Putting Events in Context

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Putting Events in Context

• For every event you write about in your project,
  you must provide context who, what, when, where,
  why how.

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Context Helps You Understand WHO

• My grandpa fought in the Korean War.
• My grandpa was a helicopter pilot during the
  Korean War.

3
Context Helps You Understand WHAT

• My grandpa was a helicopter pilot in the Korean
  War, which was a conflict between North Korea and
  South Korea. The United States supported South
  Korea, and China supported North Korea.

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Context Helps You Understand WHEN

• My grandpa was a helicopter pilot in the Korean
  War, which was a conflict between North Korea and
  South Korea. The United States supported South
  Korea, and China supported North Korea. It took
  place between 1950 and 1953.

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Context Helps You Understand WHERE

• My grandpa was a helicopter pilot in the Korean
  War, which was a conflict between North Korea and
  South Korea. The United States supported South
  Korea, and China supported North Korea. It took
  place between 1950 and 1953. My grandpa helped
  fight to regain control of Seoul, which is the
  current capital of South Korea.

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Context Helps You Understand WHY

• My grandpa was a helicopter pilot in the Korean
  War, which was a conflict between North Korea and
  South Korea. The United States supported South
  Korea, and China supported North Korea. It took
  place between 1950 and 1953. My grandpa helped
  fight to regain control of Seoul, which is the
  current capital of South Korea. North Korea and
  South Korea were fighting because each had its
  own government, and each thought their own
  government should control all of Korea. The
  United States supported the democratic government
  of South Korea, and China supported the communist
  government of North Korea.

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Context Helps You UnderstandHOW

• My grandpa was a helicopter pilot in the Korean
  War, which was a conflict between North Korea and
  South Korea. The United States supported South
  Korea, and China supported North Korea. It took
  place between 1950 and 1953. My grandpa helped
  fight to regain control of Seoul, which is the
  current capital of South Korea. North Korea and
  South Korea were fighting because each had its
  own government, and each thought their own
  government should control all of Korea. The
  United States supported the democratic government
  of South Korea, and China supported the communist
  government of North Korea. My grandpa came home
  when the war ended in 1953 with neither side
  having achieved victory. He survived by using
  the training he received in the Army.