Digging into the details Cause and Effect Digging into the details

Let’s play Sherlock… Character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1886. The character of Sherlock looks at clues to deduce the bigger picture.

Sherlock looks at the facts… On your computers, go on a fact finding mission about: Bruce Jenner’s 2015 car crash Write down the facts you glean from the article you read. What are some deductions we can make? Who caused the crash? In what order did events happen? What are some consequences of the crash?

Check the facts… In order to come up with valid cause and effect relationships, we have to know where our facts are coming from. Not all resources are created equally. Tabloids – bad source Recognized News Sources – fairly reliable source (but often with some bias) Peer Reviewed/Scholarly Sources – very reliable Police Reports/ legal documents – very reliable Wikipedia – not reliable in a scholarly context because anyone can edit the content, not just experts

Let’s get historical… On June 28th, 1914, historians recognize a single event as the spark which ignited World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, nephew of Emperor Franz Josef and heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is shot to death along with his wife by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia. The assassination of Franz-Ferdinand and Sophie set off a rapid chain of events: Austria-Hungary, like many in countries around the world, blamed the Serbian government for the attack and hoped to use the incident as justification for settling the question of Slav nationalism once and for all. As Russia supported Serbia, an Austro- Hungarian declaration of war was delayed until its leaders received assurances from German leader Kaiser Wilhelm that Germany would support their cause in the event of a Russian intervention–which would likely involve Russia's ally, France, and possibly Britain as well. On July 28, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, and the tenuous peace between Europe's great powers collapsed. Within a week, Russia, Belgium, France, Great Britain and Serbia had lined up against Austria-Hungary and Germany, and World War I had begun.

Cause and Effect… X caused Y The assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand caused the start of World War I. The inexplicable slowing of the Prius caused the death of the driver of the Lexus in Bruce Jenner’s car crash.

Your turn… Use your deductive reasoning skills to explain the causes that lead to one of these unique laws being enacted. Be creative: come up with your own, totally fictional explanation of events. In Tucson, it's illegal for women to wear pants Bingo games cannot last more than 5 hours (North Carolina) Policemen are allowed to bite a dog if they think it will calm the dog down (Paulding, Ohio) It’s illegal to sell your eyeballs (Texas) Marriage between cousins is against the law only if they are younger than 65 (Utah) Bear wrestling matches are prohibited (Alabama)  It’s illegal to attend a public event or use public transport within 4 hours of eating an onions or garlic (Indiana)  It’s against the law for a woman to drive a car in Main Street unless her husband is walking in front of the car waving a red flag (Waynesboro, Virginia)