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Students explore the production of newspapers about Confederation. The students are organized into groups and are asked to take on the roles of newspaper staff members. Their first assignment is to write a story based on an interview with a prominent Confederation politician. The information for this assignment is based on research of primary-source documents.

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the confederacy, the united states civil war, canada

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canada, confederate, politicins, social studies
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Grade
7th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Research
Year
2002

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