The Ship that – almost – missed the “Tea Party“
starting point : a tea brick in class (Senior High School)
historical context: Tea Party in Boston 1773
task: be creative and combine facts and fiction
facts:
On September 27, 1773, four ships with 544,000 pounds – nearly two-thousand chests – of East India Company Chinese black and green teas set sail from the port of London bound for Boston – Eleanor, Dartmouth, Beaver and William, sailed toward the port where defiance of British rule was the highest.
The first three ships were safely docked in Boston by December 2 but the fourth Boston-bound tea ship, the William, ran into horrific trouble as it approached its destination. A dreadful storm ran the vessel upon the rocks off Cape Cod and, the next day, a second storm sealed its doom. The crew was forced to cut anchor, and the ship was lodged firmly onshore near Provincetown. …
fiction:
Two students – Marco and Paul – invented another “Tea-Party“ and demonstrated the fate of the William by using their knowledge from their Chemistry-lessons.