Firsthand Account. A description of an event that is told by someone who was there to experience it.

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A firsthand account will include personal opinions, emotions and feelings

1 Firsthand A description of an event that is told by someone who was there to experience it. A firsthand account will include personal opinions, emotions and feelings and very specific details. Common Texts: -Diaries/Journals -Autobiographies/Memoirs -Speeches -Interviews -Photos/Videos -Letters/ s

A secondhand account will include key facts and information, possibly from

2 Secondhand A description of an event based on research, told by someone who was not there to experience the event. A secondhand account will include key facts and information, possibly from several different sources. Common Texts: -Encyclopedias -Textbooks -Biographies -Research Articles -Informational Books

3 -Author/Speaker was present at event -Includes thoughts, opinions and feelings -Very specific facts and details -Author/Speaker was not present at event -Includes facts and information -Can be from multiple sources

4 Rosa Parks Learning about history through primary and secondary sources. When you are reading about my life, you will find information through both firsthand and secondhand accounts. ThingLink: Use the QR code or visit the link to look at examples of firsthand and secondhand accounts

5 Name: Rosa Parks s Visit the link or scan the QR code. Click each link to open the source. Observe each source to identify whether it is a firsthand or secondhand account. * Rosa Parks: My Story by: Rosa Parks and Jim Haskins Firsthand The account is written by Rosa Parks, who was able to experience the events. We are able to read her thoughts and feelings about the events, It was very humiliating having to suffer the indignity of riding segregated buses twice a day 1 2 3

6 BONUS: Find another source of information about Rosa Parks. Identify the type of account and support with evidence. *

7 Name: Compare two accounts of the same event. Comparing s #1: #2: : : How does the account affect the information? Compare and Contrast

8 reading Passages

9 Name: First and Secondhand s Assessment 1. Describe what a firsthand account is. Use examples. RI Describe what a secondhand account is. Use examples. 3. What will I NOT find in a secondhand account? a) description of experience b) details about the event or topic c) facts and statistics d) information from multiple sources 4. Which pronouns could be used in a firsthand account? a) I b) us c) we d) all of the above

10 EXCERPT Shuttle Rockets to Orbit with 5 Aboard by John Noble Wilford, New York Times, June 19, 1983 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Four men and a woman, the first American woman to go into space, rocketed into orbit today aboard the space shuttle Challenger and then launched the first of two satellites in the successful beginning of a busy six-day mission.... What set this flight apart from the 36 other manned American space missions over the last 22 years was not the cargo but the occupant just behind the two pilots. She was Dr. Sally K. Ride, a 32-year-old physicist who has been in astronaut training since She is the third woman to fly in space, but the first on an American mission. A crowd estimated at 250,000 stood in the bright morning sun to watch the seventh shuttle launching, and many of them wore Ride, Sally Ride T-shirts.... In the ascent, as the spaceship climbed toward an 184-mile-high orbit, Ride could be heard, in her role as a flight engineer, calling out checklists in a clear, businesslike voice. Then, relaxing somewhat as the Challenger approached orbit, Ride radioed Mission Control, See you Friday, referring to the crew s planned landing here at the Kennedy Space Center. This would be the first time a shuttle has been brought back to the threemile runway at its launching base. And, like any other astronaut and his or her first ascent into orbit, Ride sought to give expression to the thrill of a first flight. Have you ever been to Disneyland? she asked Roy Bridges, the astronaut acting as the crew communicator at Mission Control. Affirmative, replied Mr. Bridges. This is definitely an E ticket, Dr. Ride remarked, referring to a ticket that the amusement park used to have for admission to the best rides, including the super roller coaster True or false? Sally Ride was the first woman astronaut in space. a) True b) False 6. Which type of account is this text? Support with evidence.

from To Space and Back by Sally Ride Launch minus 10 seconds... 9... 8... 7... The three launch engines light. The shuttle shakes and strains at the bolts holding it to the launch pad.

The shuttle leaps off the launch pad in a cloud of steam and a trail of fire. Inside, the ride is rough and loud. Our heads are rattling around inside our helmets.

11 from To Space and Back by Sally Ride Launch minus 10 seconds The three launch engines light. The shuttle shakes and strains at the bolts holding it to the launch pad. The computers check the engines. It isn t up to us anymore the computers will decide whether we launch The rockets light! The shuttle leaps off the launch pad in a cloud of steam and a trail of fire. Inside, the ride is rough and loud. Our heads are rattling around inside our helmets. We can barely hear the voices from Mission Control in our headsets above the thunder of the rockets and engines. For an instant, I wonder if everything is working right. But there s no time to wonder, and no time to be scared. In only a few seconds we zoom past the clouds. Two minutes later the rockets burn out, and with a brilliant whitish-orange flash, they fall away from the shuttle as it streaks on toward space. Suddenly the ride becomes very, very smooth and quiet. The shuttle is still attached to the big tank, and the launch engines are pushing us out of Earth s atmosphere. The sky is black. All we can see of the trail of fire behind us is a faint, pulsating glow through the top window. Launch plus six minutes. The force pushing us against the backs of our seats steadily increases. We can barely move because we re being held in place by a force of 3 g s three times the force of gravity we feel on Earth. At first we don t mind it we ve all felt much more than that when we ve done acrobatics in our jet training airplanes. But that lasted only a few seconds, and this seems to go on forever. After a couple of minutes of 3 g s, we re uncomfortable, straining to hold our books on our laps and craning our necks against the force to read the instruments. I find myself wishing we d hurry up and get into orbit. Launch plus eight and one-half minutes. The launch engines cut off. Suddenly, the force is gone, and we lurch forward in our seats. During the next few minutes the empty fuel tank drops away and falls to Earth, and we are very busy getting the shuttle ready to enter orbit. But we re not too busy to notice that our books and pencils are floating in midair. We re in space! 7. Which line from the text shows that the force is uncomfortable? a) Inside, the ride is rough and loud. b) there is no time to wonder and no time to be scared. c) the ride becomes very, very smooth and quiet. d) straining to hold our books and craning our necks

12 8. Which type of account is the excerpt from To Space and Back? Support with evidence. 9. Why was Dr. Ride making a comparison to Disneyland? 10. Compare and contrast the two accounts of Sally Ride s first time in space. Use evidence to support your answer.

13 Answer Key Name: RI.4.6 First and Secondhand s Assessment 1. Describe what a firsthand account is. Use examples. A firsthand account is a source that has been written by a person who experienced an event. The person is able to use vivid details, what they saw/heard/felt, etc. They include feelings and thoughts of the event. 2. Describe what a secondhand account is. Use examples. A secondhand account is a source that has been written by someone who did not experience the event. They weren t present for it, but combined information from research or other sources. 3. What will I NOT find in a secondhand account? a) description of experience b) details about the event or topic c) facts and statistics d) information from multiple sources 4. Which pronouns could be used in a firsthand account? a) I b) us c) we d) all of the above

14 Answer Key EXCERPT Shuttle Rockets to Orbit with 5 Aboard by John Noble Wilford, New York Times, June 19, 1983 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Four men and a woman, the first American woman to go into space, rocketed into orbit today aboard the space shuttle Challenger and then launched the first of two satellites in the successful beginning of a busy six-day mission.... What set this flight apart from the 36 other manned American space missions over the last 22 years was not the cargo but the occupant just behind the two pilots. She was Dr. Sally K. Ride, a 32-year-old physicist who has been in astronaut training since She is the third woman to fly in space, but the first on an American mission. A crowd estimated at 250,000 stood in the bright morning sun to watch the seventh shuttle launching, and many of them wore Ride, Sally Ride T-shirts.... In the ascent, as the spaceship climbed toward an 184-mile-high orbit, Ride could be heard, in her role as a flight engineer, calling out checklists in a clear, businesslike voice. Then, relaxing somewhat as the Challenger approached orbit, Ride radioed Mission Control, See you Friday, referring to the crew s planned landing here at the Kennedy Space Center. This would be the first time a shuttle has been brought back to the threemile runway at its launching base. And, like any other astronaut and his or her first ascent into orbit, Ride sought to give expression to the thrill of a first flight. Have you ever been to Disneyland? she asked Roy Bridges, the astronaut acting as the crew communicator at Mission Control. Affirmative, replied Mr. Bridges. This is definitely an E ticket, Dr. Ride remarked, referring to a ticket that the amusement park used to have for admission to the best rides, including the super roller coaster True or false? Sally Ride was the first woman astronaut in space. a) True b) False 6. Which type of account is this text? Support with evidence. This is a secondhand account. John Noble Wilford wrote this account from research of the event. He includes facts about Sally s first ride, not his experience.

15 from To Space and Back by Sally Ride Launch minus 10 seconds The three launch engines light. The Answer Key shuttle shakes and strains at the bolts holding it to the launch pad. The computers check the engines. It isn t up to us anymore the computers will decide whether we launch The rockets light! The shuttle leaps off the launch pad in a cloud of steam and a trail of fire. Inside, the ride is rough and loud. Our heads are rattling around inside our helmets. We can barely hear the voices from Mission Control in our headsets above the thunder of the rockets and engines. For an instant, I wonder if everything is working right. But there s no time to wonder, and no time to be scared. In only a few seconds we zoom past the clouds. Two minutes later the rockets burn out, and with a brilliant whitish-orange flash, they fall away from the shuttle as it streaks on toward space. Suddenly the ride becomes very, very smooth and quiet. The shuttle is still attached to the big tank, and the launch engines are pushing us out of Earth s atmosphere. The sky is black. All we can see of the trail of fire behind us is a faint, pulsating glow through the top window. Launch plus six minutes. The force pushing us against the backs of our seats steadily increases. We can barely move because we re being held in place by a force of 3 g s three times the force of gravity we feel on Earth. At first we don t mind it we ve all felt much more than that when we ve done acrobatics in our jet training airplanes. But that lasted only a few seconds, and this seems to go on forever. After a couple of minutes of 3 g s, we re uncomfortable, straining to hold our books on our laps and craning our necks against the force to read the instruments. I find myself wishing we d hurry up and get into orbit. Launch plus eight and one-half minutes. The launch engines cut off. Suddenly, the force is gone, and we lurch forward in our seats. During the next few minutes the empty fuel tank drops away and falls to Earth, and we are very busy getting the shuttle ready to enter orbit. But we re not too busy to notice that our books and pencils are floating in midair. We re in space! 7. Which line from the text shows that the force is uncomfortable? a) Inside, the ride is rough and loud. b) there is no time to wonder and no time to be scared. c) the ride becomes very, very smooth and quiet. d) straining to hold our books and craning our necks

16 Answer Key 8. Which type of account is the excerpt from To Space and Back? Support with evidence. This a firsthand account. Sally Ride wrote about her experience. She says I and we as she describes what she saw, felt and thought uncomfortable wishing wondering. 9. Why was Dr. Ride making a comparison to Disneyland? Dr. Ride compares her trip to Space to Disneyland because she thinks it is the exciting and amazing like admission for the best ride. 10. Compare and contrast the two accounts of Sally Ride s first time in space. Use evidence to support your answer. The excerpt from Shuttle Rockets to Orbit with 5 Aboard and To Space and Back are both accounts of Dr. Sally Ride s first trip to space aboard the Challenger. The excerpt from Shuttle Rockets is a secondhand account. The author interviewed and researched in order to write the text. The account describes the ride to space with quotes from Dr. Ride herself, but the author wasn t there. The excerpt from To Space and Back is a firsthand account of the event. Dr. Ride describes her experience in what she saw, felt and thought while launching into space.

New York CCLS INSTRUCTION. English Language Arts

New York CCLS INSTRUCTION. English Language Arts New York CCLS 4 INSTRUCTION English Language Arts Lesson 16 Lesson Objective Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the