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= Critical Past = (This lesson was designed based on a blog post by Kelly Tenkely) Day One: An eyewitness report is a first-person account of an event you personally witnessed. The goal is to provide details about the event in a clear, concise manner, giving as many details as you recall as accurately as possible.

Eyewitness reports are often crucial to solving crimes or providing background on newsworthy stories. Eyewitness reports are also used as part of incident reports at workplaces such as schools, nursing homes, jails and other facilities requiring employees to monitor sensitive situations.  Today, you are going to write an eyewitness account of an event that happened on your birthday.  
 * 1) Visit the site located at @http://www.criticalpast.com/
 * 2) On the right hand sie, you will see "Your Birthday in History" Type in your birthday to find a video about what happened on the day you were born.
 * 3) After viewing the film, write an eye-witness account of the event in your blog.

Day Two:
 * 1) Take a few moments to research the event that happened on your birthday. media type="custom" key="6687047"
 * 2) Write a follow-up reflection on what actually happened and how close you were in your eye-witness account.