Multiple Accounts of the Same Topic

Read Passage 1 and Passage 2 about the first moon landing. Then use them to answer questions 1-5.

What type of account is Passage 1?

• Firsthand Account as told by a man watching the moon landing

• Secondhand Account as told by a narrator who was not involved in the event

What type of account is Passage 2?

• Firsthand account as told by a man watching the moon landing

• Secondhand account as told by a narrator not involved in the event

In what ways are Passage 1 and Passage 2 similar? Select 3 answers.

• Both passages are about the first moon landing.

• Both passages discuss the amount of training the astronauts had to complete.

• Both passages discuss the fact that Neil Armstrong was the first man to step foot on the moon.

• Both passages discuss planting the American flag on the moon.

Select 2 ways in which Passage 1 and Passage 2 are different.

• The focus of Passage 1 is on the training that was needed for the Apollo Mission while the focus of Passage 2 is on what it was like to watch the mission on television.

• Passage 1 discusses how the astronauts prepared for the moon landing, while Passage 2 discusses one person's reaction to the moon landing.

• Passage 1 discusses preparations for the moon landing, while passage 2 discusses their return to Earth.

• The focus of Passage 1 is on Neil Armstrong, while the focus of Passage 2 is on the moon landing.

Which statement is correct?

• Both passages have a positive viewpoint of the Apollo Mission.

• Passage 1 has a positive viewpoint, but Passage 2 has a negative viewpoint.

• Both passages have a negative viewpoint of the Apollo Mission.

Read the passages about Schooling in the 1800s. Then answer questions 6-10.

What type of account is Passage 1?

• Firsthand account as told by a student in the 1800s.

• Secondhand account as told by a narrator not involved in the events

What type of account is Passage 2?

• Firsthand account as told by a school student in the 1800s

• Secondhand account as told by a narrator not involved in the events

How are the two passages similar? Select 3 answers.

• Both passages discuss the fact that the school year is beginning after the harvest.

• Both passages discuss the far distance students had to walk to get to school.

• Both passages are about schooling in the 1800s.

• Both passages discuss the fact that teachers in the 1800s could be very young.

How are the two passages different? Select 3 correct answers.

• Passage 1 is told by a teacher, while passage 2 is not.

• Passage 2 is told by a student, while passage 1 is not.

• The focus of Passage 1 is basic information about schooling in the 1800s while the focus of Passage 2 is one student's experiences of schooling in the 1800s.

• Passage 2 discusses a coal stove used to heat the schoolhouse while Passage 1 does not.

A summary of Passage 1 is that being a student today is a lot different from what it was like to be a student in the 1800s.

• True

• False