Teaching World War I in the 21st Century 1 | Page 48

REPORTING
ON WORLD
WAR I
GRADE LEVEL

9-12

Amanda Hilliard
Smith, Beaufort
County Early College
High School,
Washington, North
Carolina

OBJECTIVES:

At the conclusion of this lesson, students will be able to

• Analyze a primary source related to an event that took place during World War I

• Compare and contrast a primary and secondary source in order to determine similarities
and differences in the account

• Create an alternative version of events based on primary and secondary source research

How does the secondary account of an event in a textbook differ from primary sources
reporting of the event in newspaper articles?

GUIDING QUESTION:

CONNECTIONS TO COMMON CORE:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and
secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text
as a whole.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or
secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key
details and ideas.

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.11-12.8 Evaluate an author’s premises, claims, and evidence by
corroborating or challenging them with other information.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.9 Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and
secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.

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