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What We Eat, Where We Sleep: Documenting Daily Life to Tell Stories Lesson PlanWhat We Eat, Where We Sleep: Documenting Daily Life to Tell Stories Lesson Plan
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What We Eat, Where We Sleep: Documenting Daily Life to Tell Stories

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This is not just a New York Time article to read, this is a set of amazing activity ideas all related to the slide shows "Breaking Bread Everywhere" and "Where Children Sleep." Your class can view each show, read about what they mean culturally and artistically, then engage in one or more of the creative and critical thinking activities. Discussion questions  and activity instructions included.

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critical thinking, news articles, journalism, reading comprehension, life skills, american culture, photograph analysis

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american culture, critical thinking, daily life, visual analysis, world culture, newspaper article, photo analysis, reading comprehension, food consumption visual literacy skills, social studies
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6th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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