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Neh: Edsit Ement: Boston Tea Party: Costume Optional? Lesson PlanNeh: Edsit Ement: Boston Tea Party: Costume Optional? Lesson Plan
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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9th - 10th
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Neh: Edsit Ement: Boston Tea Party: Costume Optional?

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By exploring historical accounts of events surrounding the Boston Tea Party, students learn about the sources and methods historians use to reconstruct what happened in the past. It includes extended websites for further research.

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the boston tea party

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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