Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts

You read an article about the various causes of the Great Depression, written by a 40-year-old history professor. The article is...

• firsthand account
• secondhand account

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

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CCSS.RI.4.6

You read a book about World War I. It includes letters written from the soldiers to their loved ones back home in America, telling them about the war. The letters are...

• firsthand account
• secondhand account

You read an email from your grandfather, and he tells some funny stories about when he taught your mom how to drive a car. The email is... 

• firsthand account
• secondhand account

You read a biography about the life of scientist Steven Hawking. The biography is… 

• firsthand account
• secondhand account

A firsthand account is a ______________ source

• primary
• secondary

A first hand account is when someone is __________ .

• there
• not there

First hand account is written in 

• first person point of view
• second person point of view
• third person point of view

You can find 1st person point of view by finding the pronouns

• you, your
• he, she, it
• I, me, we, us

A biography is an example of which type of account?

• Firsthand
• Secondhand

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.6