Compare & Contrast Accounts - Playlist and Teaching Notes

Students explore standard RI.4.6 with this playlist. They will compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic. Students will describe differences in the focus and the information presented. Students also have the option to listen to instructional audio and complete practice quizzes or activities.

<strong>This product includes:</strong>
• 4 links to instructional videos or texts
• 1 link to practice quizzes or activities
• 1 assessment that includes two multiple choice questions and one matching question
• Definitions of key terms, such as firsthand and secondhand
• Examples of how to identify firsthand and secondhand accounts and differentiate between them
• An excerpt from “The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass” by Frederick Douglass
• An excerpt from “The Story of My Life” by Helen Keller
• "Douglass’s Escape from Slavery " by the Library of Congress
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file

<strong>The Teaching Notes file includes:</strong>
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities on certain parts of the standard, such as symbolism and allegory
• An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels