Imagine that you are the principal of a school and you just found out that there was a fight in the lunchroom during lunch. You’ve asked many students and teachers who witnessed the fight to write down what they saw and who they think started the fight. Unfortunately, you have received many conflicting accounts that disagree not only as to who started the fight, but also as to who was involved and when the fight even started. It’s important to remember that NO ONE is just plain lying.
For each of the questions below, in pairs write your ideas/answers on post-its to post on the inspiration wall
• Why would there be different stories of the event if no one is just plain lying?
• What are the different types of people who might have seen this fight? (e.g., friends of those involved versus people who don’t know the kids who were fighting; those who were fighting versus those who were witnesses; adults versus kids)
• What might make one person’s story more believable or plausible than another person’s?
On your own answer the following questions on the right side of your Interactive Notebook:
a. Why might people see or remember things differently?
b. Time: Do stories change over time? How might what we remember right after the event differ from what we remember a week later? Does time make the way someone remembers something more or less trustworthy?
c. Physical Evidence: what kinds might have an effect on what you believe: bruises, missing objects, etc.
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