Compare Accounts and Viewpoints

Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in perspective, focus, and information.

How the lesson starts: Compare Accounts and Viewpoints

The balloon landing
One Tuesday, a hot-air balloon landed on the Maple School soccer field! Two people wrote about it. Kofi watched from his classroom. Captain Ines was the pilot. Same balloon, two accounts.
Two accounts
Kofi writes about the stripes and the cheering. Captain Ines writes about the time, the wind and safety. Both say the balloon landed on the field, in different words: our field, the school field.
A, B, or both?
Detail: everyone cheered. Is it in Kofi's account? Yes. In Ines's? No. So it's Account A. Detail: it landed on the field. Kofi says our field. Ines says the school field. Same fact, so it's both! Watch out: find it in each account before you choose both.