Today, we will begin our journey through historical investigation.  We will start with an activity involving a lunchroom fight.  I know...   what does that have to do with history?  Think of it this way, when we study history, we look at events (like a lunchroom ruckus!).  There are always two sides to the story- or sometimes a lot more-  so we investigate the lunchroom fight by interviewing several kids who were there to get their perspectives.  What we discover is everyone saw it happen through their own personal lens, so we get different opinions about what started the fight and who was at fault.

This first activity is good practice for studying events like the Battle of Lexington where both sides claim the other fired the first shot.  As historians, we need to corroborate the stories of what happened to come to a fair and reasonable conclusion.

No homework for this one, everything will be done in class!