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Language Arts, Social Studies, African Americans, The Blues, To Kill A Mockingbird Lesson PlanLanguage Arts, Social Studies, African Americans, The Blues, To Kill A Mockingbird Lesson Plan
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Language Arts, Social Studies, African Americans, The Blues, To Kill A Mockingbird

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African American history during the Jim Crow era includes encounters with poverty, racism, disrespect, and protest. Harper Lee develops all four of these themes in her famous 1960 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. To help students understand these ideas, this

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