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Free Printable Multi-Flow Map

A blank multi-flow map for cause and effect: the event in the center, causes on the left with arrows flowing in, and effects on the right with arrows flowing out.

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Use it withCause and Effect WorksheetsShort passages with questions for finding causes and effects. Read one, then map it here.
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About the multi-flow map

A multi-flow map shows cause and effect around a single event. Students write the event in the center box, the reasons it happened in the boxes on the left, and the results in the boxes on the right.

It works for history (the causes and effects of a war or an invention), science (what causes erosion and what it leads to), and stories (why a character made a choice and what happened next). The filled-in example looks at a forest fire.

Frequently Asked Questions

Analyzing cause and effect. It shows several causes leading to one event and several effects coming from it, which a simple cause-and-effect chart cannot.
No. Some lessons only need causes or only effects. Students can also leave a side blank and come back to it after reading more.
No. Thinking Maps is a registered trademark of Thinking Maps, Inc., which sells the official program and teacher training. These are free blank templates in the same eight shapes, under the names teachers use for them.