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Lesson Focus/Topic: Understanding how another account can change how we view a historical
event through critical thinking and comparing.
Standards:
History Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.3
Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best
accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.6
Evaluate authors' differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the
authors' claims, reasoning, and evidence.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.8
Evaluate an author's premises, claims, and evidence by corroborating or challenging them with
other information.
Objectives:
Critically analyze a text and be able to explain how it changes how people view historical
events through different perspectives.
Be able to notice any biases in primary and secondary accounts.
Materials:
Assessment:
Look at how well they marked up their text. Discuss what they found important.
Discuss their graphic organizers and why they wrote what they did.
Instructional Tasks/Activities:
What I Will Be Doing
Before Lesson:
Making sure that the short film is ready to
view. Making sure I have my graphic
organizer to hand out. Making sure my notes
are in order to lead discussion.