10/5-10/9

On Friday in history, we reviewed what we had learned during the EdCafe. We learned a lot during it, but the conversations we had weren't as good as the first Ed Cafe we did because none of us knew very much about the events we were discussing, so we had to learn about them before we could talk about them. After we talked about the Ed Cafe, we read a poem about Paul Revere's ride and then learned what really happened that night. Today we watched a short speech/lecture given by a man on witness accounts and whether you can trust them in court or not. Then,we worked in groups of three or four and read a short primary source about Lexington and Concord and who fired the first shots of the war. Then we gathered with people from different groups and learned about what their source said. Some people said that the British started the war and some said that it was the Americans and we had to decide whether or not the sources could be considered accurate or not.