TEACHER’S GUIDE: MISSION 1: “For Crown or Colony?” At a Glance
PROLOGUE: PART 1: PART 2: PART 3: PART 4: PART 5: EPILOGUE: Leaving Home February 21, 1770 February 22, 1770 A February 23-26, 1770 March March 5, 1770 From March 6, 1770 1770-1776 New In Town Death in Boston of the Apprentices Bad to Worse A Meeting with Fate Playing time 12-15 minutes 15-20 minutes 15-20 minutes 15-20 minutes 5-10 minutes 5-10 minutes 2 minutes Story Nat leaves home; arrives in Nat explores Boston; learns of Nat witnesses colonial protests; After spinning bee, Nat helps Nat & Constance witness the Nat is called to give a deposition Cinematic shows events Boston tensions between Loyalists & chooses whether to have tea with spread word about Seider Boston Massacre. about the events of the massacre; after Boston Massacre Patriots; meets Constance. Constance; learns that 11-yr-old funeral procession being his friends offer him a choice that Christopher Seider has been killed. planned by Patriots. may decide his fate. Nat’s Task(s) Negotiate and sign Sell at least 3 ads for the Buy 4 items for Mrs. Edes’ spinning Post broadside to Liberty Tree, Observe the clash between Give deposition and choose your Indenture Contract Gazette. bee. (But don’t buy anything deliver proof to Paul Revere, and soldiers and protesters. fate: stay in Boston and fight the (Some people won’t buy an imported!) At midnight, spy on a secret give out 3 bundles of pamphlets. British; go abroad with Constance; ad–why not?) Sons of Liberty meeting or try to (Choose like- minded Patriots or sail with Solomon. smuggle in goods at the wharf who can gather a big crowd.)
Badges Throughout the game, the player will have opportunity to earn achievement badges in stages represented by stars – most badges have 1-4 stars. Adventurous Spirit (taking risks, standing up to authority); My Brother's Seeker (seeking to discover what happened to your missing brother Christopher Wheeler); Eager Learner (showing your eagerness in learning and working); Easter Egg (finding secrets hidden in the game); Master Apprentice (being an exemplary apprentice); To Err is Human (acting negatively - lies, disobediences, and negative responses); V is for Virtue (exhibiting qualities valued by colonial society - honesty, piety, and obedience); Political Reputation (When you have made all three political choices, this badge will change to signify your political reputation in Boston: Son of Liberty, Loyal Royal, Fence Sitter)
Target Economic life and labor systems in Debate over British policies: Political, ideological, and economic Political, ideological, and Contrasting perspectives on the Political and ideological origins of Political and ideological origins Concepts the British American colonies: • Some colonists (Patriots) origins of the Revolution economic origins of the violence in King Street (Boston the Revolution: of the Revolution: • Limitations of land for feel that British taxes and • The Townshend Acts (or Revolution: Massacre): • Boston Massacre as a turning inheritance; troops threaten their Townshend Duties) • Role of the Sons and • Patriots see British soldiers as point Chronology of events after the • Apprentice, journeymen, and traditional rights as English • The non-importation (boycott) Daughters of Liberty aggressors; • Dispute over its causes and who Boston Massacre master artisans; people; movement • Views of working people – • Soldiers see protestors as is responsible summarizes • Trial of Soldiers in Boston • Some (Loyalists) support • Multiple forms of protest apprentices, slaves, free blacks aggressors; arguments between Patriots and Massacre Political, ideological, and British policies and resent • The role of women in colonial -- on colonial protests. • Eyewitness accounts are partial Loyalists. • Boston Tea Party economic origins of the Patriots and their protests. protest • Role of printing in building a and biased, and need to be • Printed images of the event • Lexington & Concord Revolution: • Some (including many slaves) • Economic incentives for protest movement. analyzed critically. influence anti-British feeling battles. • Seven Years War is a context for care about liberty, but do not smuggling and customs • Colonists are still divided Britain’s taxation of the colonies take either side. enforcement over Crown v. Colony. Classroom . Pre-Game Activity: Exploring • Document Based Activity • Document Based Activity • Document Based Activity • Discussion Questions • Political Perspectives Activity • Document Based Activity Activities Point of View • Review Questions • Review Questions • Vocabulary Activity • 2 Document Based Activities • Chronology/Timeline • Vocabulary Activity • Vocabulary Activity • Writing Prompts • Discussion Activity Activity • Writing Prompts • Writing Prompts • Political Perspectives • Political Perspectives • Writing Prompts • Political Perspectives • Political Perspectives Activity Activity Activity Activity Key Smartwords: Smartwords: Smartwords: Smartwords: Glossary Words: Smartwords: Additional Key Vocabulary: Vocabulary • apprentice • apprentice • apprentice • apprentice • wharf • apprentice • occupation • Townshend Acts • boycott • boycott/Non-importation • cur • boycott/Non-Importation • British East India • Non-Importation • Daughters of Liberty • import Additional Key Vocabulary: • import Company Glossary Words: Agreement • effigy • Liberty Tree • Ropewalk • patriot • tax • bayonet • homespun • French and Indian War/Seven • patriot • Redcoats • Redcoats • revolutionary • imposed • import Years’ War • Redcoats • massacre • Sons of Liberty • tyranny • journeyman • imports • import • Sons of Liberty • musket • empire • pennywhistle • Parliament • indentured servant • taxes Glossary Words: • primer • patriot • Parliament • artisan
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TEACHER’S GUIDE: MISSION 1: “For Crown or Colony?” At a Glance
• Redcoats • patriot Glossary Words: • bayonet Additional Key Vocabulary: • Sons of • Redcoats • broadside • persecute • master Liberty • Sons of Liberty • brood • provoke • indenture • taxes • spinning bee • customs • Ropewalk • contract • Stamp Act • decreed • taunt • printer Glossary Words: • taxes • deface • taunting • accosted • Poorhouse • Townshend Acts • in vain • taunted • braggart • rag • martyr • turmoil • consort • Ropewalk Glossary Words: • pennywhistle • tyranny • • court- • ruffian barracks • proof • martial • silversmith concede • rabble rouser • Additional Key Vocabulary: • customs • slander fleece • tyranny • • massacre • daft • slugabed foolhardy • whet • • witness • deface • smuggle hastily • • deposition • desert • tarry hue and cry Additional Key Vocabulary:: • • loyalist • detain • typeface indigo • pamphlet • • doff • tyranny lobsterback • Stamp Act • • hastily • vindicate regiments • King George III • • heed • wares smuggle • spinning bee • • indentured • West Indies snuff • servant • wharf tallow • journeyman • wharf • libel • lout Additional Key Vocabulary: • • martial homespun • • naïve export • • pious protest
Additional Key Vocabulary: • artisan • Freedman • slave • slavery • Loyalist • merchant Primary In the game: In the game: In the game: In the game: In the classroom: In the classroom: In the cinematic: Documents . Indenture contract • Boston Gazette • Boston Gazette with list of • Broadside announcing • Revere engraving of the • Revere engraving of the • Revere print of Boston . Excerpts from New England • Text of ads importers and ads sold on Day 1 Seider funeral Boston Massacre Boston Massacre Massacre Primer In the classroom: In the classroom: • Sons of Liberty pamphlet • Declaration of • Gazette articles • Newspaper account of Seider’s • Join or Die poster Independence • Lyrics to “The Liberty death In the classroom: • Hutchinson reaction to Seider’s Song” • Poem by Phillis Wheatley death