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A River Runs Through Our Town Lesson PlanA River Runs Through Our Town Lesson Plan
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A River Runs Through Our Town

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Learners conduct an interview with a town resident, asking them to describe the history, use, and their memories of a river common to their community. They create a drawing of the river using information from the interview, and write sentences describing their river scene.

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river, river interview, river valley, science
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Grade
5th - 8th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategies
Project-Based Learning
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Year
1998

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