Contributor National Endowment for the Humanities

Update
10-20-2015
Content Type
Student Resource
Grade Level
Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
Object Type
Performance Task
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This lesson offers students experience in drawing historical meaning from eyewitness accounts that present a range of different perspectives. Students then apply the lessons learned in their investigation of the eyewitness accounts of the Chicago fire by considering a unique eyewitness account.