Overview – You will be required to find a topic from the time period that this class covers, and write a 4-page minimum paper on it, based on the book and sources used in the class and some outside re
Name: Ariel Acevedo
Topic of Paper/Working Title:
Pre-Revolution
Boston Massacre
Possibly from the children's perspective or more of the “drama” of it.
Primary Source-
Title: From Forgotten Founder to Indispensable Icon
Publisher: Mitch Kachun
Date of Publication: 2009
Kachun, M. (2009). From Forgotten Founder to Indispensable Icon: Crispus Attucks, Black Citizenship, and Collective Memory, 1770–1865. Journal of the Early Republic 29(2), 249-286. University of Pennsylvania Press. Retrieved September 15, 2019, from Project MUSE database
Where you found it: Online Journal Database
What information does it have that will be useful: The view of an African American from that time frame can give a different perspective as well as being someone who is younger and not in the middle of the massacre directly.
Primary Source-
Title: Confrontation as moral drama: The Boston massacre in rhetorical perspective
Publisher: Kurt Ritter
Date of Publication:
Kurt W. Ritter (1977) Confrontation as moral drama: The Boston massacre in rhetorical perspective, Southern Speech Communication Journal, 42:2, 114-136, DOI:10.1080/10417947709372339
Where you found it: Online Research
What information does it have that will be useful: I really like the psychological side of the Boston Massacre and how it cause mental anguish and the morality of it.
Secondary Source-
Title: The Story of the Boston Massacre: A Storytelling Opportunity for Character Education
Publisher: Tony Sanchez
Tony Sanchez(2005)The Story of the Boston Massacre: A Storytelling Opportunity for Character Education,The Social Studies,96:6,265-269,DOI: 10.3200/TSSS.96.6.265-270
Date of Publication: 2005
Where you found it: UTPB Library
What information does it have that will be useful : The perspective from a child and how you teach it to the children. I want to be able to take an outsider look of the Boston Massacre and how you should teach it. I like that the article was not just facts but more journal style.
Secondary Source -
Title: The Boston Massacre: Design or Accident?
Publisher: Peter Brodkin
Date of Publication: 2012
Brodkin, P. (2012). The Boston Massacre: Design or Accident? The Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries., 40(2).
Where you found it: UTPB Library
What information does it have that will be useful: It was more journey entry formed and had details that really formed a pro and con concept which I feel would be more beneficial to write a thorough research paper
