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Students take a classroom "gallery walk" memorializing 9/11. As a class, they read and discuss the article "A Day to Clear the View, and Remember." Then, they write letters focusing on events that have made them want to alter their life courses. They address the letters to themselves, and the teacher mails them to the students one year later.

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editorials, journalism, artifacts

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artifacts, editorials, portraits of grief, english language arts
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6th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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