Process for
Communicating Information
1.
First
you will get together with your fellow Bostonians (a group of eight or
more
students). Bring your interactive
journal so that you can refer to your notes.
2.
One of you
will be chosen to tell your story (for “The Boston Massacre” or “The
Boston Tea
Party”) while your group acts it out.
The “storyteller” (narrator) will lead your group as you prepare
and
practice.
3.
If your
group is acting out the story of “The Boston Massacre”, you should
decide who
will act as colonists in the play, and who will act as British soldiers. If your group is acting out “The Boston
Tea
Party”, your group members will act as “Sons of Liberty”.
4.
Talk
together about what the narrator should say to introduce your story. The narrator should briefly describe what was
happening in
5.
Discuss
what you will wear and use as props for your play (your teacher will
also
assist you.)
6.
Discuss
the main events of the story. Someone
in the group should record the events on the “Massacre” or “Tea Party”
chain of
events chart. Show the chart to the
teacher and print it when you are finished.
The teacher will make copies for everyone in your group.
7.
As you
plan the story, you should include both the American and the British
points of
view. Talk together about the
differences as your leader writes them down on a white board. Decide how you will include both points of
view in the story (for example, the narrator could mention them at the
beginning. Or the actors could “freeze”
in the middle of the play, while one actor describes a particular point
of
view.)
8. Begin to act out the story with the events in order, and decide what each actor will do and/or say. Remember to refer to your notes so that you can make the main events of your play as accurate as possible. You can also be creative with planning your play: what do you think people might have said in that situation?
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