The Boston Massacre Engraving | Interactive Image
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The Boston Massacre Engraving | Interactive Image
In this interactive image, students interpret Paul Revere’s famous engraving of the Boston Massacre. They learn about the figures shown in the engraving, including Crispus Attucks and Captain Thomas Preston, and consider who is not represented in the image. As they work through their image analysis, students evaluate how and why the Boston Massacre engraving is a piece of propaganda and how the image reveals the issues of race, social class, and gender roles of the time.