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Students explore the life and the contributions of five people from U.S. history in the five lessons of this unit. james Madison, Dolly Madison, Sequoyah, Harriet Tubman, and Clara Barton are presented to students for exploration and appreciation.

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the red cross, volunteering, community service, the alphabet, the confederacy, the united states civil war, the united states constitution, unions, wars

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alphabet, civil war, confederate, constitution, red cross, union, war, social studies
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Grade
2nd
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Social Studies & History
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Year
2004
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