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Legends in a local region

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Students locate information about a legendary person or place, locate legends in their locale, create a description and drawing of their legendary person or place, exchange their description with another student, and recreate the other student's description in a drawing.

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mythology, myths, stories, legends

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legends, mythology, stories, supernatural, english language arts
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Resource Details

Grade
3rd - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
2 days
Instructional Strategies
Project-Based Learning
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