Point of View Readers and Passages
The Great Chicago Fire
This passage presents two accounts of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871: a firsthand diary entry and a ...
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The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
This passage contrasts Pliny the Younger's eyewitness account of the Mount Vesuvius eruption with a ...
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The First Moon Landing
This passage juxtaposes Buzz Aldrin's firsthand recollection of the moon landing with a secondhand a...
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The Discovery of Penicillin
This passage compares Alexander Fleming's firsthand laboratory notes on the discovery of penicillin ...
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The Wright Brothers' First Flight
This passage presents two perspectives on the Wright Brothers' first flight: Orville Wright's firsth...
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