GettingStartedOnTheRoadToTheRevolution

= Your task is to research what it is that brought our country to war with England. =

Or were there things to fight over?
==== In any society, there are things worth fighting over. The colonists were very passionate about certain things, and eventually, they felt these issues were worth losing their lives over. These issues are what you will be researching. ====

5. The Intolerable Acts
=**How do you get the information you need? **=

Read for a purpose. Have keywords in mind when you read, and when you locate those keywords, slow down and read carefully.

After you locate important information, think about what it said. Put it in fifth grade words, then write it on your paper. Don't forget to include dates and names.

Always put where you located your information (the name of the website or book). This is called "citing your source". If you fail to do this, it's the same as saying you made it up! =**When you finish taking notes on each issue, you will share your knowledge on the wiki. **=

**BUT HERE'S THE TRICKY THING: If the information is already on the wiki, YOU are not to write it again!**
A wiki is a collaborative document (meaning that many people can be the author of the wiki), and that means that when information is already on the document, new writers need to be careful to make sure they add only information that is NEW and ACCURATE.

One example of a wiki is WIKIPEDIA.

Each member of your group will take turns inputting new information onto the wiki. Remember to include important DATES, NAMES, and CIRCUMSTANCES. Make sure that your sentences tell what happened in a way that makes sense. Check your spelling and punctuation.

Question: where will your information come from before you put it on the wiki?

Answer: from your notes! Your notes will be handwritten on notebook paper BEFORE any information goes on the wiki.

=**Helpful hints: **=

Make sure you are logged in to your wiki before you edit your page.

Do not erase or make changes to anything already on wiki.

Starred pages on your wiki are pages where you will find the issues that you are researching.