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Children's Literature and African American Culture

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Third graders examine various stories and poems and identify characteristics that make each individual unique. After analyzing the readings, they create their own personality poems to accompany self-portrait drawings. The poems and drawings are mounted on construction paper and displayed in the classroom.

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stereotypes, zora neale hurston, rosa parks, the civil rights movement

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rosa parks, stereotypes, zora neale hurston, english language arts
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3rd
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English Language Arts
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