Monday 11/27 Social Studies - Cause and Effect Relationships

Purpose: I can identify causes and effects of historical events that lead to the exploration of the New World by early European explorers.

1. Background: Cause and Effect Relationships
• A historical text explains events that occurred in the past. Often it explains how or why those events happened. Even more importantly, the text might explain what happened as a result of those events. 
• A good reader is aware of any cause and effect relationships in a historical text. 
• A cause is how or why an event occurred. It has to chronologically happen first. 
• An effect is an event that occurred as a result of the cause. It describes what happened. The effect chronologically occurs after the cause. 
• Although the cause comes first chronologically, it may come before or after the effect in the text. 
• A good reader looks for clues in the text that help connect cause and effect events.
2. Application: Early European Exploration - Cause and Effect Relationships