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Down Buttermilk Lane Lesson Plan

Down Buttermilk Lane Lesson Plan

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Down Buttermilk Lane

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Second graders read "Down Buttermilk Lane" by Barbara Mitchell. They note five differences and three similarities in the way the Amish live and the way they live. Students create a Venn diagram about the way the Amish live and they way they live.

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2nd

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Social Studies & History

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