NC Ready Lesson 16 - Comparing Accounts

NC Ready Lesson 16 - Comparing Accounts

When you compare accounts of the same topic, you are studying a point of view!

Firsthand Account (1st person)

• Written by someone who witnessed or took part in an event as it happened in present time

• This tells us they were there and truly experienced the events!

Secondhand Account (Someone told me that....)

• Someone who heard or read about an event

• This person was not there in present time and just knows about it from reading, watching, or listening

On the next slide, we will compare two short accounts of an event to decide what type of account they are!

Boy

In 1900, a powerful hurricane wrecked the city of Galveston, Texas. It destroyed many homes. This boy watched the hurricane as it was happening.

Girl

The girl was not in Galveston in 1900. She knows about the hurricane from reading a book written about it many years later.

Poll

Which person had the firsthand account of the situation?

• The Boy

• The Girl

The boy had a firsthand account! He was there as it was happening! The girl only read about it and took facts from what she learned!

Open Ended

From what you have learned so far, how are firsthand account and secondhand account the same?

Let's read "The Unsinkable Titanic" together

Multiple Choice

Was "The Unsinkable Titanic" a first or secondhand account?

• Firsthand account

• Secondhand account

What are some of the text evidence that let us know this was a secondhand account?

Now, let's read "The Sinking of the Titanic" to do the same thing as the last story!

Multiple Choice

Is "The Sinking of the Titanic" a firsthand or secondhand account?

• Firsthand account

• Secondhand account

Multiple Choice

Where did the author get his facts?

• He red about the events in a magazine article

• He heard about the events from friends on the ship

• He imagined the events and wrote a story about them.

• He experienced them as they happened.

Multiple Choice

Which information did McGough give that was not in the article?

• The Carpathia traveled to the Titanic's location

• Passengers were put into lifeboats

• The lights on the Titanic went out deck by deck

• The Titanic sank into the ocean

Open Ended

Which words or phrases from the story are clues to his feelings on that night the Titanic sank? Use text evidence in your answer.

Open Ended

What did both articles on the Titanic have in common?