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Pbs Learning Media: Interpreting Characters, Setting, Plot, & Theme: Triangle... Lesson Plan

Pbs Learning Media: Interpreting Characters, Setting, Plot, & Theme: Triangle... Lesson Plan

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Pbs Learning Media: Interpreting Characters, Setting, Plot, & Theme: Triangle...

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Middle schoolers will view video documenting the real-life story of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911. Students will complete a story elements graphic organizer. This organizer will help them distinguish various story elements and put them in the chronological order.

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characters, conflict, plot, setting, story elements, symbolism

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theme, pbs learningmedia: interpreting characters, setting, plot, and theme - the triangle shirtwaist factory disaster, triangle shirtwaist factory disaster, character, short story

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6th - 8th

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English Language Arts

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RL.6.3 W.7.3.a RL.8.3 RL.7.3 W.8.3.a W.6.3.a

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