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 . 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 , 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?) 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 (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. • 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 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