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Firsthand/Primary & Secondhand/Secondary Sources

Firsthand/Primary & Secondhand/Secondary Sources

Assessment

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English

4th - 5th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

CCSS
RI.6.10, RL.11-12.6, RL.7.9

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Joan Mathews

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4 Slides • 9 Questions

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Multiple Accounts of the Same Event

Learning Target: I can determine whether a text is a firsthand or secondhand account of an event.

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5

Multiple Choice

Firsthand or Secondhand account?


A journal entry from someone who lived during COVID-19.

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Firsthand Account

2

Secondhand Account

6

Multiple Choice

Firsthand or Secondhand account?


Letters sent back and forth between a mom and her son during World War II.

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Firsthand Account

2

Secondhand Account

7

Multiple Choice

Firsthand or Secondhand account?


A biography of Michael Jordan

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Firsthand Account

2

Secondhand Account

8

Multiple Choice

Firsthand or Secondhand account?


An autobiography of LeBron James

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Firsthand Account

2

Secondhand Account

9

Multiple Choice

Firsthand or Secondhand account?


An article about Rosa Parks written in "The New York Times."

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Firsthand Account

2

Secondhand Account

10

Multiple Choice

Firsthand or Secondhand account?


A video of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech.

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Firsthand Account

2

Secondhand Account.

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Multiple Choice

Firsthand or Secondhand account?


A voicemail that your dad left you telling you about his COVID-19 vaccine.

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Firsthand

2

Secondhand

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Multiple Select

Firsthand Accounts:

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letters

2

videos from the event

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a dictionary

4

a history textbook

5

interviews

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Multiple Select

Secondhand Accounts:

1

interviews

2

biographies

3

news articles

4

autobiographies

5

journal entry

Multiple Accounts of the Same Event

Learning Target: I can determine whether a text is a firsthand or secondhand account of an event.

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