Welcome, investigators - it is March of 1770. Today's case is a particularly difficult one because it involves the British military and the British colonists of Boston, Massachusetts. We don't have much information yet, but we do know that five Boston citizens are dead from gunshot wounds. The bullets were allegedly fired by British soldiers. The residents of Boston are already calling this a massacre.
I don't need to explain to you how tense the situation already is between the citizens of Boston and the military. This situation could easily get out of hand.
It is up to your team to discover the truth.
READ THROUGH ALL DIRECTIONS FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Examine the scene. See if there are any clues that present itself to you. Do not cross the barrier tape and do not disturb the crime scene.
2. Open the PDF entitled CSI notes in Noteability. You will fill in these boxes as you go along, and after you've finished all documents you'll be able to move on to page two. If you don't want to open Noteabilty, you can make your own chart on your own piece of paper.
3. Open Boston Massacre CSI Evidence PDF. This has 5 primary sources for you to use. Your task is to read through the written statements, and look at the painting to help you determine whether the colonists were to blame, or the English. Fill in the chart in the CSI notes PDF as you read through the evidence. You may work in your table groups on this.
4. After filling in the chart go ahead and do page two of the worksheet. Everyone fills out their own. Please turn in a photo or screenshot of your answers to classroom. We will go over it tomorrow in class.
You may watch this video after you have completed the PDF work