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Fort Morgan, Colorado - 100 Years of Progress and Promise Lesson PlanFort Morgan, Colorado - 100 Years of Progress and Promise Lesson Plan
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Fort Morgan, Colorado - 100 Years of Progress and Promise

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Learners discover and practice interviewing skills by role-playing. They utilize these techniques while discussing the history of Fort Morgan with senior citizens who came to the school and with those whom they visited in the local nursing home.

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8th - 9th
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Social Studies & History
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