The Boston Tea Party

by Trudi Trueit

- One of few series that covers a broad range of major events throughout U.S. history.
- A proven, best-selling series that has been redesigned and completely rewritten.
- Primary source quotes are included.
- Fits neatly into classroom units about the American Revolution.

48 pages, Library Binding

Published January 1, 2005

About the author

Trudi Trueit writes the kind of books she loves to read; stories packed with adventure, mystery, friendship, and hope; stories that reminds us to forge our own path and be our own hero! She's published more than 100 fiction and nonfiction titles for kids, including the award-winning EXPLORER ACADEMY series (National Geographic), which was chosen as an Amazon Prime Book Box selection and named one of Barnes and Noble Best Books of the Year for Young Readers. Look for her NEW EXPLORER ACADEMY spinoff series: VELA!

Born and raised in Seattle, WA she lives in the Northwest with her husband and three cats. P.S.: Trudi Trueit IS her real name (by marriage). Visit her website at www.truditrueit.com.

Visit her website at www.truditrueit.

Reviews

[Libby Erwood]

Personsal Reaction: I thought that this book was a very good informational book to read or have students read. The pictures were very informative and were plentiful, which I like because that holds students attention more when they are able to relate text to a photo. I also thought the author did a very nice job at keeping the writing engaging and exciting for students to read. With informational books, it sometimes is a challenge for students to find the story interesting to them, so little things like adding words that make students excited or a lot of cool old photos are very influential in any informational book.

Read aloud: This book would, of course, be essential when discussing the Boston Tea Party in a social studies class. This book would be good to have as an introduction to the lesson, assuming that many students probably haven't been introduced to this topic yet. This book weaves throughout many different aspects of that event, so it could lead to many different projects or discussions within the class.

Independent reading: Being that this book is informational, it is somewhat hard to make a personal connection to it. A student could read this book if they have ties to Boston or anywhere around that area. Topics in history become a lot more interesting when you can make a connection on a more personal level. And mostly for younger students, they find it a lot more exciting and get more engaged when they can relate to a subject or something regarding it.

[Owen]

I learned a little bit about the Boston Tea Party in this book. Did you know before the Tea Party, there was a Boston Massacre when the British soldiers were sent to Boston? They killed three colonists, left two dying and nine injured. Even though it was a bad event, Samuel Adams saw it as a chance to get the British troops out of Boston. The governor agreed to send the troops to Castle William, an Island in Boston harbor.
Before I read this book, I never really got the facts about the Boston Tea Party. I always thought that colonists from Boston went to England to dump the tea. But this book straightened out the facts for me. The Boston Tea party was really about taxation without representation. The colonists were being taxed on tea and other things but had no say in how they were ruled.
I enjoyed learning the more detailed facts about the Boston Tea Party and the many things that happened before the start of the Revolutionary War.

[Lacey Bolen]

(Social Studies Informational Book)
I liked this book and think it could be very useful in the classroom. It has fairly large font and an image on nearly every page that relates to the text. This book would be great to introduce the use of glossary and index to elementary school students and clearly would work well in a social studies unit in which you're discussing the Boston Tea Party. I also thought it was very helpful that the book includes a timeline year by year at the end of the book to sum up the related events in history. Overall, I feel this is a great resource for either learning about the Boston Tea Party or simply learning to navigate informational books.