Liberty Kids: 101 Boston Tea Party
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3rd - 5th Grade
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Kayla Medeiros
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This quiz focuses on the Boston Tea Party and the events leading up to the American Revolution, specifically designed for elementary social studies students in grades 3-5. The questions assess students' understanding of key historical figures like Sam Adams and Benjamin Franklin, important legislation such as the Sugar Act and Stamp Act, and the sequence of events that culminated in the Boston Tea Party protest. Students need foundational knowledge of colonial taxation without representation, the role of protest groups like the Sons of Liberty, and the cause-and-effect relationships between British policies and colonial resistance. The quiz also incorporates understanding of diverse historical perspectives by including questions about enslaved individuals like Phillis Wheatley and Moses, demonstrating how the struggle for liberty affected different groups in colonial society. Created by Kayla Medeiros, a History teacher in the US who teaches grades 3-5. This assessment tool effectively reinforces learning from the educational series "Liberty Kids" while building critical thinking skills about historical cause and effect. Teachers can deploy this quiz as a formative assessment following a lesson on pre-Revolutionary War tensions, use it as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge, or assign it as homework to reinforce key vocabulary and concepts. The format works particularly well for review sessions before unit tests, allowing students to demonstrate their grasp of essential terms like "taxation without representation" and their understanding of how colonial protests evolved into organized resistance. This quiz aligns with NCSS standards for elementary social studies, particularly those addressing civic ideals and practices, people, places, and environments, and the development of democratic values in American history.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which character is moving to the colonies?
Sarah Phillips
Jenna Dartmouth
Benjamin Franklin
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The Dartmouth arrived in __________, instead of Philadelphia
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Sam _________ gave a speech to the colonists about the unfair actions of the English.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The _______ Act and the Stamp Act raised taxes.
Sugar
Quartering
Law
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The governor enforced ________ rules in the colonies.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The colonists dumped the tea to _________ the Tea Act.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
“No ____________ without representation”
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