Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Boston Tea Party: Costume Optional?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
By exploring historical accounts of events surrounding the Boston Tea Party, young scholars learn about the sources and methods historians use to reconstruct what happened in the past. It includes extended websites for further research.
Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: The Boston Tea Party

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set allows you to explore the Boston Tea Party through photographs, cartoons, letters, and oral histories. Includes a teaching guide.
Unit Plan
Massachusetts Historical Society

Mass. Historical Society: Coming of the American Revolution: Boston Tea Party

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover a detailed account of the dramatic protest known as "The Boston Tea Party", one of the key events that led to the Revolutionary War. Supported by primary source documents.
Activity
Ibis Communications

Eye Witness to History: The Boston Tea Party, 1773

For Students 9th - 10th
This article details information surrounding the Boston Tea Party in 1773.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: American Revolution for Kids: Boston Tea Party

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the Boston Tea Party major event in the American Revolutionary War on this site.
Activity
The Newberry Library

Newberry Library: Historic Maps: Revolutionary Boston: Old South Meeting House

For Students 9th - 10th
Uncover what happened the night of the Boston Tea Party in 1773 where a large meeting was held in the Old South Meeting House to decide how to handle the duty taxes being put on tea by the British.
Website
The Newberry Library

Newberry Library: Representing the American Revolution, 1768 to 1893

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source documents and learning excercises for student exploring the American Revolution. Lesson on how events of the American Revolution were interpreted in the 18th and 19th centuries and how the meaning has changed over time.
Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: Countdown to Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Begins with a description of the British system of mercantilism that was imposed on the American colonies along with the taxes levied through the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act. The Americans complained that it was taxation without...
Handout
Other

Historical Narratives of Early Canada: One Kingdom Divisible

For Students 9th - 10th
This web page examines Benjamin Franklin, the Boston Tea Party, First Continental Congress, and the Second Continental Congress in 1775, where Canadians were invited to attend. Learn more about the flow of revolution and loyalty on each...
Activity
University of Groningen

American History: Essays: The Intolerable Acts

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource gives a comprehensive account of the Intolerable Acts, why they were passed, colonists' reactions, and particulars surrounding the Massachusetts Government Act and other Coercive Acts with text links and references.