Boston Massacre

Help your class see how a street fight on King Street became a lesson in evidence, propaganda, and memory

This virtual field trip helps a grades 9–12 class understand the Boston Massacre as more than a single night of violence. Students follow protest, British occupation, public anger, propaganda images, and courtroom choices stop by stop—and practice asking a hard classroom question: what do we know from evidence, and what did rumor or memory reshape later?

Along the way, classes visit the Liberty Tree block, Long Wharf and the harbor, Boston Common, the Old State House, the King Street / Customs House zone, Faneuil Hall, the Paul Revere House, and Court Square. The route keeps concrete Boston places in view: occupation, crowds, authority, mourning, and due process belong in the same lesson.

Built for grades 9–12. Use it in a Revolution unit, a civics / rule-of-law day, or a media-literacy lesson on images versus evidence.

At each stop, students explore real places on the map, view selected historical images, listen to the stop audio, follow along with the transcript if they need support, and discuss protest, evidence, and public memory. Plan roughly 24–32 minutes with discussion, or stretch longer if students dig into evidence talk.

Try the free preview of Stop 1 (Liberty Tree Block) to see the format with your students. When you are ready for the full trip, purchase the lesson to get an unlock code. After you unlock, you can share a student link for whole-class projection or 1:1 devices. The printable teacher guide, worksheets, and answer key come with the Shopify purchase—you receive them with your order, separate from the online trip.