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Alex: It's a Wonderful Life Lesson PlanAlex: It's a Wonderful Life Lesson Plan
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Alabama Learning Exchange
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9th - 10th
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Alex: It's a Wonderful Life

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The young scholars will use the Internet to research the Roaring Twenties, The Stock Market Crash, and The Great Depression. They will also watch the movie "It's A Wonderful Life" to see how people lived through these three dramatic eras. They will then create a PowerPoint presentation that reflects their knowledge of this dramatic time in United States history. This is a Commerce and Information Technology lesson plan.

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21st century skills, alex, alabama learning exchange, commerce and information technology, great depression, internet research, it’s a wonderful life, roaring twenties, stock market crash, research skills, using the internet

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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