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GREEK MYTH IN PAINTING

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Second graders look closely at a Renaissance painting depicting an ancient Greek myth, review the term renaissance, hear a Greek myth that tells how the peacock got its tail, sequence the story, and identify the actions of the myth in the painting.

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2nd
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English Language Arts
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