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Celebrate A People!

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Students explore African-American students literature as an integral building block in empowering all students to a better awareness when reading and writing. They use as a productive Social Studies tool for overall understanding of the culture.

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Grade
K - 2nd
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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For Teacher Use
Duration
21 days
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