We spent a lot of time in class learning about the causes of the Revolutionary War. I think it's probably because in order to understand the Revolutionary War itself, you have to understand what started it. There's no point in figuring out what happened after a battle or whatever if you don't know what happened during and before it. Otherwise, you don't have much of an idea of what really happened. We learned that some causes of the Revolutionary War had multiple effects, and some effects had multiple causes. Like the Boston tea party was kind of started for two reasons, as you can see from my chart. Also kind of like the Townshend acts, that began the Boston Massacre. There were lots of different causes and effects, and sometimes they seem kind of tangled up in knots, but other times they come in crystal clear and you can see that one single cause had multiple effects, and you slap your forehead and go "Why didn't I THINK of that before?" That is probably another reason we studied the start of the Revolutionary War and causes so long, it takes a while before you really, truly understand.
Another project we did was a video of us and our partners walking down a "Boston street" that we drew. Every partner pair made two videos, and one of ours is to the right. | |