The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart Analyzing Multiple Accounts Webquest

*FULLY UPDATED NOVEMBER 2023*

CCSS.RI.5.6

This is a webquest activity that has students analyze six different accounts of the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, and find similarities and differences amongst the accounts.

The accounts of this event are in a variety of formats, from multiple sources (articles, videos, primary sources, etc.).

Students will determine whether each document is a firsthand or secondhand account, the author's purpose, and analyze for important details/information.

In addition to supporting the common core informational text standards involving multiple accounts of the same event/topic, this product also supports common core informational writing standards. Included with this product is a text-based writing prompt and planning sheet, requiring students to inform about Amelia Earhart and her disappearance.

Purchase Includes:

• The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart: Analyzing Multiple Accounts of the Same Event activity sheets
• The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart: Analyzing Multiple Accounts of the Same Event questions
• Comparing and Contrasting Multiple Accounts of the Same Event Comparison table
• Comparing and Contrasting Multiple Accounts of the same event Venn Diagram
• The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart Text-Based Informational Writing Prompt

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KEYWORDS: Amelia Earhart, Women's History Month, Heroic Women