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El Education: Small Acts of Courage Unknown TypeEl Education: Small Acts of Courage Unknown Type
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EL Education
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6th - 8th
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English Language Arts
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El Education: Small Acts of Courage

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After researching local heroes of the civil rights movement through secondary sources and through primary source interviews, students write biographies of these unsung heroes. The biographies, along with digital photographs, are compiled to create a class book of Civil Rights heroes.

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civil rights

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hero, interview, civil rights movement, el education, expeditionary learning, expeditionary learning: small acts of courage, biography, primary source, writing nonfiction

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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