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The World's Fair of 1893: A Tribute to Agriculture and Advertising Lesson Plan

The World's Fair of 1893: A Tribute to Agriculture and Advertising Lesson Plan

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Learners identify connections between agriculture, advertising, and mail order catalogues during 1890s as expressed at World's Fair of 1893. Students interpret photographic exhibit and discuss how reactions of rural fair visitors differed from those of urban fair visitors.

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1893, advertising, Agriculture, chicago, world's fair, social studies

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6th - 12th

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Social Studies & History

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