We've been learning about the taxes imposed by the King on the colonists. I wanted the students to understand how the colonists felt so I set up a little exercise involving the candy, Skittles. Each student was given a pack of Skittles and each time I imposed a new tax, if that tax applied to them, they had to pay me with some Skittles. For example, if you are the youngest child in your family, you owed me 4 Skittles. Of course you can imagine how quickly the students became enraged and upset over these new taxes in my classroom. :) By the end of the exercise the students were able to relate to the colonists so many years ago over their unfair taxes imposed by the King.
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