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Memory and Legacy: Building Monuments and Memorials Lesson PlanMemory and Legacy: Building Monuments and Memorials Lesson Plan
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Memory and Legacy: Building Monuments and Memorials

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Learners analyze the reasons why groups build monuments and memorials. Using the Holocaust as an example, they reflect on issues that are addressed in monuments related to it. They create a monument of their own and write an essay about its meaning.

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6th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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