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Land, Liberty and the Struggle for the American Dream Lesson PlanLand, Liberty and the Struggle for the American Dream Lesson Plan
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Students investigate equality by reading a historical fiction book in class.  In this civil rights lesson, students read the story Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry with their classmates and define the Jim Crow Laws that kept blacks imprisoned in the United States.  Students analyze Martin Luther King Jr. speeches

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racism, civil rights, human rights, civics, martin luther king jr., the civil rights movement

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civil rights, martin luther king jr., racism, english language arts
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3rd - 5th
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English Language Arts
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4 days
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