What are the Five Ws of a news report?

Who, what, when, where and why. The organizer adds how the news spread, the source quoted, one fact and one opinion from the 1869 report.

What does the 1869 railroad report leave out?

A workers card on the page lets students see which workers the report does not mention, and why the report alone cannot show who built the railroad.

8th Grade Reading a Primary Source Closely Worksheets

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Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

Close reading means reading a primary source slowly for its audience, word choice, tone and what it leaves out. There are 2 sheets for 8th grade here, each with an answer key. Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address works through an excerpt over three pages, and Five Ws of an 1869 Newspaper Report reads a Utah report on the finished Pacific railroad.

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Five Ws of an 1869 Newspaper Report

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Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

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Speaking on March 4, 1865, Lincoln said all knew that slavery was somehow the cause of the war. Students explain his description of each side and the tone of his closing paragraph.

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