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Unpacked Content
Knowledge
- Compare means tell how things are alike or similar, and contrast means tell how things are different.
- A firsthand account can be told by someone who was personally present at the event or has personal experience with the topic.
- A secondhand account can be told by someone who received information about an event or topic from someone with firsthand experience.
Skills
- Compare and contrast firsthand and secondhand accounts of the same event or topic.
- Describe the differences in focus and the information provided in firsthand and secondhand accounts.
Understanding
- Information a reader gets in a text is impacted by the source of the information.
Vocabulary
- Compare
- Contrast
- Firsthand accounts
- Secondhand accounts
- Event
- Topic
- Focus
