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Third graders explore and analyze about famous African-Americans by listening to four picture book biographies. They generate a list of 15 famous African-Americans and then create a survey to rank them according to importance of accomplishments and administer the survey to grades three through five, collect data from the survey and then create graphs representing their results.

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martin luther king jr., the civil rights movement, african americans, ruby bridges

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african americans, jr, martin luther king, ruby bridges, survey, social studies
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3rd
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Social Studies & History
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5 days
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