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Personal Stories and Primary Sources: Conversations with Elders Lesson PlanPersonal Stories and Primary Sources: Conversations with Elders Lesson Plan
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Students learn from their elders. In this oral and social histories lesson, students analyze primary sources to develop an understanding of the America in which their grandparents grew up. Students conduct interviews with elders in order to write the histories. Students share the outcome with their classmates.

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oral histories, social histories, writing history, english language arts
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Grade
6th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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