Nature's Fury
| Activity Two |
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Modeling Analysis Sheet Use (two class periods)
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Discuss students' Reflection Journal entries from previous lesson. Clarify
how primary sources differ from secondary sources. Note that informational
articles often do not contain people's feelings about the experience.
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Explain the lesson's goal of learning critical thinking strategies to examine
primary sources.
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Together, complete the Image Analysis Guide
to examine a photo of the disaster. Discuss objective and subjective information
learned from the photo.
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Next, use the Personal Account
Analysis Guide to examine an account from a witness to the event. Continue
to model how students may find objective and subjective information. (Note
that oral histories are written in the narrator's own words and may reveal
biases and prejudices which may seem inappropriate. They may also contain
spelling errors or non-standard English.)
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Using a handout of the song lyrics, have students study the song using
the Song Analysis Guide.
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On the board or overhead, compile information about the event using different
colored markers for each source. Discuss which sources are objective
and which are subjective; which provide more insights into the effects
the event had on people's lives; and which students found to be most memorable.
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