Historical Text-Chronology RI 4.3

Historical Text-Chronology RI 4.3

I can explain events in historical text

I can explain ideas in historical text 

Today we are going to learn about...

how to identify the chronology of a historical text. This is important to know so we can explain how ideas and events unfolded over time.

Historical Texts

Historical texts are informational texts about people, places, and events in history. Historical texts often explain why events happened. People read historical texts to learn about the past and how it affected the future.

Multiple Select

Why do people read historical texts? (Choose all the answers that apply)

• To learn about the past

• to learn how the past affected the future

• Because their teacher tells them to...

What is an abolitionist?

An abolitionist is someone in favor of ending a practice.

This week we will read a biography to learn more about one abolitionist who helped shape the Abolitionist movement to end slavery, Frederick Douglass.

Remember when...

we learned about chronology, or how to identify the sequence of a text?

Just for a quick review, answer the next question on the slide...

Multiple Choice

Sequence or chronological text tells the ____________ of events they happen in...

• cause and effect

• order

• pieces

• number

Multiple Choice

When was Frederick Douglass born?

• February 1818

• January 1865

• July 1776

Multiple Choice

What age did Frederick Douglass learn he was a slave?

• 12

• 7

• 10

Poll

Where did Frederick Douglass escape to freedom in 1838?

• Great Britain

• Washington D.C.

• New York City

Multiple Choice

Frederick Douglass died at his home in 1985 in which city?

• Richmond, Virginia

• Washington D.C.

• Atlanta, Georgia

• Tuckahoe, Maryland