Firsthand Vs. Secondhand Accounts

Firsthand Vs. Secondhand Accounts

RI.2.6

Multiple Choice

A diary entry by a girl who had to evacuate from an earthquake in San Francisco in 1906. Which type of account is this?

• Firsthand

• Secondhand

Multiple Choice

An article about Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States. Which type of account is this?

• Firsthand

• Secondhand

Multiple Choice

An interview with Gabby Douglas after the Olympics. Which type of account is this?

• Firsthand

• Secondhand

Multiple Choice

A letter from Martin Luther King Jr. What type of account is this?

• Firsthand

• Secondhand

Multiple Choice

A book about different types of snakes found in the Amazon. Which type of account is this?

• Firsthand

• Secondhand

Multiple Choice

A hurricane report by a reporter on the beach. What type of account is this?

• Firsthand

• Secondhand

Let's practice firsthand and secondhand accounts

Watch the two video clips on the next two slides to compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account.

Multiple Choice

What type of account is the book, Our House is on Fire?

• Firsthand account

• Secondhand Account

Multiple Choice

What type of account is the video, Greta sets sail for UN Climate Summit?

• Firsthand Account

• Secondhand Account

Read each detail. Then, choose if this is coming from the book, from the news report, or both.

Multiple Choice

Greta's strikes inspired kids around the world to strike as well.

• Our House is on Fire

• Interview with Greta Thunberg

• Both

Multiple Choice

Greta was quiet and lonely.

• Our House is on Fire

• Interview with Greta Thunberg

• Both

Multiple Choice

Climate change isn't an opinion, it's a fact.

• Our House is on Fire

• Interview with Greta Thunberg

• Both

Multiple Choice

Greta wants people to feel panic about climate change.

• Our House is on Fire

• Interview with Greta Thunberg

• Both

Multiple Choice

Greta's teacher talked about climate change.

• Our House is on Fire

• Interview with Greta Thunberg

• Both

Multiple Choice

Greta decided to on strike from school every Friday for the climate.

• Our House is on Fire

• Interview with Greta Thunberg

• Both

Multiple Choice

Greta spoke at the UN Climate Change Talks in Poland and the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

• Our House is on Fire

• Interview with Greta Thunberg

• Both

Multiple Choice

Greta does not want to meet and talk to Donald Trump.

• Our House is on Fire

• Interview with Greta Thunberg

• Both

Multiple Choice

Greta is traveling by boat to the US to speak at a climate change summit.

• Our House is on Fire

• Interview with Greta Thunberg

• Both

Multiple Choice

Greta has to boil water to heat up freeze dried food on the boat.

• Our House is on Fire

• Interview with Greta Thunberg

• Both