Comparing and Contrasting Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts

A firsthand account is based on?

This account has very specific details (what was seen, what it sounded like, smelled like)

Someone's emotions or feelings are in a....

The Oregon Trail is the most famous trail in the country. Over 350,000 made the trip.

This account is written by someone who was actually there to see or experience the event...

A secondhand account is called a ______ source.

The passage is a....

Secondhand account is based on?

Description of an event based on research is ...

An example of a secondhand account is...

The passage is a...

This passage is a....

An example of a secondhand account is...

The passage is a....

A firsthand account is called a _______ source.

An example of a firsthand account is...

This account is written in 1st person POV and has pronouns like, "I," "me," "our," and "us"

The passage is a....

Key facts and information from an event are found in a ...

The passage is a....

This account can be written in third person POV and use pronouns like "he," "she," and "they."