Firsthand and Secondhand accounts

Firsthand accounts can also be called __________ sources.

• Good

• account

• Primary

• Secondary

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.4.6

Harry Houdini was a great magician who performed many daring escape acts. He amazed crowds by escaping handcuffs, unlocking chains and surviving impossible situations. He died on Halloween in 1926.

Is this a firsthand or secondhand account?

• firsthand

• secondhand

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.6

Secondhand account is based on an author’s __________.

• Personal Experience

• Account

• Point of View

• Research

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.6

How do you know the following text is a secondhand account?

Harry Houdini was a great magician who performed many daring escape acts. He amazed crowds by escaping handcuffs, unlocking chains and surviving impossible situations. He died on Halloween in 1926.

• It is Harry Houdini who is writing the text.

• Harry Houdini was not a real person.

• The author uses a specific name and the word he.

• The author knew Harry Houdini.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.6

Pronouns like ____ , ____ , ____ we will be used in a firsthand account.

• He, she, they

• It doesn't matter

• I, me, we

• ONLY WE

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1A

CCSS.RL.4.6

After your teacher tells you and your classmates a funny story about her first time riding a roller coaster, your classmate draws a comic strip about the event. The comic strip is...

• firsthand account

• secondhand account

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.6

A description of an event from someone who was there to see it.

• Firsthand Account

• Secondhand Account

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.6

A biography is an example of which type of account?

• Firsthand

  (Primary source)

• Secondhand

  (Secondary source)

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.6

You just finished reading a book about Beyonce called Beyonce: Shine Your light. It was written by Sarah Warren, and it chronicles (or narrates) Beyonce's life and accomplishments.

This would be an example of which source?

• Primary source

• Secondary source

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.6

Is this a firsthand or secondhand account?

"During the dust storm, I could not breathe or see my house."

• Firsthand Account

• Secondhand Account

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.6