
scale off2
Events do not Almost Somewhat Looks.show escalation connected
1Where did you find No connection Wrong. Sloppy.
these events? to event
Don't forget the
NO-BRAINER Rubric!