Cause+and+Effect

=**MATCHING CAUSES TO EFFECTS** =  I have actually observed this lesson, it works really well and keeps the students engaged. I would split the class into groups of no more than six. Then I would give each group a piece of construction paper and a baggie with five causes and five effects, each on a different strip of paper. All of the causes and effects would be in relation to the elements of my standard. Then, the students have to work together to determine which cause triggered each effect. When they're done, the teacher has to check their work. My teacher took pictures of their work to grade, but I might let them glue so that I can display their work.

=REWRITING THE ERA = Read students a book that is entirely cause and effect, such as, __If You Give a Moose a Muffin__. Even fifth graders love to be read to! Then, have students use this as their inspiration for their essay of the week. Their assignment would be to use the cause and effect form of writing to write an essay about the causes and effects of one of the elements of your standard. For example, students could choose to write about the causes and effects of the cattle trails.

=SCAMPER = S = Substitute C = Combine A = Adapt M = Modify, Minimize, Magnify P = Put to other uses E = Eliminate, Extend, Elaborate R = Rearrange, Reverse

I would use this method with cause and effect by having students work either alone or in pairs. First, students would choose an event in the war and consider what caused it and how it turned out. The students would really have to think in detail about the event. Then, I would want them to think of alternative things that could have been done or could have happened before the event. How would this have changed the effect?