Bias in Journals

Students read a fictional diary entry written by someone who participated in the Boston Tea Party. They underline phrases showing emotion or bias, then identify factual details. The activity teaches learners how to distinguish opinion from fact, a key skill in analyzing historical sources. Students then consider why this distinction matters for historians studying real events. This strengthens historical literacy and helps students recognize the influence of personal perspective.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Identifying Bias and Emotional Language

Social Studies – Analyzing Primary Source-Style Documents

English Language Arts – Fact vs. Opinion

Critical Thinking – Evaluating Reliability of Sources

This worksheet is part of our The Boston Tea Party Worksheets collection.